The initial measurements are made with tape measure (arm, waist, hip) and plycometer (bicipital, tricipital, subscapular and suprailiac skin fold) with which we will know the percentage and distribution of fat.
Using a Measurement Tape and Caliper to measure your body fat percentage is important, and especially useful for athletes or those engaging in a regular strength training program.
Scale weight is a pretty useless number when you think about it, all it tells you is the force with which gravity pulls down on you.
If you are in any way serious about managing your weight and improving your quality of life, you should know your body composition.
Without knowing what you’re actually made of, you can only guess how much muscle and fat you actually have.
That is why the most important thing is to know your body composition, which will be measured through bio-measurement with the TANITA MC-780.
With it we will know the percentage body fat, visceral fat, muscle mass, water (intra and extracellular) and metabolic age.
Body composition also gives you a new way to think about and approach your weight. It provides way more useful information than relying solely on Body Mass Index (BMI) – the traditional way to determine if you are at a healthy weight. BMI is simply a number that represents your weight relative to your height. But if you are even a little bit athletic, or if you lead a fairly sedentary lifestyle, BMI can be misleading.
Think about athletes, who tend to have high BMIs, but low body fat percentages. Or a desk-bound office employee at a healthy BMI who eats well. Sedentary adults working in offices who do not exercise are known to lose muscle mass, especially in their legs.
This leads to a drop in weight in muscle mass, but fat remains.
This can lead to high body fat percentages, even in individuals with “normal” weights and BMIs. Ever heard of being skinny fat?
Body composition analysis can also be a useful tool to motivate you as we work together. You might think that you are not making much progress, when in reality, there are a lot of metabolic changes happening.
The MC-780MA P provides an instant analysis of a clients health and fitness status as well as monitoring their progress over time in less than 20 seconds.
With the tanita MC-780 we can have your:
Weight and BMI
Visceral fat (Fat in the organs)
Total and segmental fat
Total and segmental muscle mass
Fat free mass
Intra and Extra cellular fluid kg
Metabolic age
Basal metabolism rate
Stadimeter
