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 How do you track your Body Fat % and your LBM?, Annoying trying to figure out LBM...

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TSshadowz
post Oct 29 2012, 01:25 PM, updated 14y ago

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I'm using a handheld device to check my bodyfat % (I want to know where I stand for my Lean Body Mass) but being aware of how inaccurate the bloody things can be I decided to do it over 3 days and figure out an average.

It is a little annoying as I my LBM seems to be measured from anywhere between 48.1-50.1kg (which I think is decent of my height though unfortunately, or fortunately, I will never get to safely be a lightweight 52kg girl...) and I was hoping the difference would be about 1kg... So accounting for error Im going to guess I am anywhere between 47.5kg-50.5kg LBM. Arg. doh.gif

Ideally, I would like to get measured in a bodpod or get a DEXA scan but for now... So, I was wondering how other people here estimate their body fat %? hmm.gif

I think eyeballing is a pretty good method assuming you know what your looking at thumbup.gif
TSshadowz
post Oct 29 2012, 06:35 PM

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Do you mind if I ask why an accurate measurement of BF% is so important to you??

Handheld measuring devices are not accurate, especially for those of athletic build and IIRC they are also less accurate for guesstimation of females, due to (ahem) breasts. Technically a woman with a larger bust may look much better at a higher BF due to the concentration of fat in more aesthetically pleasing locations.


sweat.gif Want to cut while maintain LBM. It would majorly suck to decrease LBM as losing fat doh.gif Scared of becoming skinny fat even with the weight training. Plus, I want to be in the 'Athletic' body fat range thumbup.gif

Ah I see. Damn. I should look into getting calipers maybe hmm.gif Dun want to go doctor just to find out BFat % sweat.gif

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Use the mirror and the scles to not as a way to approximate BF levels but as a general guide to get the 'look' you desire. Weigh and mirror first thing in the morning, then adjust diet and training routine accordingly.
nod.gif Definitely using mirror and tape measure as main indicator, scales suck but it would be nice to see a decreasing trend so can note how many pounds of fat am losing on average every couple of weeks (though water retention still screws that up so a fairly accurate BFat measuring tool would be good).

 

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