Body composition scan
As part of our Health and Fitness offerings we also provide a Body Composition Scan service at Ashfield Aquatic Centre!
Body Composition Scans measure the amount of bone, fat and muscle you hold. It’s a simple scan that takes less than 5 minutes.
Body Scans reveal how healthy an individual is and provides beneficial information for individuals and trainers.
The Body Scan offers an in-depth analysis of your body compared to traditional scales. Traditional scales simply give you the mass of your body, without knowing how much is fat and how much is muscle.
For many it seems quite scary to have all that information. It’s not meant to be an intimidating process; the Body Scan is designed to help you understand your body better and identify areas you can work on to help you reach your goals.
Did you know?
Muscle weighs more than fat? You could be gaining muscle but traditional scales will tell you your overall body mass has increased which might seem disheartening to some.
Body Composition scans give you a better breakdown that allows you to accurately see what your body composition is.
Benefits
- Help you plan how to increase muscle mass and decrease fat: Body Scans allow you to see where you currently sit and how you can improve your overall body composition. Knowledge = power to change!
- Monitor visceral fat: for those concerned with the fat surrounding their organs Body Scans can help you with this. You can see how much you carry and make changes accordingly.
- Find out how to control your weight within a healthy range. The Body Scan will let you know how much weight you need to gain or lose (if any) to maintain a normal and safe weight.
- You will also be able to uncover how many calories your body burns on basal metabolic level (how many calories your body burns in a normal day before exercise.) As well as how many calories you are recommended to consume.
When to get a body scan
We recommend a body scan when starting a new exercise program, this will give you a useful starting point to measure your progress against. How frequently you complete a body scan will depend on your fitness goals, speak to our gym staff to determine how frequently you should complete a scan based on your fitness goals.
Request a booking for a Body Scan