body fat?

tebomb88 · Post by **tebomb88** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:47 pm

is there any way to get a rough estimate on body fat at home without all the calipers and machines and wht not?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:55 pm

if you can see abs your at 10 - 12% or lower...if not than you're higher, how much higher it doesn't matter, you need it lower anyway...there is a waist to weight type of calculation but i can't remember it at the moment...maybe a google search will yeild something...akso if you're happy with your mid section then you're probably where you want to be and if you aren't, improve it

tebomb88 · Post by **tebomb88** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:41 pm

thanx!

SarahPT · Post by **SarahPT** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:18 am

Swanso is right. There are some online measurement formulas, but they tend to be really inaccurate. Don't worry too much about it.

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:23 am

swanso5 wrote:if you can see abs your at 10 - 12% or lower...if not than you're higher, how much higher it doesn't matter, you need it lower anyway...there is a waist to weight type of calculation but i can't remember it at the moment...maybe a google search will yeild something...akso if you're happy with your mid section then you're probably where you want to be and if you aren't, improve it

But is that entirely true, about 10-12%? Because I see abs, their shape, and all, maybe not a 100%, or anything. But I see the U shape, 1st packs from far distance, and close, only slightly.
And is god knows what right now, but last i checked a month ago, it was 29.5%? I couldn't drop so much in one month..but it's still confusing!

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:04 pm

for females that figure should be about 17 - 19%, that was a reading