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OTES ON MEASUREMENTS
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Muscle mass
The muscle mass is the body’s motor. The largest share of the energy we use is
consumed by muscles. The muscles ensure that the body temperature is
maintained and are the basis of our physical performance.
Checking the muscle mass is particularly important for people with weight or fat
problems. As the body needs muscles to remove excess energy reserves or fat
deposits, weight reduction can only be successful in the long term if muscles are
built up at the same time..
Reasons for inaccurate measurement results
The analysis is based on measuring electrical body resistance. Eating and drinking
habits over the day and your personal lifestyle affect the level of water. This is
noticeable from variations in the indications.
In order to achieve an analysis result that is as precise and repeatable as possible
ensure that the measurement conditions are the same as this is the only way to
observe changes over a longer period of time. You will receive the most reliable
measurement results if you always take the measurement in the morning after
waking up. This is the best way of detecting a trend.
Age FEMALE MALE
Muscle Mass Muscle Mass
6 ~ 12 >36 >40
13 ~ 79 >30 >34
Athlete >38 >42
Athlete mode
Your scales have a separate setting for very fit sports people or those with a lot
of muscles (“athletes”). As muscle cells have a similar bio-electric resistance to
fat cells the scales could interpret muscles as fat. This problem only occurs if the
muscle mass is large; if a person has a normal range of muscles the scales do not
measure this as fat.
The athlete mode prevents this incorrect interpretation. In this mode the actual
body fat values are measured using a different mathematical formula.