Body fat %

[eager rookie]

I hear on this site all the time different people's ideas of the disirable body fat % i was wondering how do you calculate body fat percentage

[ICB]

Try this

http://www.dietquest.com/body_fat_calculator.asp

[Scrap]

Im told you need 6% body fat to run a Marothon.

[Von Milash]

I'm 61% body fat and 97% meat bi-product. My blood is like ketchup and gravy.

[FeuerFrei]

Body fat is measured several different ways.
One is underwater weighing with all air expelled from the lungs and a computer calculates your body fat%. This is very accurate but tends to cost money.
Another is through the use of electromagnetic current through the body. Also very accurate but not friendly to the wallet.
The most common and inexpensive way is through use of skin calipers. A person who has been trained to take the measurements uses calipers to measure the thickness of a person's skin folds and various different parts of the body. Then the sum of the skinfold measurements is compared to a chart to give the person's body fat%. This is still pretty accurate if done by someone who knows what they are doing (I used to have to measure body fat all the time when I was a personal trainer). It's also much easier on the wallet.

[Sharla]

I've got scales which measure it but they are not so reliable. My body fat percentage is always lowest after I shower and heaviest when I'm retaining water according to them! I use them as a rough guide only.

[The_One77]

Use a bodyfat caliper, the picture of myself in my profile is around 11%

[bigragu]

Try this

http://www.dietquest.com/body_fat_calculator.asp

I like this one.....I weigh 245 now..thanks to running 2-3 mile 5 times a week....and my waist is 39 inches...said I was at 18% ....cool...I can live with that for now.....my profile pic was 17 pounds ago...I was 262 at new years....and drunk!?!?!

[Swashbuckling Gordy]

Try this

http://www.dietquest.com/body_fat_calculator.asp

I like this one.....I weigh 245 now..thanks to running 2-3 mile 5 times a week....and my waist is 39 inches...said I was at 18% ....cool...I can live with that for now.....my profile pic was 17 pounds ago...I was 262 at new years....and drunk!?!?!

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