People say to measure the inbody, but what is the inbody?
Inbody is a professional "body composition analyzer", which is specially used to measure the body composition of the human body, so what is the body composition?
Body composition is the ratio of fat to non-fat in our body! A large number of studies have shown that excess body fat or obesity can lead to musculoskeletal injuries, reduce sports performance, affect training, and cause many health problems, such as high blood pressure, obesity, Depression, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease, etc., and relatively, because the muscle fiber area of 1cm2 can produce 6kg of muscle strength, if the athlete can reduce 1kg of fat and increase 1kg of muscle, the strength will be greatly improved. Therefore, the world-class Athletes pay close attention to their body fat percentage. (Excerpt from Exercise Physiology 2nd Edition)
A general body composition analyzer can measure a person's weight, body fat weight, skeletal muscle weight, liver fat level and other information. According to the body composition analysis report, you can further see whether you have a lot of muscle mass, a lot of fat, or both. Very average body shape, so it is often seen that fitness coaches ask students to measure their body composition regularly, and use the analyzed results to see how effective the training is.
Body fat, like other body-related indicators, also has a standard range. According to gender and age group, the standard of body fat percentage is also different, so if you want to know what kind of body type you are, you may wish to take a body composition test!
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References:
Edited by Wang Hesen et al. (2014). "Exercise Physiology - Second Edition". New Taipei City: Xinwenjing Development.
Published on 2022/01/19 by Fatty Ali
