Thursday, October 29, 2009

Body Fat

Here the calculation done 1 week ago

Age : 34

Weight : 78kg

Caliper Method

Chest : 10 inch

Abdominal : 22 inch

Thigh : 16 inch

Total : 48 inches

base on my age i would be 11.1% body fat

Body Fat Percentage Categories

Classification Women (% fat) Man (% fat)

Essential fat 10-12% 2-4%
Atheles 14-20% 6-13%
Fitness 21-24% 14-17%
Acceptable 25-31% 18-25%
Obese 32% plus 25% plus

using this formula to calculate with the measurement

Male, aged 18.55

Jackson, et al.
D = 1.10938 - (0.0008267 x sum of chest, abdominal, thigh) + (0.0000016 x square of the sum of chest, abdominal, thigh) - (0.0002574 x age) Jackson, et al. (1980) Generalized equations for predicting body density of women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 12:p175-182.

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