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Forget the Scale, How About a Bod Pod?
If you have a hard time stepping onto the scale, imagine stepping into the Bod Pod...
The Bod Pod is the latest in measuring body composition. Instead of underwater weighing, skin fold and circumference measuring or even a scale, your doctor (or personal trainer) may ask you to step inside the Bod Pod.
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Body Fat Percentage Scales
Yesterday I wrote about how your Body Fat Percentage (BFP) is a more accurate way to measure excess body fat when compared to your BMI. The New York Times reported recently that some studies suggest that BFP is a better indicator of health than your weight.
Underwater weighing is considered the most accurate method for determining your BFP, the more body fat you have the less you weigh in water.
Measure Up: BMI vs. Body Fat Percentage
BMI and body fat percentage are weight-loss terms thrown around with little explanation, so if you're confused about what they mean or which you should pay more attention to, you're not alone. Here's a brief primer to help.
BMI stands for Body Mass Index.
Move Fat From Your Booty to Your Breasts?
Breasts come in all shapes and sizes, but some women are just not happy with what nature gave them, or how experience (read: breast feeding ) and age have affected their chest. Some women opt for breast implants if they feel the need to augment their natural shape, but there's also a controversial procedure available for those who want to add just a little volume. It's kind of a two-for-one procedure that goes like this: body fat is removed from areas where it is plentiful, such as the booty or thighs, via liposuction and injected into breast tissue.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- A healthy twist on a comfy standard: Shepherd's Pie revamped — Mark's Daily Apple
- Simple fitness prop for a great workout: a wall — Fresh Fitness Tips
- Musicians are cooking up low-cal meals for late night Denny's menu — FitCeleb
- Remove your roadblocks to healthy eating — Shape
- Tales from the frontline battle against H1N1 — Vitamin G
- Taste test: three coconut waters compared side by side — Mind Body Green
- Does purslane measure up to its omega-3 hype? — Nutrition Data Blog
Physical Traits Give Clues About Your Health Risks
There are many things we can do to enhance our health and prevent illness. Exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, not smoking, limiting your alcohol intake, and reducing your stress can add years to your life. Who knew that your appearance and physical characteristics such as finger length and your sense of smell could let you know what health risks you might be prone to?
The Skinny On: Measuring Body Fat Percentage
If you're in the business of trying to lose weight, the best way to monitor your progress isn't by stepping on a scale. Since a basic bathroom scale measures your entire body weight, it doesn't take into consideration how much of you is made up of fat, and how much is made of healthy stuff like bones, muscle, blood, and organs. For a more accurate picture of your body composition, it's best to measure your body fat percentage, and here are the many ways it's calculated.
ICYMI: 4 Healthy Choices to Aid Your Fight Against Disease
We all know that living a healthy lifestyle full of regular exercise and well-balanced, well-portioned meals is key to fighting chronic diseases. Yet for some reason, we want the benefits of our healthy choices quantified. We want inspiring statistics.
Saddle Up: Bike Fittings
As biking lore goes, American cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France Greg Lemond, along with some cycling buddies, created a formula for fitting people to bikes. The variation on frame design, due to the different frame materials, makes for distinctly different geometry from bike to bike, so a good fit depends on more than just stand-over clearance.
If you're in the market for a new road bike and planning on dropping a pretty penny for your new ride, I highly encourage you to be measured at the beginning of your search.
You Asked: Increased Cardio but Gaining Weight
Dear Fit,
I've been increasing my cardio workouts to help me drop the seven pounds I gained after losing my job. Previously I was doing 30 minutes twice a week, but over the last three weeks, I've been doing 30 minutes five or six times a week. I alternate between running, biking, and hiking.
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