hi, i juz want to ask if there r any other way to calculate the fat % other than tu use clipper, its juz that its too bit pricey, above rm50 for a clipper??!
or, if u know where to find cheap clipper , do tell.. THANKS~

i know a free method.
just go fitness concept store and ask them measure for u...
its free! and "i think" its more accurate compared to clipper.

is that so?? GREAT!! uh, are all fc store hv this service? n is it a guy or a gal that will measuring me??

does it matter who will measure u?
all u need to do is stand on the weighing scale.
they dont even need to touch u.
u need to take off something...
not ur clothes, but ur shoes/slipper.

well~, my body is not that ~~ haha
oww, i tot i hv to take off my cloth, jeez..
ahh, now im cleared, thanks fo da info~~

hahaha no problem dude.
good luck... u just need to stand on the tanita weighing scale.
fitness concept store.
jusco also got

Hi there,

may i know where can i get the clipper ???

well.. u can just calculate ur BMI, it is widely used and internationally the most accepted indicator for obesity.
BMI = weight(kg)/Height square (meters)
more than 25 is considered as overweight, 30 and above considered obese.

other methods are calculating your

Waist circumference : >102cm in male and >88cm in female = high abdominal fat

Waist-hip ration : >1.0 in men and >0.8 in women = abdominal fat accumulation

best = use ur weighing machine hope that helps

u can check it here,

http://egonutritions.com/shopping/index.ph...=index&cPath=28

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Added on August 14, 2010, 8:03 pmand its actually caliper, not clipper, haha, shame on me..

This post has been edited by gizacku: Aug 14 2010, 08:03 PM

im actually juz want to calculate my body fat as im not fat, (im very skinny )

neway, thanks fo da info

Thanks mate..

well yea. thats how a person is assessed at a hospital whther they have excessive fat anot.
clippers and skin fold thickness are normally used for checking and assessing malnutrition.

i hv a tanita innerscan scale...it does measure body fats, but i hv some doubts over this is measure compare to using a caliper....

eg...it gives the reading as TBF, Total Body Fats, which means not just around the waist...i assume it factors in the legs, arms and other parts of the body where fats r stored...

the caliper only takes reading from the waist area?...

hmmm...

caliper usually measures skin fold at waist, leg and somewhere above the nipple.

ideally caliper should be used to measure the skin fold thickness at abdomen and also ur arm. as this is where body fat accumulates the most.

BMI doesn't work well with bodybuilders. Because BMI uses our weight, and bodybuilders have muscle mass, which is heavy. So it indirectly messes up the BMI count. Bodybuilders' BMI might be >30, but have a very low body fat percentage.

hey, juz wonderin, is tanita weighing scale and tanita inner scale the same thing?

thanks for pointing that out. bmi has medical revelance but i guess its useless for a successful bodybuilder owing to the fact that muscle mass is heavier than fats.
but if your not the typical calvin klein model. it still has some value.

even CK model can use bmi cause they arent really those bodybuilding kind of body though


For 3 months i've been lifting weight, my weight reduced 3-4kg but then my waist goes down from 42 to 36/37" now. And muscle is more obvious. Thus if calculate it in BMI, still I am overweight and obese

WAHSEH! CONGRATS BRO! 5-6 inches of waistline u noe how many ladies out there dying to lose weight like that!! KEEP IT UP BROO

anyways on a more related note right, u can go to celeb fitness or any commercial gyms, they do it for free.. just did mine today hahah..