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10-06-2010, 08:41 AM #1HI-Tech Redneck
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measuring bf%
do those handheld things at the gym actually work? if so, i'm WAY fatter than i thought i was
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10-06-2010, 09:57 AM #2Amateur Gynecologist ELITE MEMBER
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10-06-2010, 10:15 PM #3Bioidentical Bodybuilder SUPER MODERATOR
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If you're dieting, you're probably glycogen-depleted. If you're at all dehydrated as well, you'll register as a fatass on those things - they measure total body water as a proxy for muscle tissue. Drop glycogen, you've dropped water. So it thinks you're skinny-fat.
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10-06-2010, 10:27 PM #4Team RamRod ELITE MEMBER
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Do you know of anywhere in Edmonton they offer Hydrostatic weighing? I did a quick google and couldn't find anything. Once I have more free time I'll look harder.
Originally Posted by Built
If you're dieting, you're probably glycogen-depleted. If you're at all dehydrated as well, you'll register as a fatass on those things - they measure total body water as a proxy for muscle tissue. Drop glycogen, you've dropped water. So it thinks you're skinny-fat.I love getting high, I hate getting low, and I like to drive my truck down a muddy dirt road.
I'm a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.
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10-07-2010, 12:34 AM #5Bioidentical Bodybuilder SUPER MODERATOR
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DEXA. Try nuclear medicine at the main hospital; some private labs offer it, too.
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10-07-2010, 06:19 AM #6Team RamRod ELITE MEMBER
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I'll read up more on this when I get home but I found this so far. Thanks Built! Originally Posted by Built
Body Composition ClinicI love getting high, I hate getting low, and I like to drive my truck down a muddy dirt road.
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10-07-2010, 06:59 AM #7189 goal 190lbs
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Buit is right. Some of those scales measure the bf in strange ways. I have a Tanita scale and I am at the point I just ignore the fat reading because it doesnt seem right at all. I can still see most of my abs and I am clearly gaining muscle but the fat reading is over 21%. Sometimes even higher than that. I am bulking so I dont let the fat % bother me too much but it sure is strange at times. I bet these Tanita scales would drive people insane.
Goal: 190lbs - Currently: 190 lbs - 22.0% bf
I used to be 141 lbs then put on 30lb in 3 months thanks to the helpful forum members.
Now trying to maintain 190lbs but lower bodyfat.
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10-07-2010, 10:14 AM #8Un~Bulking ELITE MEMBER
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I usually use old fashioned ice block tongs and a tape measure.
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10-07-2010, 10:28 AM #9Amateur Gynecologist ELITE MEMBER
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I use a piece of barbed-wire and a Popsicle stick, but I don't care if it's accurate. Originally Posted by DaMayor
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10-07-2010, 10:34 AM #10Un~Bulking ELITE MEMBER
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Of course, there's always the "public visual assessment" approach......just take your shirt off in public and tally up how many people yell, "Oh my God! You're Obese!"
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