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- Bluetooth® technology transfers user data wirelessly to tablets/iPads or smart phones, iOS and Android products with Bluetooth® 4.0 or higher (see below for device list)
- Utilize the free SMARTRACK app or connect to other well-known health & fitness apps like myfitnesspal, mapmyfitness and RunKeeper.
- Tracks weight, and estimates body fat, body water and muscle mass, and has a goal setting and tracking feature
- Daily Calorie feature calculates maximum calorie intake needed to maintain current weight
- 11.8' x 11.8' durable, tempered glass platform
- Dual-line 3' x 2' readout
- High capacity up to 400 lb. / by .2lb increments (lb/kg switchable)
- Supports up to 8 users
Bluetooth Technology
The ultimate, affordable Bluetooth® scale from Taylor! The Taylor 7222F uses the latest Bluetooth® technology to transfer your data wirelessly from your scale to a tablet/iPad or smart phones, IOS and Android products with Bluetooth® 4.0 or higher. There is no longer any need to keep logs, notes, or journals of your statistics, the scale and the app do all the work for you. The mobile devices that are compatible with this smart scale are iPhone® (4S/5/5C/5S), iPad® (3), and iPod Touch® (5) or iPod Mini using IOS 6 and above. The Android products that are compatible with the smart scale are Samsung Galaxy® S3/S4/S5/Note II, HTC One® and Google Nexus 4® - and above systems.
APPS
Use the free SMARTRACK app or connect to other well-known health and fitness apps. Track your weight, body fat, body water and muscle mass instantly every time you step on the scale. You can view the information in data form or chart form. Also in the app, it will show you both your current weight and your goal weight. You can also connect to other apps: myfitnesspal, RunKeeper, and mapmyfitness. So easy to use, it only takes minutes to set up and connect. Don't worry about lost data, the app stores your data in the cloud so when you trade in your phone, you will not lose your data.
The Taylor 7222F estimates body fat, body water, and muscle mass. In addition, the scale has a daily calorie feature, which calculates maximum calorie intake needed to maintain your current weight. This scale comes with a goal setting and tracking feature. The goal setting feature allows you to set a definitive weight goal that you want to reach. The tracking feature will track all of your statistics every time you step on the scale. Also, the scale comes with the option of normal and athlete mode. Athlete mode is for individuals who exercise at least 3 times a week, a minimum of 2 hours each time and the scale supports up to 8 users. If you have someone in the house that does not wish to use the app, no problem. The scale functions just like a regular body fat analyzer too!
Capacity and Design
The scale is calibrated to handle a high capacity of 400 lb. / by .2lb increments. You can also view in kilograms. Your weight measurement is shown on a dual line 3' x 2' LCD readout. The 11.8' x 11.8' tempered glass platform has a sleek black finish with stainless steel electrodes.
What's in the box?
Inside the box you will find the 7222F scale, the instruction manual, quick use guide, and 3 brand name AAA batteries.
African drums ringtone. How accurate are body fat scales? The short answer is that they're not accurate at all.
In fact, you can't rely on any of the body fat tests out there to track fat loss and muscle growth over time.
Using the results to guide your training and diet decisions may well send you off in completely the wrong direction.
I'll explain why in a moment. First, I want to take a step back and explain why I don't trust any of the body fat tests out there.
What Is the Most Accurate Way to Measure Body Fat?
No body fat test, be it body fat scales, DEXA, or skinfold calipers, can accurately measure how much fat you have.
The only way to measure your body fat is to have it stripped out, placed on a scale, and weighed. Although this method, known as carcass analysis, is highly accurate, you have to be dead in order for it to happen.
A body fat test is less of a measurement than it is an estimate. A rough guess about what your body fat percentage really is.
While this guess often comes dressed up in complex equations and fancy charts, it's still a guess, one that's often a lot less accurate than many believe.
How Do Body Fat Scales Work?
Body fat scales are one of the most popular ways to measure your body fat, mainly because they're quick and easy to use. They use a method known as bioelectrical impedance (BIA) to estimate your body composition.
You take your socks off and step on the scales, which then send out a weak electrical current. This current runs up one leg and down the other. The body fat scales then measure the degree of resistance (or impedance) to the flow of the current [2].
Different tissues provide varying levels of resistance, with fat-free mass providing less resistance than fat due to its higher water content. The idea is that by determining the level of resistance to the current, the scale will know how much lean tissue and fat mass you have, which it then uses to estimate your body fat percentage.
Some body fat scales also connect to your smartphone and churn out numerous graphs, charts and diagrams. But while it might look very scientific and official, much of this information is completely useless.
SEE ALSO:The Flat Belly Cheat Sheet. This is a quick guide to losing fat, which you can read online or keep as a PDF, that shows you exactly how to lose your gut and get back in shape. To get a FREE copy sent to you, please click or tap here to enter your email address.
