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Weekend Warrior
 
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| Does anyone know of a reliable (but estimated) way to calculate your body fat percentage? I've looked at online calculators, but something just doesn't seem right about them. Are they good to use? Thanks for any info. sm
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| There are a few formulas to estimate body fat using height and circumfrence (which is what you are probably seeing online), but these can be way off base, particularly for athletes (although I may add this calculation to Online Fitness Log). There are several other methods, the simplest of which is the skinfold thickness method where you use calipers for measurements at specific points on the body. Read more at Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage
Trevor Stith
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Couch Potato
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| I recently purchased a scale with body a fat percentage reading. It seems to work fairly well and give consistent readings. A few years ago these scales were about $200, but now they are about $40-$50.
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Weekend Warrior
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| Thanks for the info. I'll probably look around and see what I can find. sm
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Couch Potato
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The most accurate way to measure body fat is hydrostatic weighing (done in water). You can get it done at many large medical campuses. But the most important thing to remember about testing your body fat is to use the same method every time. All methods of measuring body fat have a margin of error, but if you use the same type of measurement, you can develop a baseline so you know whether you are going up or down and by how much.
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Pascale Vandenbroucke
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