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Body Composition Analysis

What is a Body Composition Analysis?

Imagine a detailed breakdown of your body, revealing the percentages of muscle, fat, water, and bone density. That’s what a body composition analysis does. It’s like taking a detailed inventory of your body’s building blocks, giving you a much clearer picture of your health and fitness than weight alone can provide.

Why is it Important?

Weight can be a misleading metric. Two people at the same weight can have completely different body compositions – one with more muscle and less fat, the other the opposite. This hidden information matters because it:

  • Provides a more accurate assessment of your health: Knowing your body fat percentage, for example, is a better indicator of health risks than weight alone. High body fat, especially visceral fat around your organs, is linked to chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes.

  • Tracks your progress more effectively: When you’re working hard to improve your health, the scale might not always budge. But body composition analysis can show you exactly where you’re making gains. For example, muscle weighs more than fat, but takes up less space. So, if you have been working on your strength training, you may have just converted your fat mass into muscle mass at the same rate, which means your scale at home will continue to read the same, but seeing the full composition can be very rewarding and motivating.

  • Motivates and personalizes your journey toward vitality: Understanding your unique body composition helps you set realistic goals and tailor your exercise and nutrition plans for optimal results. You can focus on building muscle, reducing fat, or simply maintaining a healthy balance.

What Key Measurements Do We Track?

  • Visceral Fat: Visceral fat refers to the fat that accumulate around your organs (liver, pancreas, etc) that can lead to insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and more.

  • Skeletal Muscle Mass: Skeletal muscle mass refers to the proportion of your body that is made up of skeletal muscles, or muscles that your can control consciously that allow you to move your body. Studies show that the best way to maintain the weight that you lose and boost your metabolism, is to gain and maintain a healthy skeletal muscle mass. This will also help with long term joint stability and mobility.