Pocket Trainer For Android

Body Fat Calculator

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Pocket Trainer for Android devices offers a number of tools to help you with your weight loss and training goals. This includes a Body Fat Calculator. This calculator estimates your body fat based on formulas and a method developed by the US Navy.

Body Fat Percentage

Having too much body fat increases your risk for a variety of diseases. The following table shows the American Council on Exercise Body Fat percentage ranges. These will vary as you get older and are impacted by your level of exercise and diet.

Measuring Body Fat Percentage

There are a number of different techniques used for measuring body fat. The Pocket Trainer Body Fat calculator uses equations and methods developed at the US Naval Health Research Center by Hodgdon and Beckett in 1984. The measurements should be taken as follows: • Height: Measured from the floor to the tip of your head while standing straight. • Neck: Tape measure should remain parallel to the floor and should be snug to the skin but not enough to compress the underlying soft tissue. • Waist: Measure horizontally around the waist at the belly button for men and at the level with the smallest width for women. Do not pull your stomach inwards while taking the measurement. • Hips (Women only): Measure the circumference at the hips at the largest horizontal measure. Download the Pocket Trainer Android app from Google Play and give it a try!

Body Fat Percentage Ranges