Scales: A device used to measure a person's weight.
Weight: The amount of gravity acting upon a body at any one time.
Gravity: The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth.
Gravity: The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth.
Right...now that we've cleared that up what the hell does it all mean!?
As a society we have a bit of a pre-occupation with
putting on and losing weight. What that means far more literally is that we're
obsessed with increasing and more often than not reducing the amount of gravity
that acts upon our body at any one time.
WHY? Are you spending too much time within the
Earth's atmosphere?
The truest definition of what we think we are
talking about is our MASS...The amount of matter within an object...but even
then that's kind of vague and potentially as irrelevant as the Kardashian's
should be.
A
persons weight or their mass is really only relevant in a health or fitness
context when it comes to sporting performance and in sports with weight
categories or when an anaesthetist is figuring out the dosage required to knock
you out. Weight and Mass are not necessarily indicators of health or fitness at
all.
WHAT!? What did he say? HOW DARE HE!? Who does this
bloke think he is? THEY USE SCALES ON THE BIGGEST LOSER!!!
Well...I'm the bloke that is trying to change the
way the world thinks one person at a time and I'm starting with YOU!
While a larger weight or mass can be linked to poor
health until we have a lot more information let's call a spade a two handed
digging tool with a wooden handle and broad, flat, metal scoop and say what
your weight/mass really is...it is nothing more than a number! The number on
your scales doesn't explain what's really going on inside. Blood pressure,
resting heart rate, cardio-vascular capacity, musculo-skeletal integrity,
cholesterol levels, body composition, veinous return...hell the colour of your
skin can give away more than a number on a set of scales more half the time.
Sceptical? Consider this...
If you weigh 65kg here on Earth with no negative
health indicators through any other method of testing and then went into space
what would the number on the scales say? Answer: ZERO. What changes would being
in space make to your other health indicators? ZERO.
So what does this mean? That we're healthier in
space because we weigh less? Let's see...
If you weighed 165kg and have high blood pressure,
poor veinous return, clogged arteries and worse cholesterol than Elvis and were
then sent to space how much would you weigh then? That's right...ZERO. And what
change would there be in your blood pressure, veinous return, clogged arteries
and cholesterol? Answer: ZERO. You'd still be a walking heart attack.
Still want more convincing? Ladies...if you were
healthy under all key indicators, looked like Miranda Kerr (or whoever you're
super jealous of) and the number on the scales said 7 Billion kg's would you
care? No...you'd still be a babe! Boys...your turn...if you were healthy under
all key indicators, looked like Ryan Reynolds (or whoever you have a man crush
on but are too ashamed to admit it...but let's be honest, it's Ryan Reynold's)
and weighed 9 Billion kg's...or on the other end of the scale 12kg's what would
it matter? ZILCH.
#mancrusherrrrryday
Think body composition! Think bone density! Think
lean muscle mass! Think reduced subcutaneous fat (fat directly beneath the
skin)! Think cardio-vascular capacity! Think energy levels! Think how well you
sleep! Think a low level of cholesterol and balance of LDL's and HDL's! And
finally think of putting the scales where they belong...
Mitch, Accelerate Health and Performance
Instagram: @mitchellknightpt
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