Sentences with phrase «use skinfold calipers»

You can use skinfold calipers, visit a specialised centre with body fat testers, or use scales that show percentage of fat.

I've been getting lots of requests for this because people have been having trouble figuring out how to use skinfold calipers properly.The reason its so important to know bodyfat accurately its the only way to know if that 10 pound increase on the scale is because of added fat or added muscle.

Not exact matches

If you can not have regular access to measuring your body fat percentage with DEXA scan (dual - energy x-ray absorptiometry) or Bod Pod («an air displacement plethysmograph which uses whole - body densitometry to determine body composition»), skinfold calipers are the next best option.

I used Lange skinfold calipers for a fitness assessment course at York University and I have been using them ever since I graduated and become a certified personal trainer.

A Lange skinfold caliper (Beta Technology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) and vertical fold was used to assess subcutaneous fat at the site marked 2.54 cm to the right of the umbilicus (8).