Determining Your Body Fat

To Use The Nomogram:

1)Locate the sum of your three skinfolds in the right column and mark it.

2)Locate your age in years on the far left column and mark it.

3)Connect the two marks with a straightedge. Where the straightedge intersects the line in the middle column appropriate to you, you will find your body-fat percentage.

Baun, W.D, Baun, M.R., and Raven, P.B. A nomogram for the estimate of percent body fat from generalized equations. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 52:380-384, 1981.

Age in Years

60

55

50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

 

 

130

 

 

125

 

 

120

 

Female

115

 

 

Male

 

110

 

 

 

40

105

33

38

100

 

 

31

36

95

 

 

 

29

90

 

34

85

27

 

 

32

80

 

25

 

 

 

30

75

 

23

 

 

 

28

70

 

21

 

 

 

26

65

 

19

 

 

24

60

 

17

 

 

22

55

 

15

 

 

20

50

 

13

 

 

18

45

 

11

 

 

16

40

 

9

 

 

14

35

 

7

 

 

 

12

30

 

5

 

 

 

10

25

 

3

 

 

 

Percent

20

 

Body-Fat

15

 

 

10

Sum of Three Skinfolds (mm)

14

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Bowflex ElitePlus manual Determining Your Body Fat