posthexbearposting [they/them] to the_dunk_tank • edit-21 year ago"In 6’2, 225 pounds with about 10% body fat. I look like a man. I act like a man. Nobody has confused me for anything but a man."imagemessage-square127 fedilinkarrow-up1144file-text
arrow-up1144image"In 6’2, 225 pounds with about 10% body fat. I look like a man. I act like a man. Nobody has confused me for anything but a man."posthexbearposting [they/them] to the_dunk_tank • edit-21 year agomessage-square127 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Please can we make this a MOTD banner text? https://lemmy.ml/comment/3944938 https://hexbear.net/comment/3970038
minus-squareFarman [any]hexbear21·edit-21 year agoHow do they calculate the body fat? Do they submerge him in a tube graduated cylinder to see how much water he has displaced to get his density? link
minus-squareposthexbearposting [they/them]hexagonhexbear17·1 year agoThere's some methods of measuring. DEXA is generally the most accurate and common but what you describe is also a method of doing it. In this case though he just simply made it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage link
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear5·1 year agoThat or the skin pinch calipers. I've had the calipers one done a couple of times. link
How do they calculate the body fat? Do they submerge him in a
tubegraduated cylinder to see how much water he has displaced to get his density?There's some methods of measuring. DEXA is generally the most accurate and common but what you describe is also a method of doing it. In this case though he just simply made it up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage
Can I do this in my bathtub/a horse trough?
That or the skin pinch calipers. I've had the calipers one done a couple of times.
Some people do love their calipers.