Hi all I’ve been using a Withings scale for the last 4 months. Body fat percentage started at 30% and dropped to 25% over the course of those 4 months. Muscle mass never went above 67% which, according to the scale, is well under the average. Last week I found out from another TR user that the sc…

I have no idea if the following applies to this scale, but the TR crew found that the Tanita settings showed: Scale @ Regular = Approximate correlation with DEXA scans of Total Body Fat (subcutaneous, visceral, etc.) Scale @ Athlete = Approximate correlation with skin caliper body fat measurem…

Thanks for pulling out that info Chad, I knew it was too good to be true.

[image] Benjamin_Sandoval: I have the same scale and do not use athlete mode. My body fat percentage started at 26% and currently at 22%. I’m now curious as to what changing the mode over to to athlete mode would read for me… Hmmm What is the recommended mode? I am sort of all over the board on…

I have the same withings scale and have recently done a Dexa scan recently so I might be able to give a bit of an idea on how accurate it is. For me it hovers around 9-10% body fat in normal mode, however if I put it in athlete mode it shows 3%… My Dexa scan shows 14.5% body fat. The athlete mode…

Yeah, they are less that accurate… I find that as long as I am weighing myself at the same time each day I can trust the trends from week to week but not so much the actual numbers.

Body+ - Using the Athlete mode Why is there an Athlete mode? For users with a certain body type, our regular algorithm may provide an inaccurate Fat Mass measurement. When Athlete mode is enabled, an alternate algorithm is used to calculate Fat Mass for that user’s measurements. How can I tell if …

I don’t think it matters what mode you’re in, as long as you’re consistent. Then just make sure it goes down :smiley:.

Non-athlete/regular mode tracks pretty closely with my Dexa scans, fwiw

Withings scale issue?

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TRusername September 17, 2019, 4:58pm 8

Yeah after I clicked on that link by @mcneese.chad and saw what 17% body fat looked like, I immediately thought about setting the scale on fire for lying to me so blatantly.

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Withings scale issue?

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