Fat Calibrators

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Kylee

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Hi all.....do any of you use Fat Calibrators?...Just wondering if I should upgrade. I usually do the good ole finger pinch. Pinch the fat then just measure the width/space between the fingers with a tape measure, ruler, or just use a tape measure around waist. Do a fat calibrators offer something different or better?.

Kylee
 
I have one and i would say it would be more accurate because it squeezes in the skin before it measurs the fat, where as just using a ruler, it will still add in the skin.

But they are cheap, so i would say get one. But i still question their reliablility. It says i have 7mm of fat on my suprailliac, that means i have about 7.5% bf, which is incorrect, i think its more 9% to me.

Other people may have different opinions?
 
Kaylee:
YOur method is old and inaccurate! Gather up some money and invest in a good claiper. The lange caliper (metal green) are common--they run about $250, or the digital Skyndex (easy to use) runs about $400.
Still too high? Go to your local sports store and buy come decent calipers or invest in a bio-impedence analyzer (Omron)--runs only $60!
 
Accu Measure Body Fat Caliper is what I was thinking of getting on ebay...maybe later on when I have the cash to spare I'd splurge. Its good to know however about the ranges of caliphers out there.

Kylee
 
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They're selling for even lower than that now on ebay (the manuual non- digiatal ones..they remind me of those things we used to use in math class to make a circle ;)....does the Acu Measure help any...or is it just another "gagdet" I'd be better off without..I mean for as low as its selling I guess no biggie.

Kylee
 
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well i measured myself this arvo and it said i had 6mm on me, which is 7.5% bf, as i said last time, i think thats bull. Id say you can get one coz there cheap, just add or subtract 2% of what ever it says and ull be right :D
 
6 or 7mm thats like way less than an inch of fat...If thats the case who needs a caliper ;). How do you know whether to add or subtract?.

Kylee
 
Haha 6 or 7 mm isint that good, well i guess its ok, but not ideal. But thanx

Im not totally sure. All i did really was looked at someone with 7.5% bodyfat and they had a nice six-pack, i looked at myself and only had an average one. So i decide to add 2%, i think that would be about the only you can tell.
 
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