Bowflex XTL - Manual (Page 61)

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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