PariahCarey said:Couple of guerrilla tips on how your doing bodyfat wise;
-deadhang chins;they get sooooooo much easier as your fat goes down.
-waistsize in the morning before you eat/drink water or even just how your pants fit; if your weight is going up or staying the same but your pants size is going down your gaining muscle and losing fat.
I don't trust any of the above methods except the hydrowhatever thing and i'm not that concerned about it to spend a day being dunked like boiled egg.
luckystars said:about the most realistic way and its not that expensive is to get a digital scale that can also read body fat.. you can get one at wal mart for like 30 bucks. it has little metal strips on it and you damp your feet and stand on it.. (bare foot) it sends a electric current through your body and back to the scale. it does some kind of formula based on how long it takes to send it through your body and back.
S.D.Force said:hydrostatic weighing is the most accurate way to test body fat on the planet.....www.bodyfattest.com...Usually you have to go to a University where they have a huge tank that they submerge you in. Very complex and very few people have it done. They do have portable units of which this company is the best and has reasonable rates. Hydrostatic weighing is the "gold standard" of body fat testing.
after that, you can buy the new scales on the market that electronically test fat content through the electrical imedance principles, they take into consideration your height, and other factors as well and they are fairly accurate. After that you can try the simple old "caliper" method using calipers to pinch your fat and then analyze the data.