Category anthropometry

Hello, I tried doing DEXA to measure my body composition and see any improvements due to training. But there are values ​​in English that I don't understand: FAT (ok, fat), BMC (bones) ... and then there's TISSUE and LEAN ... now ... which one I have to look to see if with training increases my muscle mass? He

One of the most precise methods for assessing body composition INTRODUCTION Among the various methods of measuring the percentage of body fat, the PLICOMETRY represents one of the simplest, most precise and with the purchase costs of the contained instrumentation. THE PLACER The plicometro is an instrument that can be compared to the caliber of a mechanic because it consists essentially of a caliper and a graduated scale that measures the distance between the tips

Edited by Stefano Morini Every day many people enroll in a trusting and at the same time ignorant and unaware of the sciences that will govern their future performances and results, they rely on instructors or in some cases the "guru" on duty and put in hand the management of their body in the hope that they will transform it or otherwise bring them closer to the body they have in mind

The WHR expresses the relationship between the circumference of the waist and the circumference of the hips. This index is used in the medical field to assess the bodily distribution of adipose tissue. Simple and quick to calculate this index partially compensates for the shortcomings of the BMI. The method of distribution of body fat correlates to the risk of cardiovascular diseases