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Jean-Paul · 03-27-2008, 03:31 PM

Get an OMRON handheld bodyfat analyzer if you want to measure bodyfat. 2% margin of error, very non-invasive. Works well with your target clientele.

As for assessments, I use Motion DNA (3D functional motion screens), but not on everyone. It wouldn't be relevant with your crowd. Maybe do a squat to bench test (how many squats in 30 seconds.

I second the Gray Cook stuff... He's fantastic!

For the truly obese, I think you're on target to do girth measurements. Calipers and bio-impedance devices usually error out on the extreme ends of the spectrum because the algorithms are based on "norms," which they aren't.

03-27-2008, 03:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jean-Paul I think, therefore I post Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 14,523 My Profile	Get an OMRON handheld bodyfat analyzer if you want to measure bodyfat. 2% margin of error, very non-invasive. Works well with your target clientele. As for assessments, I use Motion DNA (3D functional motion screens), but not on everyone. It wouldn't be relevant with your crowd. Maybe do a squat to bench test (how many squats in 30 seconds. I second the Gray Cook stuff... He's fantastic! For the truly obese, I think you're on target to do girth measurements. Calipers and bio-impedance devices usually error out on the extreme ends of the spectrum because the algorithms are based on "norms," which they aren't. __________________ Jean-Paul Francoeur www.jpfitness.com http://forums.jpfitness.com "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain