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Anonymous
any of you guys take your own bodyfat % at home and is it easy?

like just buy a caliper w/ instructions on how to do it and voila?

wondering because I've been wanting to know lately and was like ok i'll wait a month or so till my doctors appt is, I go to see him and they are like uh no we don't do that here

and last time I asked the guy at my gym to do it he was busy with someone so I'd basically have to pay $70 for a useless PT session to get it
>> Anonymous
yes i used my buddy's calipers (no homo) and the hardest part is pinching 3 inches of skin and holding it while positioning the calipers.

shit is ouch

other than that, very simple.
>> Anonymous
What the fuck. Calipers are a really inaccurate way of measuring body fat. While they might be ok for measuring change over time, you'd still have to have a constant pressure and the exact same points of measurment.
>> Anonymous
>>393970

sayeth twat
>> Anonymous
>>393970
so what is an accurate way of measuring bodyfat%?
>> Anonymous
>>393980
hate to bring you down, but there is no cheap way of taking BF%

to get accurate readings, you have to do this x-ray shit

my university does it for students for like 100 bucks :(
>> Anonymous
calipers are fine

troll is trollan
>> Anonymous
>>394079
<surprised>

wow, this fellow knows his stuff

DEXA is the way to go (x-ray), bodpod works to. your best shot is bodpod, you'll need to be a university body comp subject OR a doctor's Rx to get in a DEXA. I worked in a body comp lab during uni, so i got all the dexas i could get my grubby hands on

calipers, other than a monitor of change (assuming EVERY VARIABLE IS ACCOUNTED FOR) is useless
because A. you or who ever you have do it is likely unqualified B. for it to be done properly, requires calipers upwards of $400

TL DR: use PICTURES, over time, to gauge progress in addition to the positive increases in OBJECTIVE performance measures.
>> Anonymous
>>394093
yeah, there are a few on /fit/ who can drop some science on your ass

apparently you are a member of the elite cadre as well

your tl;dr is the best answer to OP's question
>> Anonymous
>>394184
indeed, the few, the proud

for it is we who are the ultimate fails of /fit/ for we are given so much yet squander it all away here
>> Anonymous
>>394197
never have so many
given so much
for so little