How to look at body fat rate? Six ways to measure body fat!

The body fat ratio is an important index for measuring fitness progress, but unlike body weight, fat ratio is difficult to measure directly. So is there any good method? Let the editor analyze 6 methods to measure body fat with you!

　　1. Fat clips

　　Use of the body to use your fingers to suck the subcutaneous fat in a specific part of the body, then use the fat clip to measure the thickness, and then use the formula to estimate the body fat ratio.

　　Advantages: More accurate, low price, stable measurement results

　　Disadvantages: Good skills are required to measure accurately. It is not suitable for people who are too fat, because the subcutaneous fat is too thick, there is a chance to reduce the accuracy.

　　2. Biocurrent resistance analysis

　　It is commonly known as the fat pound. It estimates the body's fat through the resistance of different components of the body such as water, muscles, and fat. More accurate fat pounds, such as InBody in the gym, release micro currents from the palms and soles of the feet and flow through the whole body. The fat pounds on the soles of the feet are relatively inaccurate.

　　Advantages: Easy to operate, save time, and relatively flat price

　　Disadvantages: It will be affected by the amount of moisture in the body. The measurement results can be very different from the results in the same morning and evening. The measurement results can only be used as a reference.

(Note: Follow the WeChat public platform of the fitness bar, and search for subscription accounts. "Fitness Bar Network" or "Fitness Bar Network on Weibo")

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3. Measurement of circumferences

　　　By measuring the circumference of different parts of the body, calculate the body fat ratio. Men need to measure height, neck circumference and waist circumference; women need to measure height, neck circumference, waist circumference and hip circumference. Friends who are interested in trying can go to this website to calculate the results.

　　Advantages: Easy to measure, flat price, time-saving

　　　Disadvantages: The accuracy is doubtful, because the amount of fat is not measured directly, the measurement results can only be used as a reference.

　　IV. Bottom weighing method

　　Use special equipment in the laboratory, first calculate the human body density using the "Archimedes Theorem", and then use the formula to calculate the fat ratio.

　　Advantages: Very accurate

　　Disadvantages: high price, not popular, time spent and long sequence.

(Note: Follow the WeChat public platform of the fitness bar, subscribe to the account to search "Fitness Bar Network" or "Weibo search and follow the fitness bar website")

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5. Double energy X-ray absorption measurement method (DEXA)

　　A one can increase The method of strong X-ray measures muscle and fat.

　　Advantages: Very accurate

　　Disadvantages: high price, not popular, time spent and long sequence

　　Visual measurement

　　　By examining one's body shape, compare the pictures to estimate the body fat ratio.

　　Advantages: easy to measure, free, save time

　　Disadvantages: inaccurate

(Note: Follow the WeChat public platform of the fitness bar, subscribe to the account to search "Fitness Bar Network" or "Fitness Bar Network on Weibo")

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