How Accurate Are Body Fat Scales?
Most research shows that body fat scales aren't accurate at tracking individual changes in body composition over time. In fact, you could lose fat and gain muscle over a period of several months, but body fat scales might say that your body fat percentage has gone up.
The first and perhaps most obvious problem with body fat scales is that they miss out large segments of your body.
Stand on a set of foot-to-foot body fat scales, for example, and the current will simply go up one leg and down the other [4]. So you're really only measuring how fat your legs are.
Changes in hydration status will also have a big impact on the results. In fact, bioelectrical impedance analysis seems to interpret a change in body water as a change in fat mass [5].
Levels of total body water can also be affected by the type of training you do. In a group of men using strength training to lose weight, changes in body fat measured by underwater weighing and bioelectrical impedance analysis agreed reasonably well [1].
But in those who lost weight using cardiovascular exercise, bioelectrical impedance analysis underestimated fat loss and overestimated the loss of fat-free mass. This discrepancy appears to have been caused by a change in total body water resulting from an increase in plasma volume, which is one of the adaptations to cardiovascular training.
The argument in favor of body fat testing is that even if a given test isn't accurate, at least it's consistent.
In other words, it doesn't matter if a body fat test is 'out' by a few percentage points here or there. As long as it's consistently inaccurate, you can use it to track your progress over time.
The problem with this idea is that a change in weight causes a shift in the density of various tissues. Different types of training also have different effects on the density and composition of fat-free mass [3].
But body fat scales wrongly assumes that the density of various tissues is the same from person to person, and remains constant over time as you lose weight.
To put it another way, the degree to which a body fat test is 'out' by will change over time. Not only is it inaccurate, it's inconsistently inaccurate.
Do Scales That Measure Body Fat Work?
When researchers have put body fat scales to the test, the results have been less than impressive.
In one study, researchers from Maastricht University looked at changes in body composition in a group of male bodybuilders. They compared several body fat tests — including bioelectrical impedance analysis, the technology used in body fat scales — with something called the 4-compartment model [6].
The 4-compartment model is currently the gold standard when it comes to predicting body composition, and is the benchmark against which other body fat tests are compared.
Bioelectrical impedance was the least accurate of all the methods. In fact, the error got as high as 8%.
So what does that mean exactly?
Let's say you step on some body fat scales, and your body fat percentage comes out at 20%. You eat right and train hard for a couple of months, and get down to 15% body fat.
But when you go back for another test, the scales might say that your body fat percentage is still 20%.
Key Features
The Taylor 7222F estimates body fat, body water, and muscle mass. In addition, the scale has a daily calorie feature, which calculates maximum calorie intake needed to maintain your current weight. This scale comes with a goal setting and tracking feature. The goal setting feature allows you to set a definitive weight goal that you want to reach. The tracking feature will track all of your statistics every time you step on the scale. Also, the scale comes with the option of normal and athlete mode. Athlete mode is for individuals who exercise at least 3 times a week, a minimum of 2 hours each time and the scale supports up to 8 users. If you have someone in the house that does not wish to use the app, no problem. The scale functions just like a regular body fat analyzer too!
Capacity and Design
The scale is calibrated to handle a high capacity of 400 lb. / by .2lb increments. You can also view in kilograms. Your weight measurement is shown on a dual line 3' x 2' LCD readout. The 11.8' x 11.8' tempered glass platform has a sleek black finish with stainless steel electrodes.
What's in the box?
Inside the box you will find the 7222F scale, the instruction manual, quick use guide, and 3 brand name AAA batteries.
African drums ringtone. How accurate are body fat scales? The short answer is that they're not accurate at all.
In fact, you can't rely on any of the body fat tests out there to track fat loss and muscle growth over time.
Using the results to guide your training and diet decisions may well send you off in completely the wrong direction.
I'll explain why in a moment. First, I want to take a step back and explain why I don't trust any of the body fat tests out there.
What Is the Most Accurate Way to Measure Body Fat?
No body fat test, be it body fat scales, DEXA, or skinfold calipers, can accurately measure how much fat you have.
The only way to measure your body fat is to have it stripped out, placed on a scale, and weighed. Although this method, known as carcass analysis, is highly accurate, you have to be dead in order for it to happen.
A body fat test is less of a measurement than it is an estimate. A rough guess about what your body fat percentage really is.
While this guess often comes dressed up in complex equations and fancy charts, it's still a guess, one that's often a lot less accurate than many believe.
How Do Body Fat Scales Work?
Body fat scales are one of the most popular ways to measure your body fat, mainly because they're quick and easy to use. They use a method known as bioelectrical impedance (BIA) to estimate your body composition.
You take your socks off and step on the scales, which then send out a weak electrical current. This current runs up one leg and down the other. The body fat scales then measure the degree of resistance (or impedance) to the flow of the current [2].
