body fat measurament

[esteveze]

When I went to the gym at noon to do my weights, I spoke with one of the personal trainers. She looks very good..in shape..big muscles and very fit. Well I decided to ask her for body fat measurament. She told me thatshe does not believe in BFM since is usually innacurate(OFF) about 2-3%. She told me to just how the clothes feels and also with the scale stays or go up.
I do not know what to believe.
She also told me that the most acurate BFM is the one that they sumerge people in water..but that it is very expensive.
Girls..is it really nesecary to measure BF? or should I just follow the trainer's advise?

 

[wilson6]

BFMs are only inaccurate if you have a moron perform them on you. Yes, there is error, but the same error carries through if the same technique is used (skinfolds, UW or DEXA). Other methods are subject to greater error. Thus, if you want to monitor change, they they are relatively accurate. Scale weight and/or how your clothes fit, well that's fine, but if you are trying to build muscle and/or lose fat via diet, training or drugs, you'll never really know what's happening if you don't follow it scientifically. You're only guessing. If you're clothes get tighter, is it muscle, water or fat? If you gain or lose weight, is it muscle, water or fat? Ask your trainer if she can tell you exactly what is going on if you gain or loss 2-3 lbs by looking at you. If she says yes, then she could probably get a job at the IOC sniffing urine samples to determine who's doping as well.

My point here is:

It is best to know what those 2-3 lbs are and make adjustments in diet or training vs waiting until it's clearly apparent that the 10 lb gain is all fat.

UW weighs aren't that expensive. $15 at a local university in my area. Perhaps up to $30 - 50 elsewhere. Skinfolds are fine as well provided the tech is good and the correct formula is used.

And by the way, just because some looks very good, is fit and muscular doesn't mean they know what they are doing.

If she is experienced in the fitness field, then she should be able to do a fairly accurate skinfold on you, or maybe she doesn't do them because she doesn't know how.

W6

 

[Phemomena]

Re: Re: body fat measurament

No puede ir por cómo sus ropas caben! Mis ropas son TAN apretadas, porque mis músculos están creciendo, no porque estoy consiguiendo más gordo. Tiene la misma persona hágalo mientras cada vez, usted debe estar bien. Haga lo en el mismo tiempo cada vez, y el uderthe las mismas condiciones (estómago vacío, etc...). No desgaste la loción! Los calibradores se deslizarán alrededor. Los calibradores y bajo el agua son los dos mejores métodos.

AY... en francais ausi c.v.p.?

heehee...

 

[esteveze]

what Spat said was:
U should not go by how the clothes fit. Her clothes are thight on her, because her muscles are growing, not beacuse she is getting fat. Have the same person do it everytime and everything would be fine. Do it at the same time and under the same conditions (empty stomach, etc) do not use much lotion! the calipers slide around. Calipers and under water are the best 2 methods.

 

[esteveze]

Very good spat!!!!..
any other language??

 

[Phemomena]

piglatin please! hehe

 

[TheProject]

piglatin please! hehe

Hey, I can do carny talk, but that makes a lot more sense spoken than typed...

 

[esteveze]

me too...not german not russian..
Speak well...write not sure.. read good enough.
English..took me about a year to learn....very difficul and hard..ufff

 

[Phemomena]

Hey, I can do carny talk, but that makes a lot more sense spoken than typed...

carny talk???

you can google in it!!

http://www.google.com/intl/xx-piglatin/

heehee

 

[TheProject]

carny talk???

Yup, my mom taught it to me. It's a pseudo language that carnival workers used to use amongst themselves so that the customers wouldn't know about the scams.

Basically, you use "eez" in front of vowel sounds

Or: eezeye eezam theezee Preezojeezect

Is: I am the Project.

Like I said, works better spoken!