Working out body fat percentage
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missyme10
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Please could someone tell me how you determine your body fat percentage.
Also, how do you then monitor it and know it's going down?
I have seen scales that claim if you hold onto metal handles the machine measures your body fat - I am struggling to see how this could work? Does it?
Thank you
Also, how do you then monitor it and know it's going down?
I have seen scales that claim if you hold onto metal handles the machine measures your body fat - I am struggling to see how this could work? Does it?
Thank you
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The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.0 -
Calipers.0
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There are several online calculators which will give you a good idea, it takes a lot of different measurements to calculate but I feel they're not that far off.0
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Please could someone tell me how you determine your body fat percentage.
Also, how do you then monitor it and know it's going down?
I have seen scales that claim if you hold onto metal handles the machine measures your body fat - I am struggling to see how this could work? Does it?
Thank you
You call a lab that does DEXA scanning, and get an appointment. They're cheap, worth doing.0 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?0 -
If you want to have an accurate idea, you have to have the test done...go get dunked. 0
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FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.0 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.
No... it is one of few that are both precise enough and accurate enough to be of value though.0 -
The weight loss graph I use says my bmi is 21, but it says my body fat, in big fat red letters is 31%. I have no clue how it estimates this??0
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There's a lot of tools in the web that can help you determine your Body Fat Percentage. Some tools include a Body Fat Calculator, in which you can calculate the body fat percentage for women or the body fat percentage for men.0
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Lol, people who have done that in the past have found out how mean I really am.
Prepare for a private message detailing her college experience and calling you names.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.
No... it is one of few that are both precise enough and accurate enough to be of value though.
All the cool kids are getting them!
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Miss, MFP is precisely 93.72% childish acts, and the probability of a post being silly, or a flight of fantasy is 0.9738.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »
Prepare for a private message detailing her college experience and calling you names.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.
No... it is one of few that are both precise enough and accurate enough to be of value though.
All the cool kids are getting them!
Enough is enough. Quit the childish acts.
Oh bodpods have an acceptable error band and level of precision as well. In fact, EWU and WSU both use them in their sports medicine departments for studies. They chose those for the best product they could get outside of a hydro or dexa.
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Scalpel is the most accurate way to measure visceral fat, but then one would have to be dead.0
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Tim_Simons wrote: »There's a lot of tools in the web that can help you determine your Body Fat Percentage. Some tools include a Body Fat Calculator, in which you can calculate the body fat percentage for women or the body fat percentage for men.
I really dislike those sites because the numbers end up being so far off.0 -
civilizedworm wrote: »Scalpel is the most accurate way to measure visceral fat, but then one would have to be dead.
Well, I didn't want to suggest my pound of flesh opinion on it. lol.
I have a feeling a human is as easy to process as a pig carcass.0 -
Miss, MFP is precisely 93.72% childish acts, and the probability of a post being silly, or a flight of fantasy is 0.9738.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »
Prepare for a private message detailing her college experience and calling you names.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.
No... it is one of few that are both precise enough and accurate enough to be of value though.
All the cool kids are getting them!
Enough is enough. Quit the childish acts.
Oh bodpods have an acceptable error band and level of precision as well. In fact, EWU and WSU both use them in their sports medicine departments for studies. They chose those for the best product they could get outside of a hydro or dexa.
That's great. I know its margin of error is low. However, each doctor I've talked to have all said hydrostatic testing is the most accurate and that's what I'm going off of.0 -
I will have to compose a scathing message to send you.
Lol, people who have done that in the past have found out how mean I really am.
Prepare for a private message detailing her college experience and calling you names.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »The only way to accurately determine body fat percentage is through hydrostatic testing.
Handheld BIA devices are not accurate.
Only way?
It's the only test that's remotely close to being accurate.
No... it is one of few that are both precise enough and accurate enough to be of value though.
All the cool kids are getting them!
That will be your Christmas gift (sorry, the ****ed up specialty peanut butter store was sold out.)
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