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Home body fat test

  • 16-10-2013 8:49pm
    #1
    Juniorhurler
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    Hi folks
    I am 6'2" and weigh 13st 7lbs. I hurl at club senior level and during the winter do a bit of running to keep in some bit of shape. I generally aim for and achieve a marathon a week in runs from 3-7 miles long. I mile at about 7 minutes.

    I got curious about my body fat tonight and did a tape measure body fat test. It is telling me that I am at 13.3% body fat.

    I am a novice to all of this and was just wondering how accurate these body fat tests are? The website, health central claims + or- 2% accuracy. So all of you boardsies who know about this stuff, how accurate are they in your experience.


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    What was the website?

    +/-2% means you could be anywhere from 11-15%, that's a pretty big margin. So they aren't exactly claiming to be all that accurate, its probably reasonable it's within those limits 80% of the time or more.


  • #3
    amazingemmet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭amazingemmet


    Mirror/photos are the only real test you can do at home. All the rest are inaccurate.


  • #4
    cindy11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭cindy11


    The most accurate system to measure body fat is tanita device.. It is a medical proven device that you have in expensive places places..

    Click on the link below
    <mod snip>


  • #5
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    cindy11 wrote: »
    The most accurate system to measure body fat is tanita device.. It is a medical proven device that you have in expensive places places..

    Click on the link below
    <mod snip>

    No it's not.

    Callipers is the most accurate.


  • #6
    cindy11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭cindy11


    Calipers only measures fat. I suggested the other other because measures more things which are linked to wellness. It is also old technology..


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  • #7
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    cindy11 wrote: »
    The most accurate system to measure body fat is tanita device.. It is a medical proven device that you have in expensive places places..
    ]
    I think you are confusing tanita with a DEXA scan. Tanita is useless
    cindy11 wrote: »
    Calipers only measures fat. I suggested the other other because measures more things which are linked to wellness. It is also old technology..

    A tanita scales or similar measures electrical resistance, that's it. It doesn't actually measure bf%, it sort of has a bit of a guess though.


  • #8
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Hi folks
    I am 6'2" and weigh 13st 7lbs. I hurl at club senior level and during the winter do a bit of running to keep in some bit of shape. I generally aim for and achieve a marathon a week in runs from 3-7 miles long. I mile at about 7 minutes.

    I got curious about my body fat tonight and did a tape measure body fat test. It is telling me that I am at 13.3% body fat.

    I am a novice to all of this and was just wondering how accurate these body fat tests are? The website, health central claims + or- 2% accuracy. So all of you boardsies who know about this stuff, how accurate are they in your experience.
    I just did the tape thing and it was one % point above my bf as measured by calipers.


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