Ep. #1050: How to Use Calipers to Measure Body Fatness
Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews
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How to Measure Your Body Fat
If you are a woman, don't bother with body fat caliper measurements at any time during your menstrual cycle when you have gained a noticeable amount of weight because of fluid retention. We want to measure body fatness and for that we need normal levels of water retention. An abdominal measurement requires pinching a vertical fold of skin, one inch to the right of your belly button. A biceps measurement requires that you pinch the skin vertically halfway between your elbow and your shoulder on the front of your arm. A calf measurement requiresPinching the skin vertically on the inside of the largest part of your right calf. And I recommend just sticking with the right side of your body.
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