How to calculate body fat using calipers?
One of the trainers in my local gym did my measurements with a fat caliper. He unfortunately has not had time to calculate the fat percentage.
I have the numbers and figured might as well do it myself but I not sure what formula to use. I can't match up all the body parts since he uses some different names.
He used the caliper in 6 areas:
bicep
tricep
scapula
Illioc
calf
Lower Back
What formula can I use that I can plugin my numbers to calculate my body fat percentage?
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You can put those numbers into a site like: www.linear-software.com/online.html
And you should get a good BF% number back.
Not sure what Illioc is though?
There are numerous free app's around that will estimate and track body fat from a set of Skinfold measurements (an give you the formula), but if you want do do it the hard way there are hundreds of academic papers in existence that propose and/or test a multiplicity of different regression equations, for different populations eg. Validation of anthropometric equations for the estimation of body density in professional soccer players
Based on your readings above I'd suggest:
Durnin and Rahman, 1967 (age: 18-34 R=0.83 ESE=0.0069):
fatPct = 495 / (1.161 – 0.0632 * Math.Log10(bicepSF + tricepSF + subscapularSF + supraIliacSF)) - 450
But there are numerous other formulas eg.
Alternative Skinfold Measurement Formulas to Calculate Percent Body Fat
The Ideal Way to Measure Body Fat
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) - Anthropometry Procedures Manual
HOW TO MEASURE YOUR % BODYFAT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR MEASURING % BODY FAT USING SKINFOLD CALIPERS by Wallace C. Donoghue
Lange Skinfold Caliper
Syndex System 1 Skinfold Caliper
How to use the Expert Skinfold Caliper
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