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Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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burgels Posts: 32 Joined: 2006/10/25	2007/02/12, 11:19 AM In the calculators out the wazoo post below, I used the body fat calculator with my last measurements and things looked a little off.. The calculator says that I'm 3% body fat, but my trainer who does it every week told me that I'm at 15%. Anyone else off by that much using this calculator? Here are my measurements as of last month: 184.5 pounds age 29 Triceps 8 Chest 15 Subscap 14

yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2007/02/12, 04:47 PM While a 12% difference seems pretty weird, there may be an explanation. Did the same person do the same measurements with both methods? Things only need to be off by the slightest to give you a dramatic diffrence. Plus, remember, they are only guidelines. On line calculators may or may not be completely accurate, but they do give you an idea of what direction you may be going. t -------------- I see the words you are typing, but all I read is clickclickclick They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. - Andy Warhol Sometimes I feel I type just to read my own words. - Me
burgels Posts: 32 Joined: 2006/10/25	2007/02/12, 09:22 PM I always have the same person do it every time using the same method, and I just plugged her measurements into the calculator.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2007/02/12, 09:36 PM Was unit of measurement option on the website?
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/02/13, 09:54 AM You're not at 3% bodyfat. You're doing something wrong. -------------- Gravity hates you. Enter the Darkside.
burgels Posts: 32 Joined: 2006/10/25	2007/02/13, 01:44 PM Yes I know, I didn't think that I was.
rwilson76 Posts: 2 Joined: 2007/02/20	2007/02/20, 09:32 PM www.bodyshapeclinic.com - body fat analysis
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2007/02/20, 10:38 PM Calculators are just that...a formula. Not accurate in most any way. -------------- "If it ain't broke, you aren't trying."