As I have mentioned in past posts I have been keeping a close eye on my body body weight, well more my body composition, trying to increase my weight but also trying to make sure its "good weight" more muscle than fat.
To measure this we do a skin fold test, which you can then determine the composition of the body, body fat/muscle ext.
A skin fold calliper is used and measures points on the body
People have a varied opinions of skin folds if they are accurate or useful but I feel if you keep the variables the same then you can compare each time and see the changes.
I am going to put some of the results of the test below if people are interested. Everyone is made up differently and I wouldn't compare my results to someone else's, its just to see the changes in myself.
These are a sum of 8 skin folds, over 5 tests
| Body Mass (kg) | 68.8 | 69.4 | 70.9 | 71.5 | 73.1 |
| Sum of skinfolds (mm) | 33.2 | 34.0 | 41.6 | 39.6 | 40.0 |
| Fat Free Mass (kg) | 54.1 | 54.7 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 57.5 |
| Fat Mass (kg) | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 15.6 |
| Body Fat (%) | 21.4 | 21.7 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 23.8 |
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