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- From: james@trapper.sdsu.edu.sdsu.edu (Michael James)
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: % fat counting at the gym....
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:11:30 GMT
- Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
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- Tammy Woodley (samari@watnxt2.ucr.edu) wrote:
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- : Yesterday, I went to my gym (Bally's) and I asked for a %fat measurement done.
- : I expected the "pinch your fat" method, but instead, they took measurements
- : using a tape measure around my waist, around my upper thigh and around my upper
- : forearm, then they compared it to this chart full of "constants" for those
- : particular measurements, and that told them what my %fat was.
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- : My question is... is this at *all* acurate??? They figured it out to be around
- : 20% fat... but I can't even begin to guess whether that is about right, since
- : it was the first time ever that I had it done.
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- : All replys are appreciated. :)
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- : P.S. If this is one of those "beaten to death" subjects, I apologize, but I
- : did not find anything in the FAQ on it. :)
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- : --
- : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- : Tammy Woodley (student) | " It's not I who am crazy.....
- : UC Riverside | It's I who am MAD!!!!.......
- : Samari@watserv.ucr.edu or | We're not hitch hiking anymore....
- : Samari@psychophysics.ucr.edu | We're riding!!!!!!"
- : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- I am in the National Guard (Army) and they use a waist and neck measurement
- along with weight to determine % fat. At the time I came up 26%. This was just before
- I joined the Gym and was tested with calipers at 18%. I don't quite believe
- in the tape test.
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