some of my stats #'s

[inic]

I do medical studies to get $ and did one about 5 weeks ago. They did bunch of tests on me and I was glad to get a copy of some of my #'s. Note that these tests were taken about about 4-5 months of relatively low activity on my part. I've only started working out vigorously the past 2 weeks. Before that, all I did was running 1x a week and some pullups. So I think these #'s are pretty darn good considering I was "out of shape" at the time.

Currently I weigh 158 and am trying to cut 1.5"-2" off my belly. Would like to end up about 165 at the end of summer.

Height/weight: 171.45 cm/69.55 kg

Waist: 74.5 cm (fat!)
Hip: 95.5 cm
WHR: .78 (normal is <1.0)

BMI: 23.7 kg/m^2 (normal is 18.5-24.9)

Fat %: 11.03 (would like to get this down to 8-9% by end of summer)
It says Top 30%=11.8, top 20%=9.4, top 10% 7.1. This is for my age group though (20-29)

Triglycerides: 90 mg/dL (says Normal is <200 and desirable is <150... I'm pretty good for that then!)

Blood Cholesterol: Total: 130 mg/dL
LDL: 63 mg/dL
HDL 51 mg/dL
Total Chol/HDL ratio: 2.7
Says Normal total is 100-199.
Normal HDL=40-77
LDL: desirable=62-130
Total ratio: normal <4

blood glucose level 94 mg/dL. It was only taken on one day, so its not an accuate reading it says. Says you're suppose to take it over a couple days to get good reading.
says Normal (fasting) 65-99
Normal (post-meal) 150

Resting blood pressure was 124/80 mmHg.
When they had that thing on the arm that tightens the guy said "113/50" Have no idea whats going on there, but they were pretty impressed. Every time I get my blood pressure taken, they always ask "you exercise alot?" "um, sorta" "yes, can tell"
says normal is 120-129 and 80-84. Optimal is <120 and <80. So i'm just about at optimal!

Resting heart rate was 45 bpm

Max heart rate: 190 bpm. Dont know if thats good or not.

And finally, My pride and Joy! VOxMax
was a whopping 62.3 ml/kg/m
says top 30% is 46.8, top20%=48.2 and top 10%=51.4
They were all really amazed at the level I had. VOxMax is about how well your blood cells use the oxygen you breath in. They said Neil Armstrong has the highest with an 84.x. i think I have a high level from running and breathing exercises I do. Maybe from food I eat too.

Well, tahts all the #'s they gave me. I say not bad for being "outa shape". would love to get re-tested at the end of summer.


Oh, and Rub, see if they can up the time before they log someone out. Thankfully, I always cntrl-a, cntrl-c my posts before I send.

[rubthebuddha]

i never knew they'd log someone out. i've even left posts hanging halfway through, come back an hour later and realized, "d'oh, i should probably finish that sometime today."

talk to gene, cause i have no idea about this.

[IronFist]

Originally posted by inic
Resting heart rate was 45 bpm


Wow :eek:

[Vash]

Fugging genetic phreek. :eek:

[Toby]

Nice stats, inic.

Iron, I've seen my resting HR go as low as 43bpm. That was about a year ago lying in bed. Also a couple of weeks ago sitting on the rowing ergo before starting. I often go sub-50 just sitting around. But I (and I think inic) am older than you.

[IronFist]

Mine's like 60-65. But then again, that's just from lifting weights. I don't do much cardio.

But after a set of 5RM or so in squats or deadlifts it gets up to around 130. Is that high?

[Toby]

Nup. IIRC the most important thing is how quickly your HR varies anyway. Like I commonly get up in the 170's while HIIT'ing, but it goes back down quickly. I'm in the 130's while warming up for HIIT. Used to be a slow shuffling jog around the oval. Now it's rowing with a 2:30/500m time with 10 resistance on the Concept II (rowers will understand). Minimal cardio effort.

[inic]

what about that VO2max thing huh? I'm so proud of that. btw, is 190 for max heart rate good or bad?

[rubthebuddha]

mhr is estimated at 220 minus your age, so you have the heart rate of a 30-year-old?

something's odd with that, but that's just an estimate anyway.

kinda like saying sevenstar, at 225 and 5'9", is 50-75 pounds overweight -- no context whatsoever. the big fatty. :D

[Toby]

Yeah. I'm 30 and my theoretical MHR is 190. I doubt I could get that high, though. I'd struggle to get it into the 180's. I used to regularly get mid-170's while sprinting and I can do that on the rowing ergo provided I do a substantial warmup and go hell for leather in the intervals.

The VO2 Max is awesome. Mine is 51, but that's a Polar HRM estimate and I haven't updated it for a while. I remember when it was 50 it took a lot of work before it told me I was 51. You have to lie down and get a stable HR then the Polar measures your HR over about 5 min. The range of HR and the speed at which it changes determines the VO2 Max. But 62.3 is great. Ironfist would get about 10 :D.

[FatherDog]

According to the exercise machine I use, I'm getting up around 193 hr at the peak of my interval sprint workouts. I dunno how accurate the measurement is, though.