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Originally posted by jfreels
Athlete mode should be used if you have a low resting heart rate, it will effect the outcome. Also, caliper tests are not much more accurate. If they are not done by the same exact person in the same exact places with the same pinch then they can be very inacurate.
I would ether pay for hydrostatic testing ($45 around here) or just use mybodycomp.com. Mybodycomp is just as inaccurate as any of the other methods, but that doesn't matter...as long as you are on the correct track. Your BF scale may say 17% or whatever, but as long as that number keeps going down then you are on the right track.
If you really want to know your bf then do the hydrostatic testing.
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Actually thats not exactly true. Bodyfat calipers are much more accurate then electronic scales, and almost as accurate as water testing. Mybodycomp measurement method is more accurate then electronic scales, but it still isn't as accurate as a bodyfat caliper. Trust me, I do this for a living and have to test everybody who I help so I
slightly know what I am talking about when it comes to bodyfat and how to accurately test it.
Save the $50 on a water test and spend $12 on some calipers that you can use forever. The caliper's accuracy is withing 1 percent of underwater weighing results.