Online calculators for Bodybuilders

Bodyfat and proportions

Bodyfat calculation by circumferrences

Method of the US Navy
for male and female athletes
Fast and easy method to test your bodyfat. Very exact for athletes, and satisfying for average people.

Bodyfat calculation by skinfolds

2-folds formula by Sloan
for male athletes
Bodyfat calculation bases on two folds at scapula and thight.
This formula is often used within the tabels comming with calipers.
3-folds formula by Jackson-Pollock
for male athletes
Uses 3 folds at chest, waist, and thigh; in addition the age is included in calculation.
Recommended as most exact formula.
3-folds formula by Jackson-Pollock
for female athletes
Uses triceps folds, waist folds, hip folds, and age.
3-folds formula by Pollock
for male athletes
Uses folds at scapula, triceps, and chest, and the athletes age.
3-folds formula by Pollock
for female athletes
Uses triecps folds, waist folds, hip folds, and age.
Lohmann, 3-folds formula
for male athletes
Measured folds are at scapula, triceps, and waist.
Durnin/Womersley, 4-folds formula
for male athletes
The folds are on scapula, biceps, triceps, hip, and age.

This formula is recommended for lean men between 30 and 40 years of age only; for all other groups the results are to unprecise.
Method of the National Helth Center of America (NHCA)
for male athletes
The folds are on scapula, chest, axilla, and waist. No age needed.
4-folds formula by Forsyth-Sinning
for male athletes
Uses folds at waist, scapula, axilla, and triceps.
7-folds formula by Jackson-Pollock
for male and female athletes
Uses folds all over the body, and the age. But the 3-folds-formula by Jackson/Pollock is a little more exact.
9-folds formula by Parillo
for male athletes
This formula was developed by the bodybuilder J. Parillo. Unlike the other ones it bases on experience, not on science. Uses nine folds from all over the body and the athletes weight.

Miscelaneus calculators

Good proportions for bodybuilders
Calculates recommended circumferrences of muscles from weight and height, basing on sculptorers proportion relations for athletes.
Needed nutrition, vitamins, and minerals
How many proteins, carbs, fat, vitamins, or minerals do you need? Calculation bases on Gender, Weight, Training intensity, and some special circumstances.