Posted by: rippedabs | April 23, 2008

Body Fat level Measurement

Most of the people, who are conscious about their health, do weight measurement to check or measure the fat percentage in their body. But this measurement seems does not provide the correct information as the weight is a combination of not only fat but also it includes muscles, water and others.

There are some home products to measure body fat which use low impedence electric signal to measure body fat. Though they claim to measure body fat quickly and conveniently but they need to follow some strict rules to get the perfect result. As the impedence level varies to different persons due to the level of water in the body, skin temperature and other physical activities so to get the perfect output using the product one should follow the following rules:
Don’t eat or drink for 4 hours before the body fat measurement test.
Don’t exercise for 12 hours before the test.

While searching about the topics I have found body fat percentage level which is given below

Table 1. Body Fat Guidelines from American Council on

ExerciseClassification
 Women (% Fat)   Men (% Fat)
     
Essential Fat   10-12 percent  2-4 percent
Athletes      14-20 percent  6-13 percent
Fitness     21-24 percent 14-17 percent
Acceptable     25-31 percent  18-25 percent


 
I have also searched in various pages to gather information about the measurement technique of body fat level. But what I understood it had better to take the help of perfect trainer to do it. Again if you have the wish to burn those fats from your body you can also check out the site Fat Loss Life Style ,what I think may be beneficial for you.


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