Hydrostatic Weighing

Import · June 29, 2002, 12:39pm

Does anyone know of a place in the Los Angeles area that does hydrostatic weighing??

Import · June 29, 2002, 2:18pm

First, read these articles:

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Then, if you are dead set on doing hydrostatic weighing, then you could try this place out: www.bodyfattest.com.

Now before any of you ask why I would post this, here is my answer: You don't need to do hydrostatic weighing, but if you want to do it for the experience then go ahead and do it. I've had the luxury of trying out and using just about every method to measure body comp available but I know that I am in the vast minority.

Import · June 29, 2002, 2:22pm

or Bod Pod??

Import · June 29, 2002, 2:30pm

Try any big University athletic dept. That’s where most of the dunk tanks are.

Import · June 29, 2002, 8:56pm

Do a search on BodPod on this forum, and my reference to L.A. testing should come up. Also, go to getdunked.com. There you can follow the L.A. schedule of two trucks that are equipped with dunk tanks for hydrostatic weighing.

But it really would be better to listen to Jason, read those articles, and buy some calipers. The “gold standard” of body comp testing isn’t all it claims to be.