Thanks, which model do you have? They seem to have a new model due out morphoscan body composition scan – Renpho UK
Purchased in 2019 according to amazon!
Then smartscalesync is a couple of euros a month.
No new magic technology has been invented.
Personally, I don’t even see the point of a Dexa unless it is to measure bone density for some medical reason.
So a Dexa spits out a number, say 27%. What do you do with the number?
The easiest thing is to look in a mirror. You can use one of those charts (like above) to get a ballpark percentage.
Being that those Renpho scales are only $22 now, there’s certainly no harm.
It was things like visceral fat I was interested in tracking, as the “unseen” thing…
Is it unseen? I think looking in the mirror is a decent solution and free.
yes visceral fat is completely unseen.
Subcutaneous fat is fat that’s stored just beneath your skin. It’s the kind that you can pinch between your fingers. Visceral fat is different. Visceral fat is behind your abdominal muscles and can’t be seen. It surrounds your stomach, liver, intestines and other organs. Visceral fat and subcutaneous fat are both types of belly fat.
Even if you can’t pinch your belly fat, you can still see it by the size of one’s belly. If one is already thin, I really doubt that “unseen” visceral fat is going to be much of an issue.
As per your link, you just need to do all the right things - aerobic exercise, lift weights, eat right, etc.
Having used several of these scales over years, I’ve pretty much lost faith in the consumer-level technology, even for the long-term trend value.
The one I’m using now (can’t remember which one it is) showed me at 34.6% body fat last year when I weighed 245 lbs. I now weigh 225 lbs, I eat better, I’m stronger and faster, my waistline is 2" less, I’m almost one size down in shirts, and… the scale says 32.6% BF.
Telling me my body-fat percentage is down just 2% through all that, is just not believable.
Hmm. Thanks, you’re right. I actually did the math and realized that the 2% does mean 11 lbs of fat. But if I know that I’m stronger, I would ASSUME that means the other 9 lbs are not from muscle… so where do those other 9 pounds come from?
I’d also consider Athlete mode v normal mode. It’s often a lower bar than I think to be considered an “Athlete”. iirc it’s something like 6 hours a week!