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Hmm I read that in order to get your abs out you need to reduce body fat percentage to a certain level. But how do u measure your body fat percentage?

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Hmm I read that in order to get your abs out you need to reduce body fat percentage to a certain level. But how do u measure your body fat percentage?

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u gotta get a set of calipers. basically u pinch and measure various part of the body. the formula to aggregate the values can be found online, jus google it.

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calipers? that sounds nasty.

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can i use a micrometer?
or will a vernier do fine?

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i'm sure a pair of calipers would be much cheaper

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hehe.

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can we roughly estimate the body fat we have,say u can see the outline of ur ribcage ? haha..i hope i dun sound silly here...

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hrm... generally.. and i'm saying generally... when ur abs start to show its usuayll when u have below 10 eprcent body fat... if u start seeing lots of striations all over ur body probably u r below 8 percent to ard 5 percent already

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i know at california..they got provide some kind of services that help u measure total body fat %..weight ..height.. width of ur chest..biceps.. etc etc... for ard i tink $20 ..not sure abt the pricing actually..

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e calipers test is called a skin-fold test, highly accurate but dunno whether u can learn how 2 do it online gotta pinch specific points on your body some of 'em veli e hard 2 reach so do get some help...
there is also a machine i think call tanita sumthin that 1 best like weighing machine liddat u juz stand on it for 5 sec can give yr body fat % liao quite zun too i muz say

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less than 10% bodyfat
u should be able to get a caliper

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thanks for the help guys. frankly i gave up trying to measure it and now i just jog and am seeing some shape liao

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A set of calipers is around $40....