Body Fat Tester

This is a simple solution to measuring body fat percentage. I have used those fancy and expensive electronic body fat testers in the past, and honestly, this little piece of plastic comes extremely close to the accuracy of the electric ones. Of course the accuracy is off slightly due to human error because you have to squeeze it yourself. But there is a little guide on the tester that tells you when to stop squeezing so it's not such a big deal. The only tricky part to using this and any other body fat tester is getting the right spot every time. You can hit the general area, but if you are a few inches off your reading might be off by a little. Plus if you have a higher body fat percentage to begin with, it's a little tough to judge how much flesh to pull just because it's harder to pull away with more fat attached to it. But if you are consistent and try and hit that same spot and grab the same amount of flesh, you will still be able to get good measurements. I have been doing the P90X and this little tool has come in handy. I am not a small girl, but I'm not fat either. I am short, but I have always had more muscle than most. There is a lot of resistance training with the P90X, so weighing myself was never a good measure of my progress because of the muscle building. Muscle weighs more than fat, so as my muscles were growing, I was loosing fat, but the scale certainly couldn't tell me that. Also, the tape measure wasn't helping me either for the same reason. So the body fat tester was a great help in letting me know I was actually making progress with the program by loosing body fat. I don't care if I'm the same size or weight at the end of the program, just as long as I'm not as fatty. This little tool is perfect for people like me.

Here's the deal a body fat caliper is going to measure how much actual fat you have lost not how many pounds you weigh, some of which are muscle! It works well, I only wish that this was made of metal or something, seems a little flimsy, but I guess for the price what do you really expect.