Bowflex Revolution manual Skinfold Measurements, Women Measure Suprailium, Triceps, and Thigh

Measurements

Skinfold Measurements

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To accurately track your progress through this six-week program, it is necessary to take skinfold measurements. By measuring yourself in this way, you will be able to determine your lean-body mass and your body-fat percentage. The goal of this program is to increase your lean-body mass and decrease your body-fat percentage.

Please read this section carefully. Proper measuring techniques are essential to track your success. It is best to have someone measure you. Measuring yourself can lead to inaccurate results.

Women Measure: Suprailium, Triceps, and Thigh

Suprailium

Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal ­skinfold just above the crest of the hip bone on the right side of the waist.

Triceps

Stand with right elbow flexed 90 degrees and locate the center of the back of the upper arm midway between the shoulder and the elbow. Relax arm at your side. Pick up skinfold as pictured.

Thigh

Stand relaxed with most of the weight on your left leg. Pick up a skinfold in the vertical plane on the front side of the right thigh, midway between the hip and knee joints.

Men Measure: Chest, Abdomen and Thigh

Chest

Stand relaxed. Pick up a diagonal skinfold over the right pectorals muscle, midway between the armpit and the nipple.

Abdomen

Stand relaxed. Pick up a vertical skinfold on the right side of the navel.