BodyGem Indirect Calorimeter Helps Personal Trainers Offer Scientic Weight Management Solutions
How Do You Measure RMR?
Since oxygen is used in the metabolic process to create energy, you can determine a person’s metabolic rate by measuring how much oxygen they consume when breathing.
To measure oxygen consumption, a process called indirect calorimetry is used.
Oxygen consumption measurements are typically done with a medical device called a metabolic cart.
Metabolic carts are relatively expensive, $20,000-$50,000, require technical expertise to operate, and require routine maintenance and calibration.
The introduction of BodyGem makes the measurement of oxygen consumption accessible and affordable.
This simple breath test takes about 10 minutes and is done conveniently and easily in your local fitness club.
Why Is RMR Unique to Each Person?
Why Would It Change?RMR is influenced by a number of factors, such as body mass, body composition, age, gender, and hormones.
The metabolic response to a change in body composition (fat loss or muscle gain) influences RMR and necessitates a re-measurement of oxygen consumption to ensure that the weight management plan you are on will continue to work for you.
Predictive equations do not take into account an individual’s unique body composition.
Repeated measurement of oxygen consumption will ensure that the client has the most accurate and up-to-day information from which to build a sound weight management plan.
This re-measurement should take place about every four weeks, because as the client loses body fat and gains leans muscle, their metabolic rate will change, so you want to re-test to adjust their Daily Calorie Budget to keep losing weight.
Get more information on the BodyGem indirect calorimeter and companion BodyGem Analyzer software.
