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12-05-2006, 10:01 AM
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| Bigger, Better, Stronger  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North
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   | It was a electronic set (just under £30), I think they might be accu-measure but I would need to check to be sure. So far I have a reading of between 15% and 17.5%. But I am not sure if I am measuring correctly. |
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02-06-2006, 04:27 PM
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| Robot In Disguise  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London
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| OK - just got my FatTrack II Digital body fat calipers today >>> 3 site measurements - chest, waist, thigh >>> im getting readings from 11% all the way to 21% :S >>> quite clearly i have no idea what im doing :confused: Erm, i've read the instructions about how to take skinfold measurements, but im still a lil confused. The pictures show guys and gals taking horizontal skinfolds at the waist for example, whereas the instructions say vertical - so like - huh? Could someone please help me out a lil? Is there a site perhaps that better explains all this? [perv] AND OMG - Tatyana's avi's just keep getting hotter and hotter :| >>> wish they were bigger though :(  [/perv] |
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03-06-2006, 02:35 PM
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| My name is EARL  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On my bloody bike doing cardio
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03-06-2006, 07:27 PM
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| Gym Addict  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
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13-06-2006, 12:33 PM
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| Newbie Trainer Join Date: Jan 2005
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|  I've just got my AccuMeasures and used them. It says about 10-11%. But my cheapo electronic one from ebay (that takes your height and weight and you hold the metal pads) says 29%. WTF, that is way out. So don't buy cheapo ones.;) |
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13-06-2006, 04:35 PM
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| My name is EARL Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On my bloody bike doing cardio
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| Yes the BMI ones or biomass impedance, are usually rubbish. Tanita makes some of the best though, AND you the best ones are those that you stand on and hold. They are often based on calculations based on age, so if you are older but have been really fit all your life, or young but have always been a chub, they are going to be even WORSE. x x x T |
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31-08-2006, 09:54 PM
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| My name is EARL Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On my bloody bike doing cardio
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| I have been using these accumeasures for close to a YEAR now and I just noticed something about them! I have been using them incorrectly! There is this little sliding square bit you have to pull out. When you pinch and then press down till you hear the click, the little square thing will mark the measure! DOH! Anyway, for me this morning it was happy days, as my measure was less than I thought. Ok so I do have a question. The charts are given in age ranges. However, as a bodybuilder, do you think that some of these charts then will be a bit inaccurate for the age? There was a point last year that I did have to switch to electronic calipers as they did not track body fat below 13% for women (if you are 18 that is!  )x x x T |
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