Skinfold calipers measure the thickness of your subcutaneous fat the fat underneath the skin at certain body locations. Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap it around under your armpits around your shoulder blades and back to the front to get the measurement. Calculate your body mass index. A body weight of 154 pounds 70 kg estimates an ftp of 308 watts 154 x 2 308. The device is ultra thin features a solid aluminum base with heat tempered glass and is made to work on any surface including carpet. Rectangle a rectangle is a woman whose body shape means having waist measurements that are less than 9 inches smaller than the hip or bust measurements.
Talk with your healthcare provider to determine appropriate ways to lose weight. Measure the circumference of your chest. For information about the importance of a healthy diet and physical activity in reaching a healthy weight visit healthy weight. The nokia body cardio scale that measures body fat records users weight body fat bmi muscle water and bone mass along with standing heart rate and pulse wave velocity pwv. Select compute bmi and your bmi will appear below. Enter your weight and height using standard or metric measures.
Subtract 05 for every year beyond age 35. Measurements are taken at either 3 or 7 different sites on the body. Double your body weight in pounds 1 kg 22 lbs. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. A person with a 34 waist and 40 hip would therefore have a waist hip ratio of 3440 or 085. Waist hip ratio is sometimes used as an indicator of certain health conditions.
Waist hip ratio whr is defined as the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference. Body mass index bmi is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. So you are not particularly curvy your waist is not well defined and your weight is fairly distributed throughout the bodythis shape of the body is also called as the straight or ruler body. The value is calculated by dividing waist measurement by hip measurement. If the above 154 pound rider is 50 years old. Based on body weight age and gender step 1.
Even a small weight loss just 10 of your current weight may help lower the risk of disease.