The WeighTrainer 3-Point Skin Fold Bodyfat / Lean Body Mass Calculator The following calculator gives you an estimate of your % bodyfat and lean body mass based on your weight, age and thickness measurements of 3 skin folds. It is based on the Jackson-Pollock 3-point method and is reasonably accurate for most people. This method, however, as almost all popular skin fold methods, tends to underestimate body fat levels in very lean bodybuilders. To perform each measurement: Using the tips of your thumb and forefinger pinch the skin in the area to be measured. Pull the skin away from the muscle, being sure to 'get' all the subcutaneous fat underneath the skin but don't include the underlying muscle. Measure the thickness of this fold of fat and skin, in millimeters, with either a ruler (metric) or skin fold calipers. If you do have calipers, the jaws should be placed close to where the fingertips have the skin pinched so an accurate reading can be obtained (about 1 cm (1/4 in) away from the fingers). Release the caliper's handles and wait 2 seconds before taking the reading. Take a reading of that same site a few more times (release the fold and get a new 'pinch' for each measurement) and take the average - each reading should be within 1 or 2 mm of each other. If you don't have calipers you'll have to make do with a ruler. The procedure differs between genders. Males take measurements at the pectoral, abdominal and thigh regions and females take measurements at the triceps, suprailiac and thigh regions. The locations for both sexes are illustrated below.

Men: Pectoral - Diagonal fold halfway between the nipple and the upper portion of the pectoral muscle at the armpit Abdominal - Vertical fold taken one inch to the right of the navel Thigh - Vertical fold taken halfway between the patella (knee cap) and the inguinal crease (the crease where the top of the thigh meets the hip) Women: Triceps - Vertical fold taken halfway between the top of shoulder and the elbow Suprailiac - Diagonal fold taken above the superior anterior iliac crest (the area above the upper, forward protrusion of the hip bone Thigh - Vertical fold taken halfway between the patella (knee cap) and the inguinal crease (the crease where the top of the thigh meets the hip)

gender Male Female Your age in years Your weight pounds kilos Pectoral fold (m only) mm Abdominal fold (m only) mm Thigh fold (m and f) mm Triceps fold (f only) mm Suprailiac fold (f only) mm





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