What is your Body Fat Percentage?

Why Ideal Weight?

The body weight display from scales as an indicator of over/underweight is sometimes misleading. It is due to the fact that body composition is different from each individual; frame size, muscle construction, and other factors are variable. It is a better approach to determine our ideal weight by making use of your body fat percentage. First, to determine your desired body fat percentage, you can refer to the Body Fat Percentage Rating Scale (see below). Then, by measuring your body fat percentage and body weight, you can determine your ideal weight. An adequate weight loss program is a combination of exercise and diet. Dieting alone is unhealthy for muscle tissue.  Try:

These digital body fat calipers make it  safe and easy to measure your body fat  at home, at the gym or anywhere!  Get quick and accurate fat measuring results with FatTrack Gold Digital Body Fat Calipers

Enjoy the ability to measure body fat easily by yourself, in the privacy of your own home, with the reliability and accuracy that is expected of today's registered medical devices. Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Testers have gold standard accuracy to within 1.1% of underwater weighing results!

Body Fat Percentage Fitness Rating

Many people desire a "fitness rating system" for assessing their current level of body fat. The following table provides a meaningful rating system.

Are You Replacing Fat with Muscle?

By monitoring the changes of your lean body weight, you will be able to tell whether or not you are replacing fat with muscle. Lean body weight can be found by subtracting your body weight with you body fat weight. You body fat weight is calculated by multiplying your weight with your body fat percentage. Body fat percentage can be found by measuring three key locations on your body, shown on this measuring diagram that is included free with the caliper. The FatTrack II Caliper calculates these numbers for you using the Jackson and Pollock body density equation. The mathematical results are displayed to a decimal figure, to satisfy the needs of the most demanding user.

Site Direction of fold Measurement Chest Diagonal Fold is taken 1/2 the distance between the anterior auxiliary line and nipple. Abdominal Vertical Fold is taken vertical 2 cm lateral to the umbilicus. Thigh Vertical Fold is lifted on anterior aspect of thigh midway between inguinal crease and proximal border of patella. Body weight is shifted to left foot.

Tips on Measuring

Take all measurements on the right side of your body Carefully identify and recall your measuring site for accuracy Take the measurement when skin is dry and lotion-free Do not measure immediately after exercise due to shifts in body fluid

BODY FAT MEASUREMENT SITES FOR FEMALE

Site Direction of fold Measurement Triceps Vertical Fold is taken midway between the shoulder and elbow joint, on the center of the back of the arm. Waist Diagonal Fold is taken diagonally above the iliac crest along the anterior auxiliary line. Thigh Vertical Fold is lifted on anterior aspect of thigh midway between inguinal crease and proximal border of patella. Body weight is shifted to the left foot.