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Anonymous No.76529594 >>76529945 >>76531847 >>76531866 >>76531883 >>76531891 >>76531956 >>76532489
How do you measure your body fat? Don't say calipers, I'm on a budget and can't afford them. What's a quick way to get an accurate measurement?
Anonymous No.76529945
>>76529594 (OP)
what kind of calipers are you looking at? they are cheap af. 4-9 bucks on amazon, wont get a cheaper accurate'ish measurement than that. maybe they can test it at your gym for free assuming you have a membership
Anonymous No.76531847
>>76529594 (OP)
>What's a quick way to get an accurate measurement?
ya grab yer arse lard and estimate on how full your fist is - simple and effective
>and what do i compare it to?
your previous arse lard grabbings
Anonymous No.76531866
>>76529594 (OP)
>How do you measure your body fat?
Oh boy, I have been there. tl;dr: You can't, really.

BIA sucks, Dexa scams also suck (but DXA is fuckign expensive so watch people recommend it to everyone). Caliper is the only thing that kinda sorta works. If you don't have one, pinch with your fingers and measure with a yardstick for a ballpark, it's not that different in practise, really.

Problem is mainly that depending on where you pinch and even how deep you measure the fold (crest or ase), the outcome can be very different. For example, my abdominal fold is around 17mm at the base, directly at the sin, but only 10-12 mm at the crest. But there is just a 1mm diff between the low tech-pinch+yardstick approach and an actual caliper, I just tried it out.
Anonymous No.76531883
>>76529594 (OP)
I've always done the US navy tape measure method. Quick, easy, cheap
Anonymous No.76531891
>>76529594 (OP)
Poor fag can’t even afford 20 bucks
Anonymous No.76531956
>>76529594 (OP)
Optical inspection chart unironically.
Anonymous No.76531961
Just post picture
It can be fairly accurately rated for sub 20% bodyweight and anything above that doesn't matter anyways
Anonymous No.76532489 >>76533705
>>76529594 (OP)
Assume you have an average amount of muscle for a man your height, get the weight if an average man.
Subtract that from your current weight.
Divide that by your current weight.
Should give you your bf%
>But I clearly have more or less muscle than the average man my height
Idk dog, you're not buying the tool you need to do the job.
Anonymous No.76533642
post your body and let us decide
Anonymous No.76533705
>>76532489
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Thats clearly a cat, Anon