Enjoy the ability to measure body fat easily by yourself, in the privacy of your own home, with reliability and accuracy.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Measure your body fat through skin-fold measurement. When taking a skinfold, the basic idea is to “pinch and pull.” Attempt to pull the fat tissue from the surrounding tissue with a good pinch. Once you feel like you have a good pinch place the calipers about 1 centimeter to the side of your fingers pinching the fat tissue. Press on the serrated thumb pad next to the word “press” until the two arrows line up.Take your measurement you must try to line up arrows, hold steady and see your result.
Why Does Body Fat Percentage Matter?
When you lower your body fat percentage, you’ll end up looking more fit, whether you got there by losing fat, gaining muscle, or a combination of both.
What constitutes a “healthy” level of body fat?
If you’re not worried about keeping your body fat low for aesthetic or performance goals, then it’s perfectly OK to have the goal of keeping your body fat percentage anywhere below “obese” and above “essential fat levels.”
WomenObese: greater than 31 percent
Acceptable: 25-31 percent
Fit: 21-24 percent
Athletic: 14-20 percent
Essential fat levels: less than 13 percent
Men
Obese: 25 percent
Acceptable: 18-25 percent
Fit: 14-17 percent
Athletic: 6-13 percent
Essential fat levels: less than 2-5 percentMeasures body fat percentage accurately and privately. Easy to do by yourself!
