Reply With QuoteTweetMaybe they used a weighing scale with one of them thingamajigs that measure BF%.
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TweetDoes this not bother anyone else?? People who post im 245 at 5% bodyfat. these people dont even know wat 5% bodyfat looks like. everyone tendz to underestimate
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TweetMaybe they used a weighing scale with one of them thingamajigs that measure BF%.
Tweeti get mine dine for free every week were i work they have a fat calp. that feeds the info to a cpu ,but i agree some people just guess there bf
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TweetA friend of mine has a hand held electronic bf measurer. It's made by Omicron. Anyone know if they are accurate or not?
TweetI've heard they can be off by a few% bro!Originally posted by Blackfoot
A friend of mine has a hand held electronic bf measurer. It's made by Omicron. Anyone know if they are accurate or not?
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TweetThat's what I was thinking man. There are too many variables: when you use it, what your last meal was... etc... Thanks for the input bro.
Tweeti think that with most bf tests there is about a 2-3% leway
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TweetDoesnt bother me, I have never had mine checked and probably never will. I have never been fat. Once I hit 30 I have a little bf around my midsection but nothing serious. I dont need to be a certain percentage as long as i'm happy with myself. But I sure would'nt post my bf% as 5 I know its not that low.
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TweetI've been at 5% once in my life and the doc was freaking, actually I was 6' , 150 lbs too. Not very healthy. The difference between 15 and 20% isn't that big but between 5 and 10 it's tremendous.
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TweetWell you just seen me this weekend and even in my sickly condition I'm 220 at about 2% bodyfat! hehehehe..... Yeah right I wish. :p
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TweetI have a Tanita electronic body fat scale which sends the electrical impulse through the feet. I got the lowest model a long time ago which doesn't have setting to specify if you are athletic or not. In any event, I'm about 187.5 lbs right now and the scale says 24% bf. Just for the record, I am NOWHERE near that. Probably about 13% or 12%.
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TweetWe use one of those electrical tests at work where you hold it an put in a bunch of variables into it. I don't know why we use it because most of the time it is off. It always gives me about 3-4% more than I really am. One of the biggest factors in it is how well hydrated you are when you do it.
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TweetTxshooter,
You just made my day. Nurse checked mine twice last year, 15 one time 18 the other, I said no way. She disagreed with me, and was sure device was correct.
I said I know my body and I carry 10-12% year round and have for years, the only difference is water weight. Since I eat clean 80% of time, when I go crazy I can put on 10lbs of water weight in a few days, which I was holding at the time.
So, your post makes sense to me.
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Tweet5% is low really low..
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