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Accu Measure Body Fat Calipers
- Thread starter elaineyue
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wendymin72
Cathlete
I bought a pair when I first started exercising...I don't know how accurate they were but they were fun to play with...lol
I have since thrown them out and I am kicking myself...even if the percentage wasn't accurate, they could have been a good tool to make sure I was headed in the right direction!
I think I will invest in an electronic one in the future though...
Have a great work out!
~Wendy~
I smoked my last cigarette on March 17, 2004 at 10:00 pm!
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I have since thrown them out and I am kicking myself...even if the percentage wasn't accurate, they could have been a good tool to make sure I was headed in the right direction!
I think I will invest in an electronic one in the future though...
Have a great work out!
~Wendy~
I smoked my last cigarette on March 17, 2004 at 10:00 pm!
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?WENDYMIN
http://lilypie.com/days/050519/1/0/1/-5/.png[/img][/url]
Well it depends on how and where you measure. Most of the times their only directions is to measure at your waist, which if you measure there, and you have fat in other places or you gain fat in other places more, they are not accurate at all. And the same is true if you mainly gain fat at just the waist, and not the other body parts.
Now if they give you the chart to measure arm fat, waist fat, hip fat, thigh fat, calve fat, back fat. They they are a pretty good set, if it's just measure at your waist and see the CMs of fat. They aren't very good. But you still can use them, as you can at least measure your waist and watch the fat go bye bye from there. You might not havea good percentage, but you at least have method of documenting where you started with the CMs of fat and where you ended up. I know it's probably not excatly what you wanted. You probably wanted a nice solid BMI reading that you could base things on. What I tell all my clients who like to watch the BMI readings, is to use every reading you can that measures differently add them up and then divide them and then you'll have a pretty close BMI, to what the health gyms would get.
Also it's kind of fun to see what body part is actually more fat then the others, it can suprise you sometimes. As you may not have thought that area was that big and then you find out its mostly fat.
Good luck
Kit
Now if they give you the chart to measure arm fat, waist fat, hip fat, thigh fat, calve fat, back fat. They they are a pretty good set, if it's just measure at your waist and see the CMs of fat. They aren't very good. But you still can use them, as you can at least measure your waist and watch the fat go bye bye from there. You might not havea good percentage, but you at least have method of documenting where you started with the CMs of fat and where you ended up. I know it's probably not excatly what you wanted. You probably wanted a nice solid BMI reading that you could base things on. What I tell all my clients who like to watch the BMI readings, is to use every reading you can that measures differently add them up and then divide them and then you'll have a pretty close BMI, to what the health gyms would get.
Also it's kind of fun to see what body part is actually more fat then the others, it can suprise you sometimes. As you may not have thought that area was that big and then you find out its mostly fat.
Good luck
Kit
CathydsRNA
Cathlete
About 6 months ago, I had my body fat measured by the caliper method (2 different professionals took the measurements), underwater weighing, and a Tanita scale which I have at home. The most accurate method according to fitness professionals is the underwater method..it said I was between 20 and 21% bodyfat, I got two different mesaurements by the fitness professionals...both readings significantly underestimated my real bodyfat percentage (one reading said 16% body fat and the other said 18%). The Tanita overestimated and gave me a reading that was around 26% body fat. I think most people agree that these scales are way off but I still use the scale as I think it can help monitor changes while not giving you an acuurate percentage.
Calipers can be tricky, you need to measure the exact same spots in exactly the same way to maintain consistency from one measurement to the next. Also, they are not too accurate.
Calipers can be tricky, you need to measure the exact same spots in exactly the same way to maintain consistency from one measurement to the next. Also, they are not too accurate.
momto2bratz
Cathlete
Hi Elaine,
I have the Accu Measure Caliper. I'm not really sure if it is accurate because I have nothing to compare it to. I am actually considering getting an Omron body fat analyzer. I have heard it is a pretty good tool and is very accurate.
Aila
I have the Accu Measure Caliper. I'm not really sure if it is accurate because I have nothing to compare it to. I am actually considering getting an Omron body fat analyzer. I have heard it is a pretty good tool and is very accurate.
Aila