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sounds nice. 
Ok, feel stupid now. Gonna blame in on staying up til 5am to watch 100m first round! Ha!
Cool I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Just to clarify, will keep my grains to oatmeal at breakfast and brown rice at dinner or lunch, but keep those portions small.
What station will it be on? Are you in the U.S.?
I’m in the UK and watcning it on BBC, but it’s on Eurosport too. Is it not on live in the US??
hahaha live in the USA? come on now 
I’m watching it on WCSN and it’s also shown (not live) on Versus tv channel in the US.
Pissed! Dunno how you guys cope! Ha! Make a trip across the pond!
Unfortunately, the media of a nation that produces a few decent :rolleyes: track and field athletes does not see fit to showing much of the sport-we’ll get some coverage on network tv but not much.
When we do, we get to see and hear the expert :rolleyes: commentary of people like Carol Lewis. The quality of the coverage, save a few good analysts like Dwight Stones, is awful.
Thor provided a link on the powel vs gay thread to watch it streamed live
Yeah, unfortunately my connection speed/archaic set-up can’t handle such live feeds.
what is a tanita scale? my test was done @ the local gym i work out at. the gym has facilities all over the province i live in (alberta), so i would assume they would be pretty accurate. anyways, i’ve had an 8-pack since about 8 years old (and still do), so i think my 2.7% bf may be true (who knows, who cares)
Even at the most scientific level body fat calculations are based upon certain assumptions. It is often not a very accurate reading when converted into a percentage. The best way to measure body fat is with absolute readings, of course this means there is no method for inter subject comparison. The tanita scales I would guess are the scales by which an electrical current is sent through the body and the calculation is derived based upon the electrical resistance offered by the body. Very dependent on factors such as hydration though.
The thing is you need visceral fat to survive (it protects organs and such) and that makes up at least 3% or so. So, assuming you have absolutely 0 subcutaneous fat (and probably have shit for hormones), you will still have around 3%. Again, even being around there would probably have serious health consequences.
As maris mentioned, they make a lot of assumptions, especially with regard to bone density (which is one reason why african americans almost always test below their actual value).
Just a question about his lifting, what is the use of doing curls and flys in season?
John Smith makes a big issue of shoulder development for the initial stages of a 60/100 sprint. With the curls, it is not just doing them, but doing them rapidly with fairly light weights. In the drive phase, one is staying down and pulling hard with the arms for the first 15 meters or so. This is not “scientific” justification but rather Smith’s reason for doing what he does. Flys are also a significant piece of Clyde Hart’s lifting program from what I understand.
So do you think his curls for example are useful at all? I mean I cant see it being hurtful because it barely adds any unneccesary mass, but I also cant see doing curls helping you either.
And how about his bigger use of 8-10 rep range, rather than the 1-5? And 4 weight workouts per week? Isn’t this too much volume for in season work?