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09-10-2005, 11:38 AM
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| Administrator Rank: Lightweight Experience: 3-5 Years  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Midwest
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Gender:  |  Skin Caliper Recommendations? Hey guys, I am trying to get a decent judge of my bf % at home to track my progress but the calipers I bought from BN are a piece of crap (the Accu-Measures). Any of you that use calipers have any brand or model recommendations that give relatively accurate readings? |
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09-10-2005, 01:01 PM
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Gender: |  Go digital Hey Sleazy, Bodybuilding.com has the "Fat Track II Digital Body Fat Caliper". I can't say whether it's 100% accurate, but it's accurate OVER TIME (consistent). It gives a little beep when the correct pressure is applied so that you'll get a consistent measurement every time, which is all you really need to track changes in your body fat. I think it goes for around $29.99. Comes with a free "Myotape" which is a nice device to measure your bodyparts ($5 value). www.bodybuilding.com/store/acc/fattrack.html There is another one on the market which is more expensive, I think it has "gold" in the name. That one, I think, is made by the same company that makes the Accu-Measure. Hope this helps. |
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09-10-2005, 02:01 PM
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Gender: | Ya, I have tried that digital one, its a huge pain as well and the numbers jump all over the place. I have used calipers alot in the past and could never get numbers close to each other with that fat track thing. I think my best bet is just going and getting tested or getting a professional one. Thanks for the input though. |
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09-10-2005, 02:34 PM
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Gender: | Really? I've never had a problem with the numbers jumping around too much. Don't know what to tell you. I tend to be pretty skinny, anyway, so maybe that has something to do with it. Guess there's no easy way. |
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09-10-2005, 04:02 PM
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| Rank: Lightweight Experience: 2-3 Years Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: new york
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Gender: | ive never really been a fan of the digital ones, i have a scale at my house that doubles up at a bf% estimator and most of the time it gives me these outrageous readings that i dont even think are possible like 49% bf (which actually has happened to me before) |
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