I'd like to buy some calipers and train myself up in using them. Two reasons:

A) I was trying to work out my BMR and I know I am musclier than the average woman my size (from what I lift at the gym and the size of my biceps etc) so I'd like a more accurate idea of my LBM.
B) I think I'd like to use my body fat % as my main measurement, since (even though I have been losing weight) I don't trust the scales to tell me what changes are happening nor (more importantly) what my goal could or should be.

So, my questions are:

1. How much success have people had at measuring their own body fat with calipers? Is it realistic or fantastical that an intellegent determined person like me could practise and practise until she gets pretty consistent at measuring?

2. What do I need to look for when I buy my calipers?

3. Do you have any tips for how to use them?

BTW I did think of asking someone at my gym to do it, but I am enough of a control freak to dislike the idea of handing over this important stuff to someone whom I might only see occasionally and who might not be as invested as I am in doing it _really_ accurately.

I found some info at http://www.exercise-equipment-revie...t_calipers.html - does it seem like useful info?

Thank you in advance.

Gez

my understanding is not that it is a difficult skill to master (though, it is a skill that requires technique and practice), but rather that it is difficult (think contortionist) to take accurate measurements on oneself in the proper locations.

Maybe you have a workout partner or friend or spouse that would also like to do this and you could take each others measurements?

Yes actually, I think myself and my partner may well have a go at measuring eachother. So now I need to know which ones to buy.

Gez