If you’re thinking of having a DEXA scan, you may be wondering what you should wear. The short answer is as little as possible, but read below first – we […]

If you’re coming to Bodyscan for body composition analysis, you may be concerned if you have an implant, such as a Pacemaker or Cochlear, prosthesis or just jewellery/piercing that is […]

Just before Christmas 2016 a Bodyscan client presented with a very dramatic change in body re-composition. Though the actual scans were 17 months apart, the client reported that the changes […]

Your Bodyscan DEXA report contains a vast array of data. On the front page of the report (bottom right) is a small table titled Lean Indices with two indices based […]

During the coronavirus lockdown period, the gyms were closed and so most of us stopped weight-training completely. The two questions we’ve been asked many times are “How quickly will I […]

“Pack on the muscle and torch that fat!!” “Turn yourself into a fat-burning inferno!!” ​So scream the headlines and advertisements from just about every muscle and fitness mag you lay eyes […]

​Tim Ferris’s bestselling book ‘The 4-Hour Body’ includes a chapter called ‘From Geek to Freak’, in which he claims to have gained 34lbs (15.4kg) of muscle in just four weeks, […]

In a paper published in 2018, titled ‘Is there an optimal diet for weight management and metabolic health?’, the authors rather refreshingly concluded that ‘Human beings prefer things to be […]

Between January and August (2015), more than 350 men and 150 women came for a DEXA scan at Bodyscan’s London location. The aggregated results are available here and show something […]

​Tim Ferris’s book The 4-Hour Body aims to tell us how to achieve maximum results with the least amount of effort required. Essentially, he attempts to give us the ‘minimum […]

For optimal muscle building (hypertrophy), most sets will fall somewhere between five and 20 reps per set as long as each set is performed close to failure. Failure is defined […]

One of the questions we get asked very often (by men) following a DEXA scan is: “what percentage body fat do I have to be before I see my abs?” […]

This blog contains two responses to the Netflix film Game Changers from Bodyscan consultants Kevin Garde and Rob Webster. Kevin is a Nutritionist and Founder of PRISM Nutrition. Rob is a […]

Many people come to Bodyscan to discover their resting metabolic rate (RMR) and, from there, their maintenance calories and a daily calorie target to lose fat (or gain muscle). Of […]

Measuring fat loