Bodyfat???

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tonphil1960

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Hi all, I see alot of posters know their bodyfat percentage. How is this measured?? Do you have to go to a doctor or trainer to get this done? Is there a way to do it yourself? Formula?

Thanks TP
 
was wondeirng the same my self.
 
get some calipers and im sure tehres a javascript program out there some where that will do all the math for you i have a program that does it i just need the calipers, there pretty accurate, about 2000 times more accurate than those electrocal impotence tests, a billion things makes those things inaccurate. the only true 100% way to get it is to go to a docter and get a water displacement test done. they put you in a tub a measure how much water you displace, then after some math they get your bodyfat.
 
i would assume it would cost money not sure how the whole medical system works down in america, all i know is its all free here :D
 
Thanks

Thanks, I guess I have to get one. Is this method fairly accurate? I would think then there is a formula to figure it out?

Thanks TP
 
well with the ones i had before, ppl kept telling me it couldnt be correct that the numbers should be higher. then i got those and they registered 2.5% higher so i would assume based on that it should be as close as possible. i do understand with calipers thats a margin of error somewhere around 2-3% but i'm cool with that. at least i have a rough idea

all you do is pinch, measure and then compare on a chart that comes with it. the ones i had before you had to do all this math to come up with a number.
 
theres also online things you can do.



that one has 2 for calipers and one for tape measure
 
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