Do you know what a body measurement is and why you should do it?

The body measurement or anthropometric is a very simple test that allows you to know beyond your body weight, aspects related to the state of your health and risks that you may have at a cardiovascular level.

The test can be performed by a physical trainer, a nutritionist, a physiotherapist or a sports doctor who draws up a plan to improve or maintain your health based on a thorough analysis of the data provided by the measuring machine.

What results do you get?

On a machine that is nothing more than a super advanced scale you get detailed information about:

• Body Mass Index. This is the ratio of your weight to your height and lets us know if you are underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. It indicates the degree of risk for cardiovascular disease.
• Body fat. Body fat at adequate levels is optimal for the care and maintenance of organs as well as for the production of hormones. With this test we will know how much fat is in your body and if it is at normal levels or not.
• Visceral fat: It is that which is found in the abdominal area covering many of our organs and that in high levels can mean risk of serious health problems.
• Muscle mass by area. It is the total muscle we have in our body and that in optimal levels allows us to prevent diseases such as osteoporosis, reduce the risk of injury and burn calories from fat faster.
• Basal metabolic rate. This value is determined according to your physical condition and is the number of total calories you expend during the day at rest.
  Hydration. The amount of water in your tissues, which is essential for the proper functioning of your body.
• Waist to hip ratio. This value that exists between your waist and hip is what we call abdominal perimeter and indicates if you have cardiovascular risk. In women this value cannot exceed 81 cm and in men 91 cm.

Recommendations for performing the test

• For the data to be more reliable, it is necessary to take into account the recommendations of the experts before performing the test, which is done barefoot on the machine.
• Not to have done physical exercise beforehand
• Wear sports clothes
• Do not have wet hair

Types of machines

In the market there is a great variety of machines and equipment to perform this test, everything depends on the technology and the name of the developer.

The inbody is a very complete machine that will reveal everything your body has and needs.

Whether you want to lose weight or increase your muscle mass, it is necessary to know where you are in order to define the plan that will take you to where you want to go.

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