How to measure your Body Fat Percentage?

One of the most important component of a fat loss program, is tracking your progess in the right manner. It is an absolutely crucial cog in the wheel. Because changes in your body composition is so subtle at times, that if you rely just on the scale, you may be needlessly cursing yourself for lack of progress, whereas infact you should be applauding.

Do you know that you may have not shed a single pound on the scale and yet made progress?
But how do you know that?
How do you find out?
This is crazy!!

Well here's how - the key is to measure your Body Fat Percentage

Its possible that you may have gained muscle and lost body fat and hence though your body weight may not have changed, your body composition sure did.

Measuring your Body Fat percentage in conjunction with your Body weight is absolutely essential to track your progress. Remember though, not to overdo it. Even if you've a gruelling workout session and a great cardio run, your body fat percentage will not change overnight. So measure your progress on a weekly basis and and feed on your own success.

I'll say that again - no transformation story you read, no motivational seminar you attend can give you the kind of boost than seeing your own results. I still remember the day i first lost a quarter of an inch on my waist, I was in seventh heaven.

So now that you know you must measure your body fat percentage, the issue is how.

Well i would recommend a very simple and inexpensive alternative - a plastic body fact caliper. Now all you have to do is take the reading on the caliper and look it up in the chart that you will get as a part of the pack and it will give you your body fat %. This is my preffered and recommended option. check out this Accu measure Caliper below. I use this same one. Its fabulous.


For those of you who dont want to read up the chart, or want a more advanced digital caliper you could consider this one.


Additionally an absolute must have to compliment your Body Fat caliper is the Myo Tape. If you've ever struggled to take your own body fat measurements, you will realise that value of this nifty little instrument.


To summarise, it important to know How to Calculate Your Body Fat Percentage as this is one of the surest and best ways to measure your progress.

Your Friend in Fitness
Lloyd

www.meltthatfat.com