I stumbled across a website that had a bunch of calculators and just had to share it with you guys, dear readers, all 12 of you who are actually reading this blog.

It is www.healthstatus.com and I found it on a Google Search.  I didn’t try all the Health Calculators they have but I did try out three of them:

Army Body Fat Calculator (www.healthstatus.com)

I filled in the little blanks and this calculator gave me a figure of 41.85 %.  Today, my daily average was 41.38 using electrical impedance method.  Not too far off and well within the 1-3% disclaimer on the webpage with the calculator.

Navy Body Fat Calculator (www.healthstatus.com)

This one gave me a figure of 41.37 %.  My daily average today was 41.38.  Wow!

Marine Body Fat Calculator (www.healthstatus.com)

This one gave me a figure of 41.75 % My daily average today was 41.38. Pretty close!

Curious as to what the formula looked like I did some web searching and found an article at About.com:  United States Military Body Fat Standards.  Check it out.  It is worth a read.

Here (brace yourself friends and neighbors) is the formula:

For males:

% body fat = 86.010 x log10(abdomen – neck) – 70.041 x log10(height) + 36.76.

For females:

% body fat = 163.205 x log10(waist + hip – neck) – 97.684 x log10(height) – 78.387.

I also found another set of calculators over at http://www.bizcalcs.com/#HealthCalculator  Check them out as well!

Enjoy!

See ya on the dance floor!