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Headache after walking

I just started walking a few days ago. But every time I get done I get a headache like my sinuses are...

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Shoulder weights(body wights)

Does anyone know if using shoulder weights safe for wearing it for a 2 hour walk? Will that not put pressure...

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Shoulder weights(body wights)

Does anyone know if using shoulder weights safe for wearing it for a 2 hour walk? Will that not put pressure...

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Target Heart Rate Zone Question

I received a heart rate monitor for Christmas. Does anyone know if it is good or bad to be above your target...

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Foot pain

I exercise 6 days a week (mainly weight lifting). During the past couple of weeks I've added an hour (sometimes...

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Light running bad for your knees?

I had a discussion with a friend that said she will not, under any circumstance introduce running into her...

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weight training plan question

My goal is to increase strength and bulk. I am 54+ years of age, 6', 3", 185 pounds. I began lifting again...

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Bulking stage: Resistence vs. Cardio

I've searched and searched, but to get one clear, conclusive answer seems nearly impossible! So here's my...

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Leg Trouble Help Anyone?

I ran alot during the school months and took a month break. A week ago I started up again and on the fourth...

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Got my period and freaked out

Hi, I am a 24 year old female and since the first time I got my period, I have always gotten it at almost the...

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first post, test message please ignore

wanted to check whether my email address appears if I make a post. I wanted just my username and not email...

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Thinking of this workout...I'd like opinions...

Ok, I'm 35, male, and a little over 200 pounds. I probably need to lose about 30 of it. I'm looking at a...

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Looking for a particular fitness step! I need majo...

Ok, I'm looking for a very specific type of fitness step. Several years ago, my wife had a very large, foam...

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Red face after/during exercising

My face turns bright red during and after exercising - I am concerned I might scare people when they see my...

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LACTIC ACID BUILDUP HOURS AFTER SWIMMING

Hey everyone Im new to this but I have a question I was hoping someone can help me with. I am currently 23...

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LACTIC ACID BUILDUP HOURS AFTER SWIMMING

Hey everyone Im new to this but I have a question I was hoping someone can help me with. I am currently 23...

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strength training when tired

Hi, I am a 40 year old man. I'm 6'3" and about 200lbs, so not overweight. I exercise in the morning when I...

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Staying fit when sidelined by injury.

Long story short I got injured earlier this week while running around with my dog and dislocated my knee...

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Exhausted early in the day since I started exercis...

I started exercising about a week ago (10 minutes of warmup/cool down + 30 minutes of medium/high intensity...

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Exercising with very bad knees...need help!

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check this article...its cool and interesting

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Lower body workout that is easy on the knees

Hi, Can anyone tell me what a good lower body workout that is easy on the knees would be? Recently in the...

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Workout After Back Injury

Hello all! I have a question. I injured my back (strained a muscle -- quote from the doctor is "mild...

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New treatment lowered the top blood pressure readi...

Good news for blood pressure patients: A device that destroys nerves leading to the kidney safely lowered...

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I hope someone can help!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here it goes. Every time I take my daily...

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Golf-related exercises

Does anyone have any recommended exercise programs that will specificallly help my golf game?

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tighten tummy and butt-Help.

I am trying very hard to become more fit and I really want to drop a few more pounds. I am 28, 5'6 and weight...

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What is your favorite gym?

Gold's Bally Total Fitness Power House Other?

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The Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training.

Research continues to flow in on the benefits of Interval Training as a means of increasing your health and...

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BIA-Bielectrical Impedence Analysis, Flawed Device...

BIA is an acronym for Bioelectrical Impedence Device. "This technique uses a machine that sends harmless and...

Posted by KennyCrox

BIA is an acronym for Bioelectrical Impedence Device. "This technique uses a machine that sends harmless and painless electricity through a person's body to "weigh" each of the different kinds of tissue in their body." http://www.webmd.com/diet/diagnosing-obesity

The Wedmd articles goes on to incorrectly state, "BIA is very accurate..." Nothing could be further from the truth. The BIA devices sold in the stores are incredible inaccurate when it comes to measureing you bodyfat.

Personal Prespective

I've seen the inaccuracy from the perspective of working in a retail fitness store that sells them. I've never sold one myself but I have had individuals buy them from me.

The distinction of selling vs buying them is that, selling indicates that I advised a customer to purchase a BIA based on my knowledge that the BIA is a good investment. It is NOT.

Buying one from me, pertains to an individual's decision to purchase the BIA, after I have educated an individual as to the inconsistance of the BIA.

I have seen those inconsistencies in the BIA as a personal trainer. The fluction in the bodyfat percentages drive people up the walls.

Let's Look At Some Numbers

As an example, let's say you weight 200 lbs. Your bodyfat percentage one day is let's say 20%. The next day, which often happnes, your body fat percentage is 22%.

That means gained 4 pound of fat in 24 hours. The next day, your body fat percentage might be 18%. That would mean that you lost 8 pounds of fat in 24 hours.

So, which reading is the right one? The answer is that you don't know.

The only thing consistent about the BIA is it INCONSISTANCY. The inconsistency is makes it very confusing.

Some of the inconsistance has to do with your hydration level. Upon waking, your are a bit dehydrated. Thus, it will show that you have more bodyfat than it does.

Also, if you have eaten, exercised or showered/bathed in the last few hours, it skews your bodyfat percentage reading.

BIA Models...Scales or Hand Held...More Problems.

Another problem with BIA devices is they are Site Senstive. That means the BIA is most senstive to where you make contact with it.

Scale BIA devices that you stand on, tend to be skewed toward your lower bodyfat percentage. If you tend to store bodyfat in the legs and hips, as most women do, then the Scale BIA will indicate that you are fatter than you really are.

Hand held BIA devices are skewed toward your upper bodyfat percentage. If you tend to store bodyfat in the arms and chest, then the Hand Held BIA will indicate that you are fatter than you really are.

"Also reducing the reliability of this method is the variation between models of the BIA devices: for instance when comparing outputs from a Tanita scale to an Omron Body Logic handheld device the Tanita scale overestimated the percentage body fat in college-aged men by 40% and in college aged women by 55%." Exercise physiology: Basis of Human Movement in Health and Disease, Second Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage#cite_ref-8

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