Wanna ask all the sifu here, do you guys calculate your own body fat? Or check it with the professionals?

Would like to know how you all estimate the body fat.

Also, please dnt flame me on the best guide is mirror please, just curious.

best guide is mirror

but easiest way is to buy a body-fat caliper for between rm10-40+ and measure urself.

If you don't need so accurate numbers, which are usually for competition, then the best is just compare to the mirror and pictures online.

Look up Google Images for body fat percentage, that would give you a good guideline on your category.

Combine that with a second more accurate and almost free way, is to use the tailors' measurement tape, and measure your neck and belly.

Then input those figures into this calculator: http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp...c=Body-Fat-Navy

The numbers are good enough.

This post has been edited by ripplezone: Feb 26 2016, 07:15 PM

i use InBody to estimate my BF. As per attachment is my estimation few mths ago. Then compare with BF percentage image to roughly know my BF percentage

This post has been edited by babychai: Feb 27 2016, 01:28 AM


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Can attatch a picture of your body?

Must be some gooding gym that provide such equipment.

I guess i will get a caliper and compare it to photo from times to times

7.8% bf.

Highly doubt the accuracy.

Why those bf scale machine thing sucks ?

- The amount of water in your body, your skin temperature and recent physical activity can all adversely affect the results.

- As with calipers there are different equations used to calculate body fat from your body density. Unfortunately you are stuck with the equation the manufacturers programmed in and it might not be the most one appropriate for you.

Best way is using the calipers. I bought one from Garage Sales for rm10.

Oops double

This post has been edited by Miracles: Feb 27 2016, 11:44 AM

Cool!

Wish I could use this machine to get an idea of what's my body fat % is currently. Where is it possible to find such machine to get a reading.

can it calculate bodyfat >40%?

sry, i dont have latest photos. latest is about 6 mths ago i think. Anyway, i will feel not comfortable if post my body photo on internet

No need to doubt coz it really not accurate but it is good to use to check your progression. If you're weekly use that machine to test (with same condition) then u will know whether u r making good progression or not. I would say my PBF that time is around 7.8% + 2% to 3% after compare with BF percentage chart

Actual BF not important for me so i will not buy calipers. I just use that machine to check my progress

I think mostly available at commercial gym

This post has been edited by babychai: Feb 27 2016, 03:19 PM

it may be somewhat ok, cos muscle mass also abit low... so perhaps he is very skinny... especially considering 65kg at 179cm?

I'm not skinny

Imma 79.5kg at 180cm... Currently cutting. 2 weeks dropped nearly 1kg already.

Hopefully my muscle loss is minimized

This post has been edited by Darkripper: Feb 29 2016, 09:20 AM

Oh, good then. Last time my weight is 55kg before start workout. Once reached until 77kg/78kg then i start cutting

This post has been edited by babychai: Feb 29 2016, 08:49 AM

which gym you did your inbody analysis? any gym can get FOC ar ?

If you know some gym members, I heard they can bring you in for a trial, so you can use their machine.

Most likely Fitness First or Celebrity Fitness should have. I actually am tempted to go there for a trial to test my BF % as well...

Celebrity at 1U
I think Anytime Fitness should have also

but they will push for their sales talk I think, very lazy to listen to their sales talk

but they will push for their sales talk I think, very lazy to listen to their sales talk

Yep, that's why I'm still vacillating. Better if you know someone that's a member, just bring in as a guest. Quickly in, use the machine and get out.

I think Anytime Fitness won't use sales talk. I visit Anytime once at Kota Damansara there. Their staff say Anytime is not like commercial gym, they wont push us to join their gym. But it's true coz they never push me to join at all after i enquire all the fees etc.

i'm also using Inbody, attached pic is mine

Wah, how much you bought it for? Accurate?

Pinjam, I want to test...

This post has been edited by agewisdom: Mar 5 2016, 12:57 PM

it bundle together with the nutrition products that I have daily. whole set is 2.2K.
the band itself cost less than market price if I minus out the nutrition products. < RM500


haha, u wan pinjam can ar. let's meet up

Inbody Review

This post has been edited by rephchan: Mar 5 2016, 01:09 PM

And pics of your body....

are you sure this is as accurate as the Inbody body composition assessment found in commercial gyms?
maybe if you double check with those machines and with yours, see whether both tally or not

sorry bro, i'm not able to answer your question. I'll see if I got chance to go gym and find an InBody measure device.

this band was developed by InBody with their latest tech, accurate or not you may throw it to InBody company

you may refer to this Kickstarter Inbody link for reference

Great! One of these days, must make an appointment with you. Sure you won't FFK? Belanja you a cold pressed vegetable juice or teh tarik...

I need to get my body fat down more first, later it shows more than 20%, I'd be damn disappointed...

This post has been edited by agewisdom: Mar 7 2016, 11:18 AM

Haha, no worry. no FFK. let's have cold pressed vegetable juice, more healthy