Body Fat Test?

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  • tonyrd3000
    tonyrd3000 Posts: 20
    If you go to the BodPod website, it will show you locations near you. I need to get one scheduled myself. Also, last time I got my bodyfat calipered it showed as 26% (yuck), but the trainer on base told me not to get to wrapped around the axle. Some people carry their fat over the muscle (me :( ) and some carry it under the muscle (him, he even said he can carry a fat bloated belly and still show definition). Big thing is consistently using the same test to track it. As far as the bioimpedance, the only time I have trusted them was in the late 90s in Florida. The base had one where you laid on a yoga mat and they attached a sensor to your hand and one to your foot. Was within 1% of what calipers showed on the same day. I have not found the handheld one's to be anywhere close to being that accurate.
  • crobl
    crobl Posts: 380
    If you go to the BodPod website, it will show you locations near you. I need to get one scheduled myself. Also, last time I got my bodyfat calipered it showed as 26% (yuck), but the trainer on base told me not to get to wrapped around the axle. Some people carry their fat over the muscle (me :( ) and some carry it under the muscle (him, he even said he can carry a fat bloated belly and still show definition). Big thing is consistently using the same test to track it. As far as the bioimpedance, the only time I have trusted them was in the late 90s in Florida. The base had one where you laid on a yoga mat and they attached a sensor to your hand and one to your foot. Was within 1% of what calipers showed on the same day. I have not found the handheld one's to be anywhere close to being that accurate.

    Very good point about the calipers.... on some of my soccer players it's close to impossible to get a thigh reading because they have such muscular thighs!
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    I get that tracking change is important. I do that with my weight (since my Dr's office scale will always be around 5 lbs. heavier than mine). But I consider that small of a difference acceptable. 20% difference? Not acceptable for me. I'm a data person. That kind of variance just makes me cringe LOL.

    Just found the Bod Pod at the University here charges $75. I think I'll have it done. Then I'll have it done again next year.
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    Some people like to say that a body fat scale and the Omron Handheld Body Fat monitor are inaccurate, but why are they inaccurate? If a person's weight on their own scale is 1 to 2 pounds less or more than the pounds on their doctor's scale, which scale is right? My home scale has shown a different weight than my doctor's scale. I trust my scale.
  • TiffanyWasmer
    TiffanyWasmer Posts: 190 Member
    I think any device that gives you dependable results you can track is a good one! Who's to say which one is more accurate?
  • crobl
    crobl Posts: 380
    scientific research and years of practice says which one is right...
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    scientific research and years of practice says which one is right...

    And which one is right?

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