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Body Fat?

lexballer13 Posts: 165 Joined: 2003/10/15	2003/10/22, 12:26 PM Is there any easy way to measure body fat besides actual body fat machines or calculators? Just wondering no big deal. I just want to know if I have changed any.
	2003/10/22, 12:42 PM mybodycomp.com has a tracker that allegedly calculates BF% by measurements. I don't think its very accurate. That said though you can establish a baseline there and re-check your measurements monthly and you will get a relative idea of your progress.
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/10/22, 03:10 PM This site has a really simple one under exercise tools/fitness calculators. It was closer to my calipers results than the one at mybodycomp. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
	2003/10/22, 03:31 PM Which site Victoria?
lexballer13 Posts: 165 Joined: 2003/10/15	2003/10/22, 05:32 PM Thanks guys
lexballer13 Posts: 165 Joined: 2003/10/15	2003/10/22, 05:34 PM Thanks guys
Taurie Posts: 374 Joined: 2003/10/15	2003/10/22, 08:33 PM On this site. Go to ft Exercise Resources then, go to exercise fitness tools.
	2003/10/23, 11:50 AM Ok duuh. Don't know what I was thinking Victoria. I guess I was looking for "this link". The FT site and mybodycomp.com were within 1% of each other for me. I agree that more scientific methods are in order to determine BF%. The two I mentioned give me way too low a % to be believed.
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/10/23, 03:11 PM mybodycomp gave me 37% <DOH!> and the calipers gave me 28%. It said my ankle and wrist measurements were too small in comparison to my other measurements, or something like that. I think ankle and wrist size has more to do with bone structure than fat/muscle and mine have always been small, that is not going to change. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills