Hello, if you're a woman and you want to know your body fat percentage; can you actually do that using a simple tape measure
Yes, you can and that's what I'm gonna show you next. So, stick around and
I'll tell you how to do it after the channel intro. See you shortly now
I'm Dr Joe of TheDrJoe.com So, as a woman
Can you calculate your body fat percentage using this simple tape measure
like I said in the intro. Yes, you can and I'm gonna show you that in this video and
It's about how to calculate body fat percentage using a tape measure if you are a lady
the video for men is different and
It should be up there now. If you're a man watching this; you should finish watching this video because there are some similarities
but the formula is different and
Indeed some of the parameters are also different so you finish watching this and then you go watch the one for men
now as a lady
we are going to be using this tape measure to get four readings. The circumference of our neck
so we're gonna use that to measure circumference of our neck we're gonna measure the
circumference of our Tummy. We're gonna measure the circumference of our hips and then finally we're gonna measure our height against a wall and
Then we're gonna plug those figures in into a formula that has been designed by the US Navy
We then use an online scientific calculator to arrive at a final figure and I'm gonna show you the demonstration now. This is how
So it's very easy all you need is your tip
get all of these parameters measured and then you plug them all in here and
that's it and
You arrive at your final figure okay so that's how it works, it's very easy. Tape and
a scientific calculator because you're gonna need a scientific calculator
to do this. Yes, that's how easy it is but it is important that you get the measurements correct and
you're plugging in the right figures into the calculator because if you do that then you're gonna arrive at a figure that actually
Represents the right body fat percentage for you as a person. So, here's what I suggest
Watch this video again, so that you get the techniques correct and then once
you've got your values pause the video at the point where I'm talking about
the formula. Write down the formula
Plug your parameters into the formula and use the online scientific calculator like you saw me do in the video
And then you arrive at a final figure. That figure represents your body fat percentage
so what does figure mean? Well, I'm gonna do another video that will actually tell you whether your body fat percentage is in
the healthy range or not. When I've done the video, it will be up there but that's it's as far as
actually calculating your body fat percentages is, this is all it takes
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