Menjo Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 How do you determine your own body fat? "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
Aodhan Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 How do you determine your own body fat?There really is no good way to determine it by yourself. There are a bunch of ways to do it. The most common one is to take skin calipers, and measure how much you can pinch at various areas of the body. Probably one of the more accurate ones (Assuming the one using the calipers is trained), with a variation of +/- 5-8%.The best way is underwater weighing. You sit in a sling, dunk underwater, blow all the air out of your lungs and sit there for as long as you can stand it. They take your weight and calculate your BF from it.The worst way is calculations based on height weight alone. There are some scales that do it electronically, and they usually vary between 8-15%.Aodhan There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.-Douglas Everett, American hockey player
Menjo Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 ok then where good i go to find out? Would it cost money? "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
Menjo Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 ok thanks where could i go to find out? Would it cost money? "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
Aodhan Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 ok then where good i go to find out? Would it cost money?If you have a local university, check with them. Oftentimes they have a kinesiology department, they occasionally do public weighings for classes, etc. Otherwise it will probably cost you money, and you'll have to google or search in your area for the weighing facility.Aodhan There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.-Douglas Everett, American hockey player
Menjo Posted July 27, 2005 Author Posted July 27, 2005 o well i thought it was something simple like dive your wieght by height plus something else LOL, too bad too "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
Aodhan Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 o well i thought it was something simple like dive your wieght by height plus something else LOL, too bad tooThere are those methods too, but remember, the simpler the test, the wider the margin of error.Aodhan There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.-Douglas Everett, American hockey player
CagedWarrior Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Here is a simple approximation (do we really need high tech machinery here?) All measurements are in lbs or inches.Actual Weight (in the nude) multiplied by 1.082 then add 94.42 = Weight FactorWaist (at navel) multiplied by 4.150 = Waist FactorWeight Factor - Waist Factor = Lean Body MassActual Weight (in the nude) - Lean Body Mass = Body FatBody Fat / Actual Weight ; multiply by 100 = Body Fat Percentage.
shinnekodo Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 What is an acceptable body fat percentage? or is there one?When I was in the military (sevral yrs ago) they would allow overweight people to measure their body fat percentage and if it was less than some set percentage (forgot the #) the overweight person would be allowed to remain in the military.
CagedWarrior Posted August 14, 2005 Posted August 14, 2005 That's up to you I guess. Personally, I would hate to go above 20.
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