are you someone who relies only on the scale to measure weight loss
and don't use any other tactics to track your progress and just
really really really want to see a certain number on the scale
do you get frustrated when you finally hit that number on the scale or you get
really really close to it and then it jumps up again by one or two pounds
or you're really really really working hard and eating clean and getting in
your workouts and that number on the scale just
isn't budging what if i told you there is a much better way to track your
progress and you can chuck your scale out the
window i am going to show you exactly how to
take your own measurements and take your own progress pictures to better track
your results yes you can use the scale every few
weeks to check in and see what that number is doing
but most importantly these pictures in these measurements
are going to show you your changes in your body
and that's what's more important the number on the scale does not define you
repeat that number on the scale does not define you use these simple tactics that
i show you in this video and watch your motivation
and your results skyrocket and just quickly guys if you're new here make
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guys i've been a personal trainer and kinesiologist for 14 years
i have helped so many people shift their mindset
from striving for a number on the scale to striving for body changes
strength goals because the number on the scale does not define you
let's say that again you will hear that a lot in this video
i weigh 150 pounds i don't care i will blast it to the world i weigh 150
pounds who cares what does that number mean it
means nothing but i can do 10 pull-ups i can dead lift
a certain amount of weight that's what matters to me
so this is what i want to help you guys shift that mindset once you reach a
certain weight on the scale does anybody tell
you that you've reached it other than the
fact that you saw that number on the scale
in the morning before you've eaten or put on your clothes
you reached that goal weight what happens then
nothing nobody walks up to you and says wow
you must have reached your goal weight today you look 135 pounds
it doesn't happen right we don't get trophies we don't walk around with that
number on our shirts nothing we walk around in our bodies how
do you feel on a daily basis how are your energy levels
do you have injuries do you have aches and pains
how are you sleeping how is your body functioning
are you strong these are all the things that is fitness fitness is not skinny
fitness is not starving yourself so you can get to a certain number on the scale
fitness and overall health and well-being
is exercising because you enjoy it because it feels good and because it
challenges you and it changes your body composition
building lean muscle burning body fat that's as simple as it is
so taking your measurements and taking your progress pictures
allows you with your own eyes to see proof
that your body is changing you could be getting smaller
losing inches but if you don't have these numbers and all you're relying on
is the scale to tell you if you're making progress
if you're building muscle and you're losing fat the scale might not move
but when you look at these pictures in these measurements you're seeing things
changing but if you're only relying on the scale
it's going to tell you nothing's happening
how is that going to keep you motivated it's not
so please i'm going to show you right now how to take these measurements
how to take your progress pictures let's do this okay so i'm just going to
quickly show you guys how you can easily take your own measurements at home
to better track your weight loss and fat loss progress
so first things first we're going to measure our arm so i always say to
measure the widest part of your bicep if you
want you can measure the distance between your shoulder to
your elbow and pop it right in the middle there
i usually just take the widest part so wrapping the tape around
i usually do it like so pinch it into your armpit and you're just going to
pull the tape around like that okay so you don't want to pull
it too tight just measuring here so i'm measuring here at about 11 inches
if you want if a lot of times for males want their
arms to get really big and they want to check their muscles you can also measure
a flex bicep again just taking the middle part of your arm
and measuring around okay so next one we're going to take around the back and
i always tuck it right into the armpits okay so here i'm measuring at 33
so again i'm not pulling it too tight that it's pinching my skin
just pulling it tight enough that i feel it's not going my body
from that one i'm gonna go right down to the nipple line okay again i'm measuring
that one okay not pulling too tight right after
that one i'm coming even a little bit lower
okay right on the bottom of your bra line
okay right underneath the girls and i'm gonna take that
okay depending on how big the girls are you might need to look in the mirror to
see this measurement okay okay next one i'm going to take my
natural waist so how you find that find your hip bones
right above your hip bones that's your natural waistline so we're going to take
that measurement and we will call that your waistline so
again not pulling too tight just taking the measurement there next one i'm going
to find my belly button and i'm going to go about one inch below
my belly button that's where everybody loves this spot so much a lot
of people call it their trouble zone so about one inch below your belly button
okay and i'm taking that measurement again not pulling it too tight
next one i'm taking my hips so making sure legs are
nice and tight together and you're gonna go around the widest part of your hips
okay and again not pulling too tight just taking that measurement there
so last one we're gonna take middle of the thigh so again i usually just
eyeball it between top of the hip to the knee
if you want to take your measurement and get it exact you can do that also
but i'm just going to wrap it around my thigh pulling not too tight
and take that measurement there if you want to add extra you can do the
middle of your cast as well if that's your choice
that's totally fine but those are the main spots that you
want to measure that those are the ones that you're gonna see progress and
you're gonna see changes as you go on your fitness journey
comment below are you someone who gets on the scale on a daily basis or you're
really having trouble shifting your mindset from
striving for a number on the scale to striving to see
changes in your body i would love to help you on your journey so leave me a
comment below and i'm here to help pictures either you can have someone
take your pictures for you there's nothing wrong with taking a
mirror selfie also in the bathroom any kind of picture but what you want to
do is make sure you're taking a picture from the front
so standing up nice and tall and just letting your arms hang
not trying to flex not trying to flex just let your body
hang naturally so if you're taking the picture by yourself you're standing in
the mirror with your camera take the picture or someone is possibly
taking the picture for you next one you want to turn to the side
okay so again just letting your body relax trying not to flex everything
let your body relax shoulders back and then arms are going to be straight out
like so okay that really gets the side profile perfect
and then your last one you want to take you're turning to the back
okay make sure your hair isn't blocking those beautiful soon to be back muscles
okay so i am someone who loves back muscles so if it was me taking my
progress pictures i would take one like this just back relax
okay and then i would take one like this flex because i would want to see
progress in my back muscle one last thing guys i'm presuming you
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i got you guys i hope you enjoyed this video and i hope this really helps you
shift your mindset from using only the scale to track your
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