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Body fat analyzer

stevemead08

stevemead08

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What's a good Body fat analyzer I can buy?
I have a handheld Omron brand one that's a few years old. Its sporadic with its readings. One day ill be 2-3 % high compared to the day before.

Any suggestions?

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Do you always weigh yourself and use that weight every time you use the analyzer? I have an omron as well, and do my BF every morning right after I wake up and go to the bathroom and it is never that far off. Even though my bodyweight fluctuates 2-3lbs per day my BF reading is always within .2 to .4%. I love that thing.
 
Not always. My weight does fluctuate quite a bit as well. Waste in bowels and water weight is ever changing. I am very sensitive to sodium. I can gain 6-8 lbs in a weekend by eating poorly.
Lately though my weight has evened out pretty well since eating clean and keeping salts at bay.
Bf still fluctuates.
I can sit at my desk at work and take 3 measurements average, an hour apart and get 1.5% change. No food or bathroom changes.

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It calculates your bf based on your weight. If you are taking your BF and not weighing yourself beforehand (and using the current weight) the BF will be off. I don't think any other device would be any different (except perhaps one of the ones built into a scale).
 
Why the fluctuations at correct weight within an hour when nothing has changed?

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Them things suck ass and are about as inaccurate and worthless as they come. I had one and could make it vary 10% or more just by holding it a little different. If I just ate or drank something, it would be all over the place too.

The most accurate way to measure at home is with calipers. If you do at least a 3 point test you can get pretty close to actual every time
 
Thanks guys. I just wanted something o could buy and use often to see what and when things are contributing or hindering my bf since my weight does fluctuate greatly.

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Calipers work fine for keeping track of your BF loss. I don't trust any other kind, those BF% calculator devices made for home use are way off very easily.
Even if you won't get your exact BF% (though you should get pretty close after a while of using them) from caliper measurements, they work great for tracking fat loss.

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Is there a particular type or brand of caliper to buy? I've seen them but never used one.
I'm sure I could find a tutorial on YouTube on how to properly utilize it.

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Yes. I've gained 1.8% of my body's fat just from eating a chicken breast and brown rice an hour ago for lunch.

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stevemead08 said:
Is there a particular type or brand of caliper to buy? I've seen them but never used one.
I'm sure I could find a tutorial on YouTube on how to properly utilize it.

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I bought a digital pair at amazon for around 20 bucks. You enter your age and take three measurements with it (chest, ab, quad) and it does the conversion for you internally and displays your bodyfat % at the end. Its very accurate and I highly recommend it.
 
RickRock13 said:
I bought a digital pair at amazon for around 20 bucks. You enter your age and take three measurements with it (chest, ab, quad) and it does the conversion for you internally and displays your bodyfat % at the end. Its very accurate and I highly recommend it.
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You can use an online calculated that you enter the same information and its free
 
RickRock13 said:
It's only 20$ dude....

The convenience factor alone is good enough for me. I ain't that damn cheap...lol
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Haha fair enough I was just quoting you instead of re typing everything that the online calculated had lol me being. College student that 20$ can go a far way lol
 
$22 plus shipping. I think its cheaper than the hand-held thing I have. That was a gift but still.

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RickRock13 said:
I bought a digital pair at amazon for around 20 bucks. You enter your age and take three measurements with it (chest, ab, quad) and it does the conversion for you internally and displays your bodyfat % at the end. Its very accurate and I highly recommend it.
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stevemead08 said:
$22 plus shipping. I think its cheaper than the hand-held thing I have. That was a gift but still.

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Did it happen to be this one? Amazon.com: Sequoia Fitness Products USA Warrior Digital Body Fat/Mass Caliper: Sports & Outdoors
 
I couldn't get the hang of calipers. Using the bioimpedance devices I take my reading daily at the same time and while I agree that it is never 100% consistent over time I have gotten the feel for it. Looking back over the last 4 months of readings (my bulking cycle, plus start of my cut) other than a day here or there the readings do not fluctuate over a couple tenths of a percent. The value I find in the device is that it is simple to do do every day when I weigh myself in the morning so I actually do it every day.

I hope you have better luck with the calipers. I also hope you will update this thread with your experience.

Now if we could all have easy and free access to a facility with X-ray absorptiometry equipment or a bod pod that would be the shit.
 
I am a little afraid that I'm to fat to get an accurate reading at my stomach. My arms and thighs are fairly solid with little fat. My stomach and chest is where I hold a majority of my excess fat. About 27-28%

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Haha I swing 6-8lbs a day.. my body loves to retain all the water and food until an hour or two before bed

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Readings are very consistent. Also reads very close to the average number I get on my handheld. Only the handheld is never the same. I usually take 4 or 5 readings then average them out.
Not necessary with the calipers.
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Hi! I would like to share this great online resource for anyone seeking a body composition analyzer: medicalexpo com/medical-manufacturer/body-composition-analyzer-625
 
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