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Body Fat Calipers
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Your body fat percentage measurement can be obtained using instruments like body fat calipers. It is a much better indicator of health than simply using your weight or your body mass index. Using body fat percentage rather than your weight when following a weight loss program can be more motivational and will also give a better indication of the increase in health. Body fat calipers are probably the cheapest and quickest way to accurately measure and monitor body fat.
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Body Fat Skinfolds
Body fat calipers or skinfold calipers take skinfold measurments on predetermined sites. The calipers pinch the skin and a measurement is taken to determine the thickness of the skinfold (or skin pinch).
Best Body Fat Calipers
Among the best skinfold calipers are the Harpenden Skinfold Caliper, Lafayette Skinfold Caliper, Lange Caliper, Accu-Measure Body Fat Calipers, Slim Guide Skinfold Caliper.
The body fat caliper measurement should be carried out by an exercise professional and repeated to give a reliable test. The skinfold measurement should also be taken before exercise since the increase in blood cirulation during physical exertion may cause the skin to swell. There are other options such as body fat scales, bioelectrical impedance, under water or hydrostatic weighing.
Bioelectrical Impedance to Measure Body Fat
Bioelectrical impedance sends an electical signal through the body which is a very low level. Lean tissue has a high percentage of water and allows the electrical signal to pass through quickly. Fat tissue has a lower percentage of water and is a poor conductor of electricity and so the signal passes through slowly.
Hydrostatic Weighing Tanks
This method to measure body fat is arguably the gold standard but is also the least practical. The process involves blowing out all of the air from your lungs and then being submerged underwater in a large water tank for approximately five seconds while you are weighed. Air in the lungs can make the measurement inaccurate.
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