Stronger Than Your Boyfriend
Join Katie and Heather, owners of Barpath Fitness, as they take a deep dive into important (and usually controversial) health & fitness topics. Combining a little science, a little ranting, and a lot of industry experience, Katie and Heather will be helping you sift through the toxic misinformation in the fitness industry. One podcast episode at a time. Barpath Fitness is an LGBTQ+ and women-owned fitness business that specializes in helping people move better, get stronger, and live pain free through individualized programming and coaching.
Stronger Than Your Boyfriend
How to Calculate Body Fat Percentage: Why Current Fitness Measurement Tools Suck
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Barpath Fitness
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Season 1
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Episode 142
In today’s episode we discuss different methods and tools to calculate body fat percentage. We discuss:
- BMI
- Bioelectrical Impedance Tools
- Skinfold Tests
- Bod Pod
- DEXA Scan
- Hydrostatic Weighing
- Progress Pictures
- Circumference Measurements
We discuss how each testing protocol works and which ones are preferred over others. We also talk about our experiences with each test and how the margin of error plays a role in choosing which test is right for you. At the end of the day, it’s important to keep track of trends over time over obsession over the numbers each protocol spits out at you.