Measurements

How often do you guys measure?

I only count gains in 1/8th of inches and I round down if I don’t make it. Also I’m paranoid of the ruler so I personally measure quarterly.

Just wondering what you guys do, do you use in” or cm? Weekly monthly quarterly measurements or what?

Regards,
Wrath

Monthly measurement for me, and in millimeters as inch rulers are a bit hard to find in Switzerland :-)

I slid into doing measurements weekly because I’ve always measured weight-training results weekly to keep myself motivated (so this is just a minute more to get the whole body picture which also helps it to not be so dick focused) and in regard to PE, I can then pretty quickly tell when I need to intensify my program in a small way while negative PI’s balance that and tell me when to back off.

I measure in 16ths for similar reasons - cause I measure the rest of my body in 16ths (again for the sake of motivation because I may not gain an 8th anywhere on my frame, but I’m always going to increase a 16th somewhere - especially around the waist but that’s another story) and because in regard to PE, I then know pretty quickly if what I’m doing is effective (and again, I may not see an 8th inch change week to week but since I started in Jan, I’ve seen a weekly 1/16th change on at least 1 of the 6 measurements I do each week - FL, FG, NBPEL, NBPEG, BPEL & BPEG) - I gotta tell you, that may not be highly motivating for some, but it is for me - good luck!

QL

Every 3 months in inches. I’ll go to the nearest 1/8 inch.