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Figure Out Body Fat Percentage

Among other things, we just looked at one way how to calculate body fat percentage. And let's not forget Rita? She wanted to find out "How to measure my body fat percentage?" Here are four more answers to that and this question

How To Calculate My
Body Fat Percentage

that she turned up.

Just keep in mind the remaining four ways to figure out body fat percentage might not be readily available to you as a member of the general public. And if are lucky enough to gain access to one of them you may find they aren't exactly cheap either.

DEXA, (short for Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry)
How it works. An image of the body that measure fat muscle and bone is taken using X-rays.

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Pros : Very accurate. The test can be done fairly quickly. And you radiation exposure is low.
Cons: Takes a special x-ray machine which probably won't be found at your local health club.

Hydrostatic Weigh In
How it works. Based on the principle that muscle weighs more than fat in water you empty your lungs of air and are submerged under water while sitting on a scale. Sound like fun?

Pros: The less air in the lungs the more accurate the result.
Cons : How are you with dealing with fear of drowning? Need I say more?

Bod Pod
How it works: Fat is measured as a function of the air displacement of your body in an enclosed chamber - the pod. Kinda like hydrostatic weigh in, only without the water.

Pros: Fast. In about five minutes you've get an accurate picture of your body fat.
Cons: Some health clubs may offer this. But again you've got to find a pod.

Skinfold Test
How it works: This is the old stand by where a technician using calipers measures the folds of your skin in multiple spots on your body. The figures are plugged into a formula and out pops your body fat percentage.