Operation Manual

Polar BodyAge System SW Help

American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7th

Edition, pg. 58 (2006)

Body Composition

Body Composition Norms (3-Site and 7-Site Adult Skinfold Protocols)

Hoeger & Hoeger (1991). Principles and Labs for Physical Fitness and Wellness, p. 90. ** we

changed the classifications from Excellent/Good/Moderate/Overweight/Obese to

Low/Optimal/Moderate/High/Very High.

Adding 1.9% for black males and 1% for black females reference: Lohman and Heyward, (1989),

Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, page 148.

Body Composition Percentile Rankings (3-Site and 7-Site Skinfold Protocols)

American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7th

Edition, (2006)

Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas TX (1994).

Skinfold Site Descriptions

American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7th

Edition, (2006)

3-Site Equation - Men and Women

Jackson, A.S., Pollock, M.L. (1980). Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 12, 175-18.

Generalized Equation for Predicting Body Density of Women.

Jackson, A.S., Pollock, M.L. & Ward, A. (1980). Generalized Equation for Predicting Body

Density of Women. Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 12, 175-18.

7-site Equation – Men and Women

Jackson, A.S., Pollock, M.L.: Practical Assessment of Body Composition. Physician Sport

Medicine 1:76-90, 1985.

Generalized Equation for Predicting Body Density of Men

Jackson, A.S., Pollock, M.L. (1978). Generalized Equation for Predicting Body Density of Men.

British Journal of Nutrition, 40, 497-504.