Body measurements Info

Height neck waist and hip circumference. If you are a male measure your abdomen horizontal at level of navel neck with tape sloping slightly downward in front height without shoes. Determine your body fat percentage with our body fat calculator. Use a tape measure to determine your waist wrist hip and forearm circumference. When taking measurements the subject should be standing upright with arms at rest on both sides. Army regulations standards army regulation 600 9 released june 2013 which is gender specific.

Our free online body fat calculator makes it ultra simple to calculate your body fat percentage. This body fat percentage calculator uses the formula developed by the us. If you are a female measure your abdomen smallest horizontal circumference around abdominal area hips largest horizontal circumference around the hips neck with tape sloping slightly downward in front height without. Then input your gender and measurements below to receive a body fat index based on average values. The body fat calculator can be used to estimate your total body fat based on specific measurements. Ideal body size in the book brawn stuart mcrobert published the old john mccallum formula for challenging yet realistic measurements for hard gainers.

But to measure your body fat percentage you will have to get up and measure your waist hips and body weight. Finally click the calculate button to see your estimated body fat. The body fat index is not an indicator of fitness level since the calculation is made with no regard. The algorithm behind this army body fat calculator is based on the body fat percentage formula from the us. Enter you height neck and waist measurements. This simple body fat calculator or body fat percentage calculator tells you how much fat your body has.

Put in your height age gender weight waist and hips measurement and calculate body fat percentage in just a click. Male body fat 86010 log 10 waist neck 70041 log 10 height 3676. Body fat 86010 log10waist neck 70041 log10height 3676 women body fat 163205 log10waist hip neck 97684 log10height 78387. According to the standards of medical fitness body fat is calculated based on the physical size of a person which includes the height neck and waist size for men and the height neck waist and hip size for women. Use the metric units tab if you are more comfortable with the international system of units si. All you have to do to learn how to calculate body fat percentage in just seconds is be able to enter in your current weight in pounds your waist size measured in inches and if you are a female then your wrist size forearm size and hips size then press the calculate button.

To get the best results measure to the nearest 14 inch 05 cm. Navy body fat formula boy fat categorization advice on how to reduce body fat and information on precise methods for measuring the percentage of body fat tissue like dexa dual energy x ray absorptiometry bio impedance water displacement ct mri and others. Navy and requires four measurements.