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Measuring bodyfat
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Bulldog_10
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Dave949 said:Yup..... the good ol mirror..... it never lies !!!
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Damn you! You got me...but I still say that if you want to keep an accurate record of your progress...use the calipers (or at least SOME sort of measurement device).
Bulldog_10
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Oh...and why don't you put the "pump on..." in your sig? That's what sigs are for! 
Someone PLEASE tell me the smiley with the bag over his head is NOT gone!
Someone PLEASE tell me the smiley with the bag over his head is NOT gone!
Dave949
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Yup...... I`ve been wating for you to slip up !!!Bulldog_10 said:
Yo Bull..... I know we have been splitting hairs that have already been split and then split again with this issue and I always enjoy a good healthy debate (and matching wits) done in a respectful and positive way. The outcome is always positive thing.
But ya just HAD to get the last shot in with my sig huh !!!
Touche` my brother ........... Karma for you
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Fonz said:
That is a very valid reason for YOU to track your BF and/or weight. You do it for a type of performance point....But for the average person - it seems to be pointless in a way.
Not saying people shouldn't track BF, I think it is an excellent way to gauge progress. Much better than the scale (lol Bulldog, got it, got it, point taken...
). Tracking BF changes can certainly be useful in gauging a person's progress (or lack of progress).But since Maj brought up an interesting point, I am now wondering why focus on getting to a certain set PERCENT when it is the LOOK a person is after. Whether the goal is to be lean or to compete, why focus on getting to a percent? Why not simply bust your ass to get the desired look and let numbers be damned?
I just got my bf tested last week, by the same person who always tests me. She told me that the best methods, and best calipers (over $1000.00 cdn) which she uses are really only accurate to +-5%, and that they are played out to be accurate to 2-3% for abvious reasons, but in reality this is not the case. There are just too many varibales that cannot be considered in your bf being tested with calipers. It will definately give you a ballpark though.
Generic MALE
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Daisy_Girl said:
Same reason we keep track of how much weight we increase on the bar, or how many more pull ups we can do, or how many seconds it takes to run a 200m, or how many inches our biceps are... because it gives us something to shoot for while we train. In the process we also learn about ourselves - which areas are the most stubborn for fat loss, what sort of diets and exercise plans thin our skins the most (Oh, if I drink 7-up and do 20 minutes of cardio at level 18 I lose sub-Q fat faster than if I skip the cardio and never take carb drinks),........ also not everyone trains simply for how they look.
Generic MALE
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Oka...I will take all these posts as meaning that nobody knows a good link to doing body fat via calipers.
Generic MALE
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Dave949 said:Yup..... the good ol mirror..... it never lies !!!
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The mirror does lie to people with dysmorphia. Women who are anorexic literally see themselves as fat when looking in a mirror. I am sure many of us see a beer gut and speghetti arms no matter what the reality is. Calipers may be more honest in the sense that if it says 14 mm pinched one day and 7 mm a couple of weeks later....
