Bill,
I've been looking into issues similar to what you
descibe (progress stopping) with my son. I'm beginning
to see something that may be of help. I will email you
within the next few days and fill you in.

Anthony


--- "William Holt Penninger, Jr."
<artmusik@...> wrote:

> I'm a novice at bodybuilding. My prior experience
> was about a year and
> a half on the Nautilus equipment at the fitness
> center primarily toning.
> I looked around after a while & realized I was using
> more weight than
> most of the guys, yet they looked more muscular. I
> shifted to the
> weights, split sessions, etc., for about another
> year. I felt like I'd
> reached a plateau at the fitness center at the time
> I switched to the EF
> equipment.
>
> My last evaluations at the fitness center were:
> 1/3/02
> weight - 182 lbs
> body fat - 17.3%
> lean body mass - 150.5 lbs
>
> 6/23/03 (unfortunately I missed 6/02 & 1/03)
> weight - 188 lbs
> body fat - 17.3%
> lean body mass - 155.5 lbs
>
> 12/23/03
> weight - 182 lbs
> body fat - 13%
> lean body mass - 158.3 lbs
>
> I switched to the EF equipment in 4/04 & have not
> been back to the
> fitness center since, so I don't have their
> evaluations anymore. I now
> use a Tanita BF-680 scale, which sometimes give me
> bizarre results, so
> it's hard to compare. I use the athletic & the
> non-athletic results &
> average them. According to the Tanita:
>
> Yesterday
> Weight - 195.4 lbs
> Athletic mode body fat - 12.3%
> Non-athletic mode body fat - 22.4%
> Average - 17.4% (lean body mass - 161.5 lbs)
>
> Today (after Mexican dinner out with friends late
> last night)
> Weight - 197.4 lbs
> Athletic mode body fat - 11.1%
> Non-athletic mode body fat - 21.5%
> Average - 16.3% (lean body mass - 165.2 lbs)
>
> I do this daily, pop the numbers into a spreadsheet
> & graph the results.
> Unlike Anthony, I don't feel like I've gained 20 lbs
> of lean body mass
> since I started using the EF equipment. Something
> isn't working the way
> I want it to & I have yet to isolate it & figure it
> out. I'm not
> leaning towards blaming it on the EF equipment or
> the way I'm using it,
> though I'm open to that as a possibility. My body
> fat is currently up
> because I decided that I'd see if I put on more lean
> body mass if I ate
> more. I'm about to conclude that all I'll do is get
> fatter & move up
> another size or two.
>
> I did find some measurements that I took from 1/04
> up through 6/04. At
> that time I did not notice any significant trends (&
> I had the shoulder
> injury), so I stopped. Curiously enough, the ones I
> took a few days ago
> are almost all in the same range. Biceps are at the
> lowest point;
> weight, chest, waist & hips are over prior
> measurements, and calipers
> are at the top of the early 2004 range.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rule1red [mailto:mikemusk1@...]
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:01 AM
> To: Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Explosive_Fitness] Re: EF Equipment
>
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for the detailed info; very informative.
> Sorry to hear about
> your VIOXX problem; hope your feeling better!
>
> It looks like you have been using this EF equipment
> for almost a year
> now, excluding the time you spent in the ER room.
> How where you, or
> are your numbers body wise since? Did you gain
> muscle size? Did you
> reduce body fat reduction? If so, how long between
> your EF workouts
> are you resting to see these changes?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rule1red
>
>
>
>
> --- In Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com, "William
> Holt Penninger,
> Jr." <artmusik@s...> wrote:
> > I'm at some sort of plateau or in some slump at
> the moment and I'm
> not
> > sure why, so I'll not be as positive on the
> equipment as others on
> these
> > lists. As part of my effort to figure out what's
> going on, I just
> > recently looked at my starting numbers, my highest
> numbers and my
> most
> > recent numbers. I might need to upload these in a
> different format
> so
> > that you can read the numbers. Some of the recent
> numbers are from
> a
> > CNS workout.
> >
> > I like this equipment. It's in my basement & I
> can use it whenever
> I
> > get a chance. I don't need a spotter. I can do
> leg exercises
> without
> > scrounging around for a lot of weights. The meter
> provides
> fantastic
> > feedback.
> >
> > I sustained a shoulder injury last spring (note
> results on Shoulder
> > Press), then wound up in the ER with a reaction to
> VIOXX in July. I
> > have yet to bring my running back to where it was
> before the ER
> > incident. And, as for upper body results . . .
> >
> > Leg Press
> > Start 4/27/04 - 841
> > High 7/27/04 - 1267
> > Last - 1/6/05 - 1047
> >
> > Toe Press
> > Start 4/27/04 - 747
> > High 12/23/04 - 1124
> > Last - 1/6/05 - 969
> >
> > Shrug
> > Start 4/29/04 - 285
> > High 10/10/04 - 355
> > Last 1/22/05 - 311
> >
> > Deadlift
> > Start 4/29/04 - 302
> > High 12/2/04 - 380
> > Last - 1/22/05 - 326
> >
> > Hip Thrust
> > Start 5/11/04 - 190
> > High 6/9/04 - 270
> > Last 1/22/05 - 250
> >
> > Bicep Curl
> > Start 4/29/04 - 70
> > High 6/26/04 - 119
> > Last 1/22/05 - 92
> >
> > Lat Pulldown
> > Start 4/29/04 - 180
> > High 9/18/04 - 262
> > Last 1/22/05 - 240
> >
> > Upright Row
> > Start 4/29/04 - 132
> > High 11/15/04 - 230
> > Last 1/13/05 - 125
> >
> > Bent Over Row
> > Start 7/29/04 - 158
> > High 8/12/04 - 226
> > Last 1/22/05 - 201
> >
>
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