How do you determine what your best weight is?

• Healthiest weight

• BMI (body mass index) (see inside back cover of text to determine)

  • not a good tool if you are muscular

• Height-Weight tables

  • does not consider body composition

• Hydrostatic weighing - the “gold standard”

• Triceps skinfolds

• Bioelectrical Impedance - electric currant

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