Different tissues provide varying levels of resistance, with fat-free mass providing less resistance than fat due to its higher water content. The idea is that by determining the level of resistance to the current, the scale will know how much lean tissue and fat mass you have, which it then uses to estimate your body fat percentage.
Some body fat scales also connect to your smartphone and churn out numerous graphs, charts and diagrams. But while it might look very scientific and official, much of this information is completely useless.
SEE ALSO:The Flat Belly Cheat Sheet. This is a quick guide to losing fat, which you can read online or keep as a PDF, that shows you exactly how to lose your gut and get back in shape. To get a FREE copy sent to you, please click or tap here to enter your email address.
How Accurate Are Body Fat Scales?
Most research shows that body fat scales aren't accurate at tracking individual changes in body composition over time. In fact, you could lose fat and gain muscle over a period of several months, but body fat scales might say that your body fat percentage has gone up.
The first and perhaps most obvious problem with body fat scales is that they miss out large segments of your body.
Stand on a set of foot-to-foot body fat scales, for example, and the current will simply go up one leg and down the other [4]. So you're really only measuring how fat your legs are.
Changes in hydration status will also have a big impact on the results. In fact, bioelectrical impedance analysis seems to interpret a change in body water as a change in fat mass [5].
Levels of total body water can also be affected by the type of training you do. In a group of men using strength training to lose weight, changes in body fat measured by underwater weighing and bioelectrical impedance analysis agreed reasonably well [1].
But in those who lost weight using cardiovascular exercise, bioelectrical impedance analysis underestimated fat loss and overestimated the loss of fat-free mass. This discrepancy appears to have been caused by a change in total body water resulting from an increase in plasma volume, which is one of the adaptations to cardiovascular training.
The argument in favor of body fat testing is that even if a given test isn't accurate, at least it's consistent.
In other words, it doesn't matter if a body fat test is 'out' by a few percentage points here or there. As long as it's consistently inaccurate, you can use it to track your progress over time.
The problem with this idea is that a change in weight causes a shift in the density of various tissues. Different types of training also have different effects on the density and composition of fat-free mass [3].
But body fat scales wrongly assumes that the density of various tissues is the same from person to person, and remains constant over time as you lose weight.
To put it another way, the degree to which a body fat test is 'out' by will change over time. Not only is it inaccurate, it's inconsistently inaccurate.
Do Scales That Measure Body Fat Work?
When researchers have put body fat scales to the test, the results have been less than impressive.
In one study, researchers from Maastricht University looked at changes in body composition in a group of male bodybuilders. They compared several body fat tests — including bioelectrical impedance analysis, the technology used in body fat scales — with something called the 4-compartment model [6].
The 4-compartment model is currently the gold standard when it comes to predicting body composition, and is the benchmark against which other body fat tests are compared.
Bioelectrical impedance was the least accurate of all the methods. In fact, the error got as high as 8%.
So what does that mean exactly?
Let's say you step on some body fat scales, and your body fat percentage comes out at 20%. You eat right and train hard for a couple of months, and get down to 15% body fat.
But when you go back for another test, the scales might say that your body fat percentage is still 20%.
Same thing holds true for muscle growth. You could gain 5-6 pounds (around 2-3 kg) of muscle over a period of several months. But the scales might show that you hadn't gained any muscle at all.
You'd come away with the impression that whatever you'd been doing to generate those results didn't work, when actually it did.
And you run the risk of ditching a training and nutrition program that's working and replacing it with one that's less effective.
Researchers from Texas also tested a number of bioelectrical impedance analysis units, and found an equally large error when compared to the 4-compartment model [7].
Of the three bioelectrical impedance analysis devices they tested, the Omron HBF-306 (single-frequency hand-to-hand electrodes) had the largest error for estimating body fat percentage, clocking in at 7.9%.
That is, if the Omron puts you at 15% body fat, it could really be anywhere between 22.9% and 7.1%.
Both the single-frequency (Tanita TBF-300A, which has foot-to-foot electrodes) and multi-frequency (Seca mBCA 514/515, which has electrodes for both the hands and feet) units didn't fare much better, with an error of 7.6%.
Assuming they give you a body fat reading of 15%, your true body fat could be as low as 7.4% or as high as 22.6%.
Final Thoughts
A body fat test is meant to let you know when you've achieved a specific goal (such as reaching a certain body fat percentage), to let you know if what you're doing is or isn't working, as well as appealing to the need that some people have for an 'official' estimate of how fat they are.
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Body fat scales fail on all three counts, simply because the margin of error is so large.
I've worked with people who have clearly lost fat and gained strength over a period of several months. They were stronger. Their clothes fitted better. They looked better in the mirror.
But the body fat percentage scales said that their fat percentage had actually gone up.
This left them feeling like all their hard work had been for nothing. Such was their faith in technology that they were more willing to believe a machine than what their eyes were showing them.
See Also: The Flat Belly Cheat Sheet
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