Well today I spent most of the afternoon putting some new products up (body fat calipers, digital body fat calipers and an fitness & exercise measuring tape) which I’m really excited about because they have our own brand name on them!
But the remainder of the afternoon I detailed up a new article, “Body Fat Caliper Instructions” and also developed a new calculator (Body Fat Calipers Calculator). Just a note with the calculator, I haven’t had enough time to test it out fully, but it will be fully functional tomorrow!
The main reason why I spent all this time and effort stocking these new calipers, providing an informational guide and developing the calculator is because body fat scales just aren’t all that accurate. Sure, they are convenient, but even the best brands have a 2% error reading.
The beauty about calipers is that you can isolate different skinfolds (or points) on the body and see how they change over time. Whilst you may only see a slight overall bodyfat reduction, you may see a huge reduction around the abdominal area as your waistline decreases. Calipers just provide that little bit more information, a little bit more accurately.
Professionally, I only use calipers when assessing clients for these aforementioned reasons. I would never rely on scales to produce accurate results. That said, body fat scales are better than no body fat reading at all (so don’t go throwing them out after reading this post!).
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