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Using Calipers When Measuring Skinfolds

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Measurements 59 Using Calipers When Measuring Skinfolds The procedure for measuring skinfold thickness is to grasp firmly with the thumb and forefinger a fold of skin and surface fat and pull it away from the underlying muscle. Take the caliper in your other hand and open the jaws. Clamp the jaws over the pinched skin and fat. The jaws exert constant tension at the point of contact with the skin. The thickness of the double layer of skin and fat can then be read directly from the caliper, which is marked in millimeters. Women Men Suprailium Triceps Thigh Total Chest Abdomen Thigh Total Use these figures on the following chart to determine your body-fat percentage and enter the number on the line below. Starting body-fat percentage

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Using Calipers When Measuring Skinfolds
The procedure for measuring skinfold thickness is to grasp firmly with the thumb and
forefinger a fold of skin and surface fat and pull it away from the underlying muscle. Take
the caliper in your other hand and open the jaws. Clamp the jaws over the pinched skin
and fat. The jaws exert constant tension at the point of contact with the skin. The thickness
of the double layer of skin and fat can then be read directly from the caliper, which is
marked in millimeters.
Use these figures on the following chart to determine your body-fat percentage and enter the
number on the line below.
Starting body-fat percentage
Women
Suprailium
Triceps
Thigh
Total
Men
Chest
Abdomen
Thigh
Total
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