Measuring BF....

[squatpuke]

Wondering how the average person does it...

I have the Accu-measure tool...but find it hard to believe with only one measurement....

I have more tummy fat than anywhere else...wouldn't that skew the reading?

Thanks


Hope this is a good place to post this Q.

 

[timtim]

yeah, it's probably off.

if you want you could find a body composition guy/bodybuilder trainer, "guru" with alot of experience. don't get a normal run of the mill trainer. have this guy check you every 2 to 3 weeks.

or

find the hydro-static tester in your area (probably at the health center of a university) and have it done there. not sure of cost.

 

[sdupdike]

I just bought the Accu-measure thing too. I got (using that one site test) that my bf% was 20%, NO WAY! My trainer tested it yesterday at under 12%. I'd like to be able to do it myself, but I can't do the tricep pinch myself to do a 3 site test. (i'm a girl, by the way)

 

[fmorrow6]

YEAH, SDUPDIKE, unless you gained A TON of weight since yourcomp, there's no way that you're 20%!!! I used one of the handheld thingies, and then I did calculations using tape measurements from a book called the "Body Sculpting Bible for Women" and they were within .3% of each other, so I'm going to use both of these every two weeks for an estimate of bf loss.

 

[perp69]

Biometric elec imped is good but hydrostatic is the gold standard. Here at the medical university fitness center the hydrostatic runs $40.