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tatoo

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bathroom scales
« on: January 25, 2024, 12:23:28 PM »
how accurate are they when it comes to bf, water, bone mass, blood volume, ect??... i was just looking for a run of mill scale on amazon and noticed some of these contraptions..not to mention the prices! any opinions? itd be nice if they were reliable.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2024, 12:24:21 PM »
Quote from: tatoo on January 25, 2024, 12:23:28 PM
how accurate are they when it comes to bf, water, bone mass, blood volume, ect??... i was just looking for a run of mill scale on amazon and noticed some of these contraptions..not to mention the prices! any opinions? itd be nice if they were reliable.

theyre not
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2024, 12:25:43 PM »
Quote from: joswift on January 25, 2024, 12:24:21 PM
theyre not

thanks brother.. i figured lol.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2024, 12:26:31 PM »
Quote from: tatoo on January 25, 2024, 12:25:43 PM
thanks brother.. i figured lol.

The BF stuff is WAY off.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2024, 12:29:23 PM »
Yeah never seen one that’s accurate. Doesn’t make any sense to me how it could be.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2024, 01:20:51 PM »
Only members of Mensa get an accurate bathroom scale with their membership benefits. It has a bodyfat algorithm that you wouldn’t even believe if I told you.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2024, 01:29:34 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on January 25, 2024, 01:20:51 PM
Only members of Mensa get an accurate bathroom scale with their membership benefits. It has a bodyfat algorithm that you wouldn’t even believe if I told you.

Ah...But what if bhanky told him?   ;D
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The Scott

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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2024, 01:32:06 PM »
All my doctors have told me they're not very accurate but will admit that if I had one 50 years ago it would've been totally Trek.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2024, 01:59:18 PM »
There's no standardization among them. I remember reading that the Naval Bodyfat Calculator Measurements calculations perform better than the scales, and they are usually off by 1-3% BF for most people -

https://www.bizcalcs.com/body-fat-navy/ .
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2024, 02:12:30 PM »
Depends on how close to the toilet you place it, and whether or not you get pee on it.
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2024, 02:39:11 PM »
Those body fat scales are off the chart inaccurate.  Especially if you're a lean athlete.

On a different note I keep my bathroom scale in the kitchen. Yes, I roll like that. 
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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2024, 03:11:14 PM »
Had a few electronic ones over the years, always came back to mechanical sort for one reason or another

If I won the lottery, I always wanted one of those really big old fashioned public scales with the visible workings


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Re: bathroom scales
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2024, 03:13:34 PM »
Quote from: oldtimer1 on January 25, 2024, 02:39:11 PM
Those body fat scales are off the chart inaccurate.  Especially if you're a lean athlete.

On a different note I keep my bathroom scale in the kitchen. Yes, I roll like that.

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I used to do that when I was dieting hard to compete - stepped on the thing every time I wanted to cheat.  That and the classic B&W pics of Berry DeMey on my fridge door helped me through some tough times LOL
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