The St. Patty's Challenge Baseline Stats

As promised, here are my baseline statistics. I highlighted some key measures I will be most interested in when I get tested again in about 6 months. I was pretty surprised by the 12.9% body fat and setting a goal of 10-12% body fat by Christmas or St Patty's is hardly a significant challenge. This also highlights the incredible inaccuracy of my home scale in measuring body fat.  My pace at lactate threshold was also a little surprising.  While I didn't really have any true expectations, after the fact, I would expect or hope to be in the middle 9s but was my threshold pace was a little under 11 minutes.  I will dedicate a few upcoming posts to fully explaining these stats and how I am using them to tailor my training plan.  

I am still considering what my new targets will be but for now I am hoping to achieve 8% body fat, any increase in lean body mass, and a lactate threshold pace of 9 minutes or less.  

In my next St Patty's Challenge post I will give you a glimpse into the nutrition and training plan I am developing based on prior plans and Dr. Weltman's feedback.  Please shoot me an email at chuck.brady@bradynutrition.com if you want to get an idea of what to expect from UVA's Exercise Physiology Lab or how you might use the results to optimize your training.  

Thanks again for your support and interest!

Weight	171.897
BP Systolic at Rest	130
BP Diastolic at Rest	70
Resting HR	82
Avg Sleep	7.5
Neck	14
Bicep	12.3
Forearm	11
Chest	37
Waist	34
Hips	40
Thigh	21.3
Calf	15.5
V02 Max	55.6 mL/kg/min
BP Systolic Peak	150
BP Diastolic Peak	80
Lactate Threshold Pace	0:10:54
Peak Pace	0:06:40
Lactate Threshold RPE	11
Peak RPE	18
Lactate Threshold HR	140
Peak HR	186
Body Fat	12.9%
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)	1794
Total Energy Expenditure (Active)	3122
Total Cholesterol	160
HDL	65
Triglyceride	55
VLDL	11
LDL	84