[saintfiends]

How do you calculate fat percentage and muscle mass. Is there a way that does not involve expensive equipment?

[rdiddly]

You can get a pretty good estimate with something like this ($6): https://www.amazon.com/AccuFitness-AM99-Accu-Measure-Body-Ca...

[everdev]

I bought a WeightGurus scale. It syncs the data to my phone. From what I understand any of the at home measurements like measuring your waist are pretty inaccurate and digital is the only real way to go.

[Hanswurst133742]

It's actually exactly the other way around - All digital scales are inaccurate to the point where it's better not to measure at all. The only reasonably accurate method for measuring body fat at home is using calipers at different parts of your body

[toyg]

Even digital is not accurate - it’s difficult to find two bodyfat scales that actually agree.

In most cases any measurement instrument will do, you just want a number to track even if it’s grossly inaccurate.

[close04]

> you just want a number to track even if it’s grossly inaccurate

I can confirm that even the cheap digital scales will give you the trend with the same approximate shape as high quality measuring systems. If you have enough data points (like measuring 1-2 times per day or over a long period) any outlier will be excluded and the overall trend will be very close to reality. Which is enough for all intents and purposes.