How can I find out my body fat percentage?
I'm 19 years old and I've been dieting for about a year now. I'm starting to get a toned chest, but I'm having problems getting the abs. How can I find out my body fat percentage?
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- Pick up a cheap body fat monitor. They normally come in one of two common types, ones that you hold and ones that you use built into bathroom scales. Ask at a pharmacy or fitness equipment supplier (or try ebay). These types will quickly give you a good guide and be as cheap as a single accurate reading that your doctor could book you in for via a specialist clinic.
- A body fat caliper. One of the most popular types is the type that you pinch yourself with. It really doesn't hurt. If I were you I'd buy one online, from amazon.com maybe, because a lot of sporting goods stores don't carry them. They have pedometers and hart rate monitors and stuff, but strangely enough no body fat calipers.
- Very Carefully
