Weigh-in best practices
The scale is a useful tool to help us paint a picture of progress. That said, it is only a single tool and is only as effective if we use it correctly and consistently. That means daily and under the same circumstances.
If you’re weighing yourself 1x per week, that’s like dressing all week for the weather you see outside right now this split second.
Weighing, like all data points, only becomes truly useful when it’s used consistently and frequently.
We expect the following to the guys in our programs (where weigh-ins are applicable to the goal).
Daily
First thing
Post bathroom
No food or liquids
Boxers
The scale is an informative tool to help make changes to your plans and actions IF it’s used consistently.
Imagine if you booked a holiday every pay day because you had lots of money that day. You’d be broke within a couple of months because that’s just a snapshot.
But that’s what we see so many guys do with their training and diet plan and actions after inconsistently and sporadically weighing themselves. A single data point is not enough to make long term plan adjustments. It’s reactive at best.
As is the case with all plans and systems, it pays to standardize your methods to optimize your outcomes. Only once you’ve done this ca you make accurate adjustments that keep you making progress.
This is exactly what we do with the guys in our programs. If using the scale is an important metric to measure (it is for most but not for all) we build this in to a clear system that makes achieving health, fitness, and physique results simple and actionable.
If you’re a busy guy that knows he needs a clear and specific training and nutrition plan to follow to build the health, fitness, and physique he wants so that he can live a life he is proud of in a body he is confident in then click the button below to get started with a builtXyou coach today.
