View Full Version : Altus body fat calc?
ben1113
02-01-2006, 05:09 PM
Anyone ever use this? im really interested in getting something so i can look at my bf % before the 2 weeks of conditiong, then after, because as it is probably in most of your schools, its hell! Anyway, i was lookin at this in modells the one day, but the 30$ price tag made me weary. I really would like to get something, i dont care if its small, or if it can give me my calorie expenditure or anything stupid like that, i want BF% and i want it to be decently accurate (without having to go to the doctors) Anyone know if this is good, or if theres something out there for decently cheap that works good.
Thanks fellas
SachemsGoalie40
02-01-2006, 05:20 PM
we have a few at our school and you type in your..
Age
Height
Weight
Sex...male/female
then you press a few buttons and hold onto it because it counts your pulse and factors that in with the fest of it....
....but they're extremely expensive from what i've heard from a few of my teachers/coaches
the ones we have tell how many pounds of fat and the % of your body weight that is fat
ben1113
02-01-2006, 05:42 PM
The one i was looking at sends a very low powered electric pulse through you and the amount of resistance determines how much fat you are. My old gym teacher had one and he was also a personal trainer. He said that this is one of the top ways to measure BF%, but i dont know how much his costs. I just dunno how it could be 30$ and be accurate, when there are calipers that arent too much more accurate that go for like 60$ and then you also have to do all that measuring and everything
LaxBoy92
02-01-2006, 05:44 PM
I have a scale that sends the electric pulse through you and gives you your weight and BF%. It's not the most accurate, but it gives you a somewhat accurate number.
ben1113
02-01-2006, 05:52 PM
like a % off? im lookin to find a difference between 2 weeks of training, so would it be accurate to do that?
franks2089
02-01-2006, 06:57 PM
I have a scale that sends the electric pulse through you and gives you your weight and BF%. It's not the most accurate, but it gives you a somewhat accurate number.
Those arent very accurate.
smooth87
02-01-2006, 07:49 PM
Maybe you can go to a nutritiousness and see if they would do it for a small sum of change.
ben1113
02-01-2006, 09:03 PM
funny thing is, my next door neighbor is a nutritionist, never really thought about it. I'm not sure if she still is, but i know she used to be. Yeah i guess i could get that done, but i reallly want something for the home that would work.
Diesel4958
02-02-2006, 12:43 PM
Body fat calipers economical, and are fairly accurate.
they just got some of these machines at my school, im gonna get mine tested soon
http://www.bodpod.com/p_bodAbout.php
Diesel4958
02-02-2006, 04:50 PM
they just got some of these machines at my school, im gonna get mine tested soon
http://www.bodpod.com/p_bodAbout.php
Lucky, they are very exspensive. I saw a show on them and the one at Princeton.