Comments on: Body Composition Calculations

By: Crunching the Numbers « The Barbarian Blog

Crunching the Numbers « The Barbarian Blog — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:35:37 +0000

[...] this calculation from BodyRecomposition.com, I can determine that my weight at 15% body fat should be 180.2 lbs. Of course that assumes no [...]

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:10:21 +0000

BIA, by and large, is garbage in my experience.

The method is drastically affected by hydration and not terribly accurate so far as I’m concerned. if you drink a big glass of water or take a big piss, the values will change. They are expensive garbage as far as I’m concerned.

By: Roz

Roz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:31 +0000

Hammacher and Schlemmer has recently begun selling a body composition scale that they tout as being “the best” . It has a hand held “piece” as well as the usual scale apparatus that you stand on. Might this be a significant improvement over the models that only have the bit that you stand on? I’m curious because I have one of those and I do monitor my LBM% and invariably I find that I lose a significant amt of LBM in porportion to my total loss (upwards of 1/3). I’m quite concerned by that ratio but know that I’m developing more muscle because I can feel it, and am stronger.
Comments? Suggestions?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:54:41 +0000

I’m not very good at numbers.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:17:09 +0000

It would be nice to have the magic wand you referred to above to establish the correct base lines. Since I can’t seem to find one on the market, what do you recommend in the meantime? I seem to remember that you mentioned awhile ago that you didn’t like the tanita machines for calculating body fat percentage.

By: My name is URL « No Magic Pill

My name is URL « No Magic Pill — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:21:31 +0000

[...] Body bits: more props for bodyweight exercise, how to properly stretch your chest, proper push-ups, looking at the seated cable row, “upper” and “lower” abs don’t exist (in case you forgot), surviving the kettlebell start-up, Tabata sprints, running options for ice and snow, adjusting your training priorities (also here and here; figured this one out the hard way), child’s play to open up the hips, making exercise a part of your life (not all of it), fixing form (in kids and adults), find your optimum fat-loss rate, fixing anterior pelvic tilt, stop treating pain symptoms (consider the foundation), some actual usefulness for BMI (a better calculation). [...]

By: Gain Muscle Mass

Gain Muscle Mass — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:23:19 +0000

No matter how many time I perform the calculations, the numbers always seem to trip me up. Thanks for presenting this fairly complicated concept in easy to understand terms.

“Goal Weight = Current Lean Body Mass / (1-Goal Body Fat percentage as a decimal)”

Clear concise and easy to understand – well done!