Measurements, Skinfold measurements – Bowflex Revolution XP User Manual

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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.

Chest

Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal

skinfold over the right pectorals

muscle, midway between the armpit

and the nipple.

abdomen

Stand relaxed. Pick up a vertical

skinfold on the right side of the navel.

Measurements

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