How accurate are body fat calipers?

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11-06-2003, 04:02 PM
British Bulldog

How accurate are body fat calipers?

Has anyone here had any experience using body fat calipers? If so can you confirm whether they are accurate or not, i've heard conflicting reports on this, some people saying they are very accurate and others saying calipers are completely useless.
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11-06-2003, 07:53 PM
beenie

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Originally Posted by British Bulldog

Has anyone here had any experience using body fat calipers? If so can you confirm whether they are accurate or not, i've heard conflicting reports on this, some people saying they are very accurate and others saying calipers are completely useless.
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I do not believe they are very accurate and should only be used as a benchmark. Have 3 professionally trained people giving the same test, u always wind up with 3 different readings. They are good if you use them as a benchmark and the same person is traking the reading each time.
11-06-2003, 08:27 PM
rambo

Calipers are a decent benchmark. Obviously water displacement is the best test, but hard to come by and expensive. Calipers can be used well for before and after testing, as long as the same person does the test for you both times.
11-06-2003, 09:43 PM
Yung Wun

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Originally Posted by rambo

Calipers are a decent benchmark. Obviously water displacement is the best test, but hard to come by and expensive. Calipers can be used well for before and after testing, as long as the same person does the test for you both times.

Rambo said it

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