RuMR Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Suggestions on where to get it done??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Easiest and cheapest way: go to The Sharper Image and find the Tanita Body Fat monitor off the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 I don't think i trust those bioelectrical impedence deals....anybody know if those spit out valid info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 The bioelectric impedence machines have great test-retest consistency, however they won't be as accurate as a water-displacement tests (the most accurate measure) and tend to read lower. Body fat calipers are only as good as the person administering the test, but can be quite accurate. The advantage to body calipers is you get raw data from 6 different sites, which you can refer back to at a later date and see where your body tends to lose fat first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 cool! Thanks for the info...i keep pinching my fat roll in my harness and have to do sumpin' about it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 you could start here: http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltools/CT_Fitness/bodyfat1.cfm  but I doubt it's accuracte  I have a Tanita at home and find it to be totally inaccurate, a cruel and sadistic machine that has no equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Bronco said:Â I have a Tanita at home and find it to be totally inaccurate, a cruel and sadistic machine that has no equal. Â I assume it errors on the high side and you just KNOW you're not THAT fat. Does sound to be a cruel toy. Probably better than getting the SO involved in the discussion though. Honey, do you think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtenay Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 For more on Tanita bodyfat scales, feel free to check out this page: http://www.bodyresults.com/E2Tanitabodyfat.asp They tend to work only if you stay very well hydrated, and for women who fluxuate with their cycle, such scales are not really reliable. Find someone who is experienced with skinfold calipers (heck, I do that for my clients) and have them test/retest you in order to determine general trends. They're reliable to roughly 3%, so if someone gives you a 16.53% realize that 1) they're not that precise and 2) it really means you're in the ball park range of 13-19%... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 ehmmic said: I assume it errors on the high side and you just KNOW you're not THAT fat. Â You're correct there. Hey is that sarcasm I detect in your post? Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 ehmmic said: Bronco said:Â I have a Tanita at home and find it to be totally inaccurate, a cruel and sadistic machine that has no equal. Â I assume it errors on the high side and you just KNOW you're not THAT fat. Does sound to be a cruel toy. Probably better than getting the SO involved in the discussion though. Honey, do you think... Â ...these pants make me look fat? Correct Answer: No, your big ass makes you look fat. Â Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! Nice one, ehmmic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Bronco said: I have a Tanita at home and find it to be totally inaccurate, a cruel and sadistic machine that has no equal. Â Yeah - my folks have one and it put me at 33% last time I got on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Were you wearing shoes made out of Twinkies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 subdermal fat is one of the physical traits that distinguishes humans from other primates. that and mortgage payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin_B Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 ehmmic said: Bronco said:Â I have a Tanita at home and find it to be totally inaccurate, a cruel and sadistic machine that has no equal. Â I assume it errors on the high side and you just KNOW you're not THAT fat. Does sound to be a cruel toy. Probably better than getting the SO involved in the discussion though. Honey, do you think... Â I have had the skin fold body analysis test done twice and also have one of those Tanita scales. Those scales are crap. The readings vary dramatically with time of day, what you eat, when you exercise, how much you drink, what the weather is like that day, and a bunch of other stuff. I don't pay attention to that reading at all. The scale has quoted both way over and way under what both skin folds tests have shown. I think to get an accurate reading you need to have the same person measure your skin folds on a few different occasions. Â Maybe everyone should post the results of their body fat analysis tests here for the others to critize, poke fun of, etc. That might keep me from too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 iain said: Were you wearing shoes made out of Twinkies? Â LOLOLOLOL Â I've had the calipers done by a professional and by a novice as well as the resistance method. The skill of the person using the calipers is pretty key, and the more points they take the more accurate. The resistance method has obvious problems but if you did it twice daily and then graphed your results you would get a mean value and a see a trendline if you were actually lowering your body fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloshk_Antonopov Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 i am having done many displacement water test of fat while in serious Russian training program and am thinking this is not relate to climbing performance as i am having often done best in training and performance when fat level has been high and not low. also my harnes was always fit properly during this time though and perhaps it is time for one to buy larger size you are all so typical americans with cheeseburger so often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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