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Title: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 22, 2007, 06:35:21 AM
They always run high and are basically a sales technique.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: michael arvilla on September 22, 2007, 09:28:00 AM
I use calipers and trust me lol i don't have to inflate the numbers,they are pretty high on there own

(anywhere from 20 -40 + percent)


there are a lot of out of shape overweight people out there ...................no need to lie about body fat %
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: danielson on September 22, 2007, 09:31:20 AM
Doc lives in Antigua, I bet people are a lot thinner there though. You are right Mike, no big difference between 30 and 35%, but the difference between 7 and 12% is huge relatively speaking.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: knny187 on September 22, 2007, 10:01:16 AM
They always run high and are basically a sales technique.

All bf machines (every method) have been proved to be inconsistent

They are used as a gauge of progress...not what exact bf% you are
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Samourai Pizzacat on September 22, 2007, 12:02:52 PM
What does a BF machine look like? does it hum and have flashing lights?
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: DIVISION on September 22, 2007, 12:39:27 PM
They always run high and are basically a sales technique.

......you ain't gotta like me, you just mad 'cause I tell it how it is and you tell it how it might be.   :)



DIV
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 22, 2007, 12:52:17 PM
I have to agree with Knny on this one.

The same machine (Tanita) has me at 15.1%. Before any of you trainers ask, (LOL) it was set for athletic build.

CQ is the only one who's seen a more recent pic than my avatar. If I'm really 15.1%, there are a lot of really fat people out there. Can't really use the standard "off season" excuse, LOL! But at 6'2", 202lbs I really don't feel obese, even though the BMI is about 25.5.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: danielson on September 22, 2007, 12:53:14 PM
I have to agree with Knny on this one.

The same machine (Tanita) has me at 15.1%. Before any of you trainers ask, (LOL) it was set for athletic build.

CQ is the only one who's seen a more recent pic than my avatar. If I'm really 15.1%, there are a lot of really fat people out there. Can't really use the standard "off season" excuse, LOL! But at 6'2", 202lbs I really don't feel obese, even though the BMI is about 25.5.

Lets see a nudie pic Doc :D
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 22, 2007, 01:02:07 PM
Lets see a nudie pic Doc :D

Slow your roll, Mangoo. :)
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: freespirit on September 22, 2007, 01:19:06 PM
What about these herbalife products selling distributors who claim to be knowledgeable about dieting? One of them had this 'body fat machine' thingy which could measure your body-fat in digital numbers.   ::)
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 22, 2007, 01:31:56 PM
The only accurate test s submersion.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: DIVISION on September 22, 2007, 05:50:06 PM
The only accurate test s submersion.

This is true, and I tell people that who ask to guage their BF% using the above handheld monitor.

It's just not accurate.




DIV
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Samourai Pizzacat on September 23, 2007, 02:37:58 AM
What about these herbalife products selling distributors who claim to be knowledgeable about dieting? One of them had this 'body fat machine' thingy which could measure your body-fat in digital numbers.   ::)

hehe digital numbers are cool!
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: knny187 on September 23, 2007, 11:34:50 AM
The only accurate test s submersion.

sorry doc....it's not

They have found it can show a substantial difference depending on lung capacity & volume of air in the lungs.

 :-\

Again....

It's just a "gauge"

Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Alex23 on September 23, 2007, 12:44:06 PM
They always run high and are basically a sales technique.

What does this topic has to do on a board titled "Open Talk for Girl Discussion"?
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: davidpaul on September 23, 2007, 12:46:29 PM
What about these herbalife products selling distributors who claim to be knowledgeable about dieting? One of them had this 'body fat machine' thingy which could measure your body-fat in digital numbers.   ::)

if its digital then it must be accurate.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 23, 2007, 01:55:41 PM
What does this topic has to do on a board titled "Open Talk for Girl Discussion"?

Like you guys on the Y worry about getting too fat, LOL!
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Alex23 on September 23, 2007, 05:49:17 PM
Like you guys on the Y worry about getting too fat, LOL!

There is enough to worrie about ;D

Is the chick board you guy's new "home" ??? ?
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: danielson on September 23, 2007, 06:01:03 PM
There is enough to worrie about ;D

Is the chick board you guy's new "home" ??? ?

Mostly just Meatloaf and Doc post here.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: DIVISION on September 23, 2007, 06:09:42 PM
What does this topic has to do on a board titled "Open Talk for Girl Discussion"?

About as much as anything you have to post about in Y........

If you knew how to cycle, maintaining your BF% wouldn't be an issue.

Mass monster?

Not if you count lbm.....



DIV
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: danielson on September 23, 2007, 06:13:38 PM
About as much as anything you have to post about in Y........

If you knew how to cycle, maintaining your BF% wouldn't be an issue.

Mass monster?

Not if you count lbm.....



DIV

You think you are bigger than Alex, Meatloaf?
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 23, 2007, 06:23:50 PM
There is enough to worrie about ;D

Is the chick board you guy's new "home" ??? ?

No, I just pop in here to get the occasional fresh perspective.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Geo on September 23, 2007, 06:57:45 PM
They always run high and are basically a sales technique.

outside of my gym every so often a big truck with a lil pool inside for measuring BF  %  pulls up and parks for the day,I never see anyone give him the 25 bucks they want to measure ya..........

if you want I can send him your way.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: drkaje on September 23, 2007, 07:08:46 PM
outside of my gym every so often a big truck with a lil pool inside for measuring BF  %  pulls up and parks for the day,I never see anyone give him the 25 bucks they want to measure ya..........

if you want I can send him your way.

I appreciate the gesture but will lower my bodyfat for a few months and step on the machine again. More out of curiosity than any true fatassedness on my part.
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: DIVISION on September 23, 2007, 08:28:54 PM
You think you are bigger than Alex, Meatloaf?

Bigger doesn't mean anything.

Strength is everything.......

The day I care about size, I'll megadose on anabolics and devote my life to bodybuilding.

Failing a lobotomy, I think I'll be OK with personal training, school and powerlifting.



DIV

Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: Geo on September 23, 2007, 09:11:20 PM


Is the chick board you guy's new "home" ??? ?

the "chickies" make us cookies every once in a while so it's not a bad gig really
Title: Re: Beware trainers and their BF% machines
Post by: powerpack on September 24, 2007, 12:14:17 AM
I have to agree with Knny on this one.

The same machine (Tanita) has me at 15.1%. Before any of you trainers ask, (LOL) it was set for athletic build.

CQ is the only one who's seen a more recent pic than my avatar. If I'm really 15.1%, there are a lot of really fat people out there. Can't really use the standard "off season" excuse, LOL! But at 6'2", 202lbs I really don't feel obese, even though the BMI is about 25.5.
BMI is only an indication and only good for sedentary people.
At my physical at work last year according to my BMI I was 9 kgs over weight even though I had visible abs.(which I then showed the doc who told me  :D )
While other skinny guys with beer bellies where told they are "just fine"  ::)