Body fat

[NewbFromCali]

So I finally asked for a caliper test and it has me at 217/7.5%. Tape says I'm 11. I feel I look more like 11 or more but I'm curious if that's just my inner hate-my-body talking. It didn't get but one of my fat stores(lower abs) and it pinched my legs which have paper thin skin. Can someone give me insight to these tests and what they mean and also how big a grain of salt I'm gonna need to understand them?


Ps. Might be the wrong forum but I figured diet guys would know.

75"
217lbs
7.5% (I'm told)
30 y/o

[--->>405<<---]

im far from an expert man but i can tell u alot of it has to do with who is doing the pinching.. my wife does mine and she had the calipers when i met her and she claims to know how to do it fairly well.. when i first started in here on my diet she pinched had me at 21.9%.. i went to the bodpod which in case u dont know about it its supposed to be the most accurate device available today and it put me at 26.6.. so she was about 4.7% off.. thatd put u from 7.5 to 12.2... either one to me is freaking worth a celebration hope this helps...

BTW the bodpod i went to was in one of those satellite type doc offices(not immediate med but kind of).. cost 35bucks and took 30 mins.. well worth it..

[--->>405<<---]

im far from an expert man but i can tell u alot of it has to do with who is doing the pinching.. my wife does mine and she had the calipers when i met her and she claims to know how to do it fairly well.. when i first started in here on my diet she pinched had me at 21.9%.. i went to the bodpod which in case u dont know about it its supposed to be the most accurate device available today and it put me at 26.6.. so she was about 4.7% off.. thatd put u from 7.5 to 12.2... either one to me is freaking worth a celebration hope this helps...

BTW the bodpod i went to was in one of those satellite type doc offices(not immediate med but kind of).. cost 35bucks and took 30 mins.. well worth it..

[charcold]

Your avy(from what you can tell) looks a bit higher than 7.5. How many spots did they pinch? Did they pinch your kidney/ lower back?

[joshh]

not sure if you have them in the states, but in australia we have machines call bodpod's - http://www.bodyologystudio.com.au/Bodpodexplained.html

[Back In Black]

Bodpods measure TOTAL bodyfat, not just subcetaneous. So they include all the interstitial (inbetween and in internal organs) fat that calipers can't get. If anybody was a TRUE 3-4% bodyfat measured by a bodpod they would likely be close to death. So, for the purpose of bodpods you can probably knock off about 4% to give your actual caliper reading. So, 405, your wifes measurements are probably pretty accurate!

[Back In Black]

OP do you have pics of back and legs? ANd yes, wrong section, should ideally be in members pics section.

[--->>405<<---]

Bodpods measure TOTAL bodyfat, not just subcetaneous. So they include all the interstitial (inbetween and in internal organs) fat that calipers can't get. If anybody was a TRUE 3-4% bodyfat measured by a bodpod they would likely be close to death. So, for the purpose of bodpods you can probably knock off about 4% to give your actual caliper reading. So, 405, your wifes measurements are probably pretty accurate!

good to know thx stem

[NewbFromCali]

Ill answer a few of those questions.
They pinched the chest closest to the armpit, left of the navel and the front of the quad. I have ZERO fat on my legs. Like I have people tell me all the time. Genetic blessing there.
They did not pinch my handles o' love but I'd they did, it'd likely be similar to my belly fat.

[Back In Black]

A 3 point test is really not gonna give you the best results. 9 Point test is far superior, get someone to check it for you. Of course you MAY come out the same.............

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...hlight=caliper

[charcold]

Yup, and the lower back is usually a big pinch^^