measuring bf%

[klc9100]

do those handheld things at the gym actually work? if so, i'm WAY fatter than i thought i was

 

[vortrit]

They're not very accurate.

 

[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.

 

[OfficerFarva]

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.

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.

 

[Built]

DEXA. Try nuclear medicine at the main hospital; some private labs offer it, too.

 

[OfficerFarva]

DEXA. Try nuclear medicine at the main hospital; some private labs offer it, too.

I'll read up more on this when I get home but I found this so far. Thanks Built!

Body Composition Clinic

 

[ectomorph141]

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.

 

[DaMayor]

I usually use old fashioned ice block tongs and a tape measure.

GICH.

 

[vortrit]

I usually use old fashioned ice block tongs and a tape measure.

GICH.

I use a piece of barbed-wire and a Popsicle stick, but I don't care if it's accurate.

 

[DaMayor]

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!"