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Professional Skinfold Testing and muscle measurements in Dublin?

  • 24-04-2016 9:20pm
    #1
    Bendybones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭


    I am looking for somewhere that I can regularly get the following done (by an accredited person):
    -Skin fold body fat calliper measurement
    -Muscle girth tape measurements

    There is an accreditation that a physique coach can get which ensures repeatable accuracy with a calliper.
    A coach told me about it but I can't remember the name of the accreditation (ASAK or similar).

    Does anyone know what that accreditation is?
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  • #2
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    The accreditation means very little. Lots of people go on lots of "accredited" courses and the pass criteria are no where near as stringent as you'd expect.

    An experienced PT who has done multiple body fat measurements daily for the last 5-10 years would be a much more reliable option.

    Dominic Munnelly would be an obvious one, or even any of the established guys who've done the Poliquin BioSig course.


  • #3
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,895 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Bendybones wrote: »
    There is an accreditation that a physique coach can get which ensures repeatable accuracy with a calliper.
    An accreditation doesn't ensure any of that tbh.

    An accreditation just means they've done a weekend course. There's a limited amount of experience you can get in a weekend. It's a good start, but somebodt with 10 years experience, doing one a week will have much more experience.

    It sounds like you are referring to the ISAK accreditation.


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