what method is best, accurate and readily available for measuring body fat percentage?
your recommendations please
thanks
bod pod or a dexa scan. Google them for more info.
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
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Just looking at that shoe makes me feel like my body fat dropped 5%! Hold on, there must be a before and after picture proving my theory somewhere around here . . . .
PGA is wrong. That won’t work. You need this.
[quote]Mike Sullivan wrote:
bod pod or a dexa scan. Google them for more info.[/quote]
the dexa scan or water displacement are the most accurate. Those hand held body fat readers (which send a current through you) are not very accurate at all. They make assumptions based on age weight and sex. The 4 point skin fold body fat test can be accurate if you get someone who is very good at taking it and always stick with the same reader…obviously it can very depending on who measures it.
[quote]sumabeast wrote:
what method is best, accurate and readily available for measuring body fat percentage?[/quote]I use a callipers - I don’t pay that much attention to the actual bodyfat calculations, I just track the mm readings and see if they are going up or down.
It’s easy & repeatable if that’s good enough?
[quote]sumabeast wrote:
what method is best, accurate and readily available for measuring body fat percentage?
your recommendations please
thanks[/quote]
Tanita scale is the gold standard.