How Do You Use Calipers To Measure Body Fat?
When it comes to losing weight, the scale can be misleading. If you’re exercising in conjunction with your diet, you may also be building muscle, which is denser and heavier than fat. That’s where body fat calipers are useful. Using a caliper to measure body fat can give you a much better idea of how well you’re doing in reaching your target goal. Not only that, but they’re cheap and easy to use. Below are step by step instructions on how to use calipers to measure body fat percentage. Note that in this article, we will be using the Yuhasz technique, which uses six measurement sites (vs. 3 or 4 as recommended in other methods). Buy a caliper. Accu-measure body fat calipers are the most widely recommended calipers for informally measuring body fat percentage. These are very cheap, and can be bought off of Amazon. Other recommended calipers include Lafayette, Lange, or Harpenden (but expect to pay a lot more for these). Use these basic measuring techniques. Measure on the same side of yo
