Body fat question??

[King_of_Spades]

Every time I get my body fat check at the gym ,the guy say I have thick skin, so my reading isn't accurate. Do you know any other way's to check the body fat other than the Callipers?

Is there a way to put my skin less thick??

thanx

 

[diamonddiceclay]

the accurate way is the underwater method

 

[King_of_Spades]

Where can i go to make that test?

 

[diamonddiceclay]

any college near your home

 

[King_of_Spades]

How much those it cost?

Thanx Karma for you!!

 

[diamonddiceclay]

not sure on the price

 

[robby]

don't worry to much about your bf %; what counts is the mirror.

robby

 

[argent]

The mirror will tell you more than anything bro. If you still want to know you can:

Do what DDC said and go to any college near your home. Go to the kineseolgy department or physical education department and tell them you want to be hydrostatically weighed. There are students and GA's who might want or need the practice at doing. You might get it for fre or have to pay a couple of bucks.

Go to a major hospital in the area and ask them if they have a DEXA machine. Many hospitals won't as it is fairly new and expensive, but you could get lucky. DEXA is sort of like a cat scan that measures bodyfat. It is becoming more popular than hydrostatic weighing because you don't have to submerge underwater and all of the possible problems asociated with that i.e. not blowing all of your air out (will make your BF% higher) and doing that with elderly prsons for research is not a good idea.