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How to: Skinfold Test
Lab #2: Fitness Programs and Appraisal
How to: Skinfold Test
Lab #2
We will be demonstrating how to perform a Seven-site skinfold test. Areas being measured are: Abdominal, Tricep, Chest/Pectoral, Midaxillary, Subscapular, Suprailiac, and Thigh.
You will need a caliper to meaure skinfold.
Using equations provided, you can calculate body fat percentage.
Information taken from the ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 9th Edition.
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