https://www.topendsports.com/videos Topend Sports videos Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 40040165 https://www.topendsports.com/videos/testing/anthropometry/underwater-weighing-technique/ https://www.topendsports.com/videos/testing/anthropometry/underwater-weighing-technique/#respond Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000 http://www.topendsports.com/videos/?p=687 Ryan performing underwater weighing (hydro-static weighing) to determine body density and subsequently percentage body fat. See how he blows all the air out of his lungs. This is a necessary step as it can affect his buoyancy and therefore the weight measured in the water.

]]> https://www.topendsports.com/videos/testing/anthropometry/underwater-weighing-technique/feed/ 0 687 https://www.topendsports.com/videos/testing/anthropometry/body-density-underwater-weighing/ https://www.topendsports.com/videos/testing/anthropometry/body-density-underwater-weighing/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:18:54 +0000 http://www.topendsports.com/videos/?p=683 Another excellent video by Dr Anthony Bull, giving an introduction to body composition assessment, particularly the basics of fat, muscle, and body density, and the method of hydrostatic weighing to estimate body density and thus body fat.

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