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Body fat testing is a very important piece of the Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle program and this department will focus on delivering content that will help you master the testing and tracking of body fat.
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Does the Biosignature Modulation Method of Body Fat Testing Work?
By Tom Venuto
Body fat testing can be super cheap or super expensive. You can test your own body fat at home with a set of skinfold calipers (for the "pinch test") that cost less than $20. You can also go to a hospital or exercise physiology lab and get a DEXA scan that usually costs between $100 to $250. A Burn the Fat reader recently noticed a new kind of body fat test that cost a whopping $400 - $500 and asked if it worked and if these more expensive tests were more accurate. . . .
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Is Low Body Fat Dangerous For Women?
By Tom Venuto
Female athletes such as gymnasts and runners often reach body fat levels as low as 14% or less and health experts question whether this level of leanness is healthy... but figure and physique athletes get even leaner - often 10% or even cracking into the single digit body fat range! Could being in professional-level contest shape be inherently unhealthy or pose major health risks, if so, can these risks be managed, or is extremely low body fat much ado about nothing, especially since no one maintains contest shape for long. Read on to learn more and join the discussion... . . .
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Circumference Bodyfat Calculator - The "Navy" Formula (Updated!)
by Tom Venuto
Skinfold testing is our top choice for body fat measurement in the Burn The Fat program. However, many people have a hard time getting accurate skinfold readings, especially if they are substantially overweight. Although not as precise, an alternative is the "circumference method." All you need is a tape measure! Simply take your measurements, enter them into our online calculator and get an instant one-click estimate of your body fat %!... . . .
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4-Site Body Fat Calculator (Jackson-Pollock Formula) UPDATED
by Tom Venuto
When you're choosing a method for body fat testing, you need a method that's practical, easy to perform, and is consistent over repeated measurements: That's why skinfold testing aka "pinch an inch" is an ideal method of testing and tracking your results over time. With the help of this simple 4-site body fat calculator you can calculate your body fat percentage accurately and with ease. . . .
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How To Get Your Abs To "POP" Out: The Real Secrets To Exposing Your Six Pack
By Tom Venuto
You've heard that expression "abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym" but is that entirely true? What's the real secret to exposing your abs - is it dieting harder and getting your body fat percentage even lower, or is it doing more ab exercises and training your abs even harder so the ab muscles "pop" more? And what about the way your abs look when they do show through? Is there anything you can do to get the full 6-pack or even the 8-pack to show more? Read on and find out... . . .
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How Do You Know When You've Hit A Plateau?
By Tom Venuto
How do you know when you've hit a fat loss plateau? It would seem the answer is obvious: When your weight and body fat don't go down right? On the surface that is true, but what about those wacky changes in hydration that throw your body weight and lean body mass numbers out of kilter? What about monthly cycles? How about glycogen levels? Or how about flat out body composition test error? With all these variables how do you REALLY know when you've hit the wall and what should you do about it? . . .
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Hand-to-Foot Body Fat Scales: Are They Worth Their Weight? (Product Review)
Robb Ryniak
There are no perfect methods for measuring how much body fat you have - all body fat tests have pros and cons. Body fat testing scales using bioelectric impedance (BIA) technology are popular, but do they really work? Inner Circle member Robb Ryniak has lost over 241 pounds of fat. In this review he shares his experiences and his in depth critique of the newest generation of fat testing scales - the hand to foot bio-electrical impedance device. Click here to read it... . . .
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How To Stop Muscle Loss And Use The Feedback System To Improve Your Body Composition Week After Week
By Tom Venuto
Everything is going great until one week you measure your body fat and it didn't go down! No big deal - it's just a temporary plateau, right? But then you step on the scale and see that you lost weight, revealing a drop in lean body mass! Did you really lose muscle? How did this happen? Should you be worried? Should you change your nutrition and training plan? If so, what should you change and when? Finally, here are all the answers about what to do if you lose lean body mass and the top 10 tips to stop muscle loss when it happens... . . .
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What is the Necessary Body Fat Percentage to See Your Abs?
By Tom Venuto
QUESTION: I can't figure out what body fat % I should be aiming at to achieve that ripped abs look. I'm female, 35years old. I started at 19% body fat and the lowest I've gotten so far was 11.8% body fat with a caliper test. I've been thinking about doing a figure competition, but even at that body fat percentage, which I know is very low, I still had some "patches" of fat. How do I know what body fat percentage I should target so that all the fat is gone? . . .
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What is an appropriate body fat percentage loss for a week?
By Tom Venuto
How much body fat should you lose each week? What's the most body fat you can possibly lose in a week? What's the least you should lose? What's an appropriate goal for weekly progress? These are good questions because it's difficult to set goals if you have no idea what's typical and what's physically possible. Read on to find out how to set realistic body fat goals the right way... . . .
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Should You Throw Away Your Accu-Measure? Home Body Fat Devices Tested and Ranked
By Tom Venuto
What are the most and least accurate body fat testing methods that you can do at home without spending a lot of money? A new study from the University of New Mexico compares the most popular body fat devices with some surprising results. Read on to see which body fat testing methods are the least and most accurate and how they compare to the high tech gold standard methods used in an exercise physiology lab... . . .
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The Age Factor and Body Fat: How Aging Affects Body Composition And Body Fat Testing
How does body fat testing work when you get older? Do you need a different testing method? What's an ideal body fat when you're 40 or 50 compared to when you're 20? Is it true that body fat always goes up with age and lean body mass goes down, or can you reverse the aging clock and prevent this body composition backsliding? Discover the answers to all these questions about "the age factor and body fat" in this new Burn the Fat Q & A column... . . .
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When You Gain Lean Body Mass, How Much of it is Actually Muscle?
by Tom Venuto
Your progress chart says you've gained lean body mass (LBM). But hold on! Is that "lean weight" really muscle, or is it "bloat?" Could that "lean gain" be nothing but water weight or glycogen? If so, then how do you really know when you've gained solid muscle tissue? If you didn't realize that all lean body mass is not pure muscle tissue and you don't know how to tell the difference, then this is a MUST read. . . .
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Mastering Skinfold Measurements: Body Composition Assessment (Part II)
Ed Frank, Ph.D., NASM-CPT
In Part II of the this two-part body fat testing article The various skinfold measurement sites and how to find them. Two nifty different methods to find the Suprailiac site. Pictures and 'step-by-step' of where to see Abdominal, Thigh, Triceps, Biceps, Subscapular, Axillary, and the Chest and A 'secret trick' used by Cabinet Makers and how this trick will help you find your body fat measurement sites quickly and easily. . . .
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Mastering Skinfold Measurements: Body Composition Assessment (Part I)
Ed Frank, Ph.D., NASM-CPT
Inner Circle member and contributor Ed Frank revelas why you should learn to take skinfold measurements, Skinfold calipers and where to get them, Four simple steps to use the Accu-Measure skinfold caliper, The five steps to taking a body fat measurement and five "fine points" for taking accurate body fat measurements, Skinfold testing methods with and without a partner, Body fat percentage and other common problems, Common sources of skinfold testing confusion, and Understanding your body fat results, the "Feedback Loop" and what to do with it... . . .
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Daily Weigh-Ins: Productive or Obsessive?
by Tom Venuto
Many weight loss authorities say that you should "throw away your scales" and that it's counter-productive to weigh yourself at all, let alone every day. It's been argued that too much focus on scale weight can become obsessive and compulsive. Body composition is certainly more important than body weight, however, new research has revealed a strong correlation between daily weigh-ins and long term weight loss success. Read on to learn more about how to monitor and measure your body weight to increase your fat loss success… . . .
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