Re: Tortoise vrs hare, ie: carbo vrs fat!

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/99 9:35:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dfletche@gte.net writes:

<< Are you sure? I believe body condition scores tend to look at fat deposit
 areas - around the tail bone, just below the withers, over the ribs, along
 the spinous process. These aren't muscles. Am I missing something?
 
 Duncan Fletcher >>


Could be. And if so, "body condition" is a misnomer. The observation should 
be called "the flab test". I measure body condition as non-ripped lean muscle 
mass. "Ripped" refers to the condition Arnold Schwartzenegger finds himself 
in just as he goes on stage in a body building competition. All year he has 
been pumping iron and looking more like a Russioan Olympic weight lifter. But 
a month to six week prior to the beauty contest, he stops eating and 
continues to exercise, burning both muscle and fat so that there is no fat at 
all under his skin--his muscles stand out like cables. However, at that 
point, he's the weakest he's been all year--and ketotic.

ti


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