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My body fat calipers finally Arrived. I wasn’t overly impressed when I ripped open the package but then again Im not sure what I was expecting. The calipers I got are Accu-Measure calipers that are made out of plastic and looked a bit flimsy but made the calculation on my own body fat a relatively simple and fast task.

The process is simple. In a nut shell, you pinch the skin fold on the suprailliac which is located 1 inch above the the point of your hip bone. then you take your calipers and pinch the skin fold with then until you hear a click and it gives you a reading in millimeters. you then take the measurement, compare it against an age range on a body fat % chart and it gives your body fat percentage.

My measurement was on average 19mm. compared agaisnt the mens chart with the age range between 26-30 my bodyfat comes to……..wait for it…. 19.6%. If I was a woman my body fat would be 27.6%, so sorry girls you have it harder than the boys.

19.9% body fat is classed as average. I want to be around 12.5% which is the lowest for my age range and classed as Lean. hopefully with a good healthy diet and willpower I should be able to achieve this before June when I go on holiday.

I am currently eating a packet of Millys Cookies which isn’t a good start but I have made the decision to research a good diet and go food shopping this weeken. any suggestions will be welcome.

I also got some Creatine with my calipers and will start the suggested weekly load after I train my chest tonight.

My body fat Percentage is 19.6% 

current weight 13.3 stone