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InBody Scans

Sucks there is no good, accurate, consistent, reliable way to track body composition. Mirror sure, scale to a degree....but being a data nerd it's nice to have consistent data.

I tried to get a Dexa scan thinking I could use it as a starting point....but they gave me a laughable body fat % that wasn't even close to true and I threw it away. I have a 2nd free scan that I'll probably never use.
 
A few years back I was 7 weeks out from a show, and it said I was 4% (which was not even close obviously) I went on lose a bunch more weight so I would have ended up at -8% :ROFLMAO:

I'm a data nerd too but daily/weekly pics and vids NEVER lie and after you've seen a bazillion of them you can estimate pretty damn close.

When I did work with the local sport teams, we had access to hydrostatic weight and that was very accurate. Dexa's, especially machine to machine is fairly inaccurate). Apparently, the calibrations can be very different aside from water manipulation.
 
DEXA, at least in my opinion, is probably the best you can get that’s somewhat affordable. With that said, a lot of factors at play that can skew the results at any one time. But if you use the same method over time it can still show some trend data. I guess you could go back to the old caliper methods. That and the mirror. Otherwise, who really cares if you’re happy with your results. I can tell you that the difference between my DEXA at 416 pounds was FAR different than what it was at 197. 😂
 
BigD9795 said:
DEXA, at least in my opinion, is probably the best you can get that’s somewhat affordable. With that said, a lot of factors at play that can skew the results at any one time. But if you use the same method over time it can still show some trend data. I guess you could go back to the old caliper methods. That and the mirror. Otherwise, who really cares if you’re happy with your results. I can tell you that the difference between my DEXA at 416 pounds was FAR different than what it was at 197. 😂
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idk man, I went and they told me I was 6% BF. I can't even get a trend off that b/c I was really like 25%. Am I going to go negative over time? Gonna show me losing muscle?
 
WED said:
idk man, I went and they told me I was 6% BF. I can't even get a trend off that b/c I was really like 25%. Am I going to go negative over time? Gonna show me losing muscle?
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Hard to say. I think on any given day the results can vary a lot. But I’m no expert on these things. Just going by my experience with them.
 
WED said:
idk man, I went and they told me I was 6% BF. I can't even get a trend off that b/c I was really like 25%. Am I going to go negative over time? Gonna show me losing muscle?
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Dexa's error in deviation can be as high as +/- 4 or 5% You can literally drink 20oz of water before and gain of lean tissue according to scan. These are good for guys like BigD who started out at a high body weight where it will be a good trend indicator while you lose weight.
 
Meetketchup said:
Dexa's error in deviation can be as high as +/- 4 or 5% You can literally drink 20oz of water before and gain of lean tissue according to scan. These are good for guys like BigD who started out at a high body weight where it will be a good trend indicator while you lose weight.
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I was 240-245 at the time of my scan. 20lb more fat than I have now. Def not hovering around 12% give take. That shit was off by 20 percentage points
 
WED said:
Sucks there is no good, accurate, consistent, reliable way to track body composition. Mirror sure, scale to a degree....but being a data nerd it's nice to have consistent data.

I tried to get a Dexa scan thinking I could use it as a starting point....but they gave me a laughable body fat % that wasn't even close to true and I threw it away. I have a 2nd free scan that I'll probably never use.
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While I agree as someone who also loves data… reality is though end of the day the mirror IS all that matters in the real world.
 

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