Bowflex Sport Owners Manual - Page 19

Skinfold Measurements, Women Measure, Suprailium, triceps, and thigh, Men Measure, Chest, abdomen,

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Measurements Skinfold Measurements To accurately track your progress through this six-week program, it is necessary to take skinfold measurements. By measuring yourself in this way, you will be able to determine your lean-body mass and your body-fat percentage. The goal of this program is to increase your lean-body mass and decrease your body-fat percentage. Please read this section carefully. Proper measuring techniques are essential to track your success. It is best to have someone measure you. Measuring yourself can lead to inaccurate results. Women Measure: Suprailium, triceps, and thigh Men Measure: Chest, abdomen, and thigh Suprailium Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal skinfold just above the crest of the hip bone on the right side of the waist. Triceps Stand with right elbow flexed 90 degrees and locate the center of the back of the upper arm midway between the shoulder and the elbow. Relax arm at your side. Pick up skinfold as pictured. Thigh Stand relaxed with most of the weight on your left leg. Pick up a skinfold in the vertical plane on the front side of the right thigh, midway between the hip and knee joints. Chest Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal skinfold over the right pectoralis muscle, midway between the armpit and the nipple. Abdomen Stand relaxed. Pick up a vertical skinfold on the right side of the navel. 19

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Skinfold Measurements
To accurately track your progress through this six-week program, it is necessary to take skinfold measurements.
By measuring yourself in this way, you will be able to determine your lean-body mass and your body-fat percentage.
The goal of this program is to increase your lean-body mass and decrease your body-fat percentage.
Please read this section carefully. Proper measuring techniques are essential to track your success. It is best to have
someone measure you. Measuring yourself can lead to inaccurate results.
Women Measure:
Suprailium, triceps, and thigh
Men Measure:
Chest, abdomen, and thigh
Suprailium
Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal
skinfold just above the crest of
the hip
bone on the right side of the waist.
Triceps
Stand with right elbow flexed 90
degrees and locate the center of the
back of the upper arm midway between
the shoulder and the elbow. Relax
arm at your side. Pick up skinfold as
pictured.
Thigh
Stand relaxed with most of the weight
on your left leg. Pick up a skinfold in
the vertical plane on the front side of
the right thigh, midway between the
hip and knee joints.
Measurements
Chest
Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal
skinfold over the right pectoralis
muscle, midway between the armpit
and the nipple.
Abdomen
Stand relaxed. Pick up a vertical
skinfold on the right side of the navel.