Bowflex Xtreme - Manual (Page 69)

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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.
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.
Measurements