{"id":380,"date":"2013-06-15T18:57:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/?p=380"},"modified":"2013-06-15T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T18:57:06","slug":"best-ways-to-track-body-fat-on-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/traintrue\/best-ways-to-track-body-fat-on-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Best ways to track body fat on your own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Body fat percentage measurement<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"74%\">Use the Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) technique. This method measures body composition by sending a low, safe electrical current through the body. The current passes freely through the fluids contained in muscle tissue, but encounters difficulty\/resistance when it passes through fat tissue. This resistance of the fat tissue to the current is termed &#8216;bioelectrical impedance&#8217;, and is accurately measured by body fat scales. When set against a person&#8217;s height, gender and weight, the device can then compute their body fat percentage.<\/td>\n<td width=\"26%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There are a few ways to get the informance needed to keep track of your progression<\/p>\n<p>Using products that calculate your body fat precentage is easier then doing the calculations below:<\/p>\n<p>Calculation of Body Fat %<\/p>\n<p>Lukaski &amp; Bolonchuk&#8217;s (1988)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianmac.co.uk\/fatbia.htm#ref\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0formula for total body water (TBW) is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TBW = 0.372(S\u00b2\u00f7R) + 3.05(Sex) + 0.142(W) &#8211; 0.069(age)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>S = Height in centimetres<\/li>\n<li>R = Resistance<\/li>\n<li>W = Weight in Kg<\/li>\n<li>Sex Male =1 Female = 0<\/li>\n<li>Age in years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example<\/p>\n<p>Athlete is male, 25 years old, height 170cm, weight 65kg &#8211; measured resistance is 382<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TBW = 0.372(170\u00b2 \u00f7 382) + 3.05(1) + 0.142(65) &#8211; 0.069(25)<\/li>\n<li>TBW = 38.7kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The hydration constant of the fat free mass (FFM) is 0.73 so we can determine the FFM<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FFM = TBW \u00f7 0.73 = 38.7 \u00f7 0.73 = 53.01 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Fat Mass = Weight &#8211; FFM = 65 &#8211; 53.01 = 11.99kg<\/p>\n<p>Body Fat % = Fat Mass \u00f7 Weight x 100 = 11.99 \u00f7 65 x 100 = 18.5%<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purchase products that calculate your body fat precentage using\u00a0bioelectrical impedance technology\u00a0<a title=\"Products using Bioelectrical impedance technology here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=Omron%20HBF-306C%20Fat%20Loss%20Monitor%2C%20Black&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=educaandtra0e-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the types of products that will help<\/p>\n<p>Hand Held<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B000FYZMYK\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hand held Omron HBF-306C Fat Loss Monitor\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1a-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Omron HBF-306C Fat Loss Monitor, Black<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Easy to use place your height, weight, build, sex, age and place your hands on the device and let the machine work. This is the most commonly used device used in fitness centers because of the compactness, quick results and efficiency it brings to the table. Low costing you can get one for under $40 bucks today.\u00a0<a title=\"Purchase a Omron HBF today here\" href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B000FYZMYK\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase one here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B001803OS6\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Omron Body Composition Monitor With Scale\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1a1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Omron Body Composition Monitor With Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B001803OS6\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>So you would like to try the scale out to with the BF% examiner this is the top of the line scale here. Made by one of the most well trusted fitness product producer out in the market Omron. You will not find a better scale this is one here. For under $80 bucks\u00a0<a title=\"Purchase a Omron Body Composition monitor with Scale here\" href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B001803OS6\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase one here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=educaandtra0e-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B001803OS6\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Body fat percentage measurement Use the Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) technique. This method measures body composition by sending a low, safe electrical current through the body. The current passes freely through the fluids contained in muscle tissue, but encounters difficulty\/resistance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/traintrue\/best-ways-to-track-body-fat-on-your-own\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eandtfitness.com\/OLDPAGES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}