body fat calipers, is this right?

**amotanis** · 04-02-2004, 03:28 PM

i just got a set of BF calipers, i remember getting it done back in high school for wrestling.. so i think i'm doing it right. but i just cant beleive that its as low as it says.. theres a pic attached. 5-6mm (1/2inch) on the readout. Everytime i do it i get the same things give or take a smidge. SOOOoo does that mean i'm running %5 ??? thats crazy cuz i'm scrawny but not ripped. i'll put a pic on here too, dont laugh. am i doing it right???

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by amotanis

i just got a set of BF calipers, i remember getting it done back in high school for wrestling.. so i think i'm doing it right. but i just cant beleive that its as low as it says.. theres a pic attached. 5-6mm (1/2inch) on the readout. Everytime i do it i get the same things give or take a smidge. SOOOoo does that mean i'm running %5 ??? thats crazy cuz i'm scrawny but not ripped. i'll put a pic on here too, dont laugh. am i doing it right???

i dont think your doing it correctly.. cause a 5% phsique is insane.. to me you look about 13-16..

**amotanis** · 04-02-2004, 03:34 PM

i agree with you!, i mean under the right shaddow i can see some ab outline ;X haha. when i do the mathmatical caculation its like 14-15. Maybe the measurments on these calipers arnt in %.

thanks for the quick resopnse tho

Ok i jsut read another instruction set on how to do it and according to the chart readout i should be 9% BF. still seems low. anywas.

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by amotanis

i agree with you!, i mean under the right shaddow i can see some ab outline ;X haha. when i do the mathmatical caculation its like 14-15. Maybe the measurments on these calipers arnt in %.

thanks for the quick resopnse tho

well it might that your taking the measurment in the wrong place.. try switching it to the other side see that that tell you.. but if i was you i wouldnt go by clipers they are very inconsistent.. go by the mirror bro..

**amotanis** · 04-02-2004, 03:39 PM

the mirror! what kind of insane torture are you trying to put me through. heh the mirror says, TOO much time in the gym and kitchen for NOT ENOUGH to show for. Thanks again.

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by amotanis

the mirror! what kind of insane torture are you trying to put me through. heh the mirror says, TOO much time in the gym and kitchen for NOT ENOUGH to show for. Thanks again.

lol maybe your diet isnt on point..? or maybe your lifting/cardio..?

**abstrack** · 04-02-2004, 03:47 PM

how could you be doing a bf% test on yourself?
a 4 point test would be taken off he bi, tri, subscapalar, illiac crest. You could not take the measurments by yourself.

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by abstrack

how could you be doing a bf% test on yourself?
a 4 point test would be taken off he bi, tri, subscapalar, illiac crest. You could not take the measurments by yourself.

i was thinking the same thing.. ?

**daman1** · 04-02-2004, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Elliot

i dont think your doing it correctly.. cause a 5% phsique is insane.. to me you look about 13-16..

i would say 11-13...

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by daman1

i would say 11-13...

well at 11 he would have seen some abs unless he never done a crunch/situp in his life..

**amotanis** · 04-02-2004, 03:52 PM

yea a 4 point test no.. i tried somwehre else and i didnt have enough hands. ha.. anyways.. the insturctions just say to do the spot an inch above your hip stomach area. hold pinch with left hand and calip with the right, i can pull of a chest one too.

http://www.accumeasurefitness.com/descript.html <--site guide and calip info

blah nevermind aobut this.. it doesnt matter. waste of money . just curious about bodyfat.

peac

**daman1** · 04-02-2004, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Elliot

well at 11 he would have seen some abs unless he never done a crunch/situp in his life..

at 11%!!!? I couldnt even see my abs until around 9.

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by daman1

at 11%!!!? I couldnt even see my abs until around 9.

at 9?! genetics maybe? but most people that i see with some one of a ab outline will never be in single digits..

**daman1** · 04-02-2004, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Elliot

at 9?! genetics maybe? but most people that i see with some one of a ab outline will never be in single digits..

Dang, I most be a **** end of the genetic stick...

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by daman1

Dang, I most be a **** end of the genetic stick...

i can see an outline of my abs at 10-11%..

**daman1** · 04-02-2004, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Elliot

i can see an outline of my abs at 10-11%..

Lucky bastard!

**Elliot** · 04-02-2004, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by daman1

Lucky bastard!

yes i know im uber secksay

**abstrack** · 04-02-2004, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by amotanis

yea a 4 point test no.. i tried somwehre else and i didnt have enough hands. ha.. anyways.. the insturctions just say to do the spot an inch above your hip stomach area. hold pinch with left hand and calip with the right, i can pull of a chest one too.

http://www.accumeasurefitness.com/descript.html <--site guide and calip info

blah nevermind aobut this.. it doesnt matter. waste of money . just curious about bodyfat.

peac

for the amount of money you spent on that caliper i could have gave you just as an accurate of a measurment for the same price.

**longhornDr** · 04-03-2004, 02:01 PM

The calipers are very good for tracking relative progress, but the % they give you is usually not accurate.

Just pick a couple spots with a good amount of fat and measure them consistently...if you are making progress the numbers should be going down irregardless of what % it tells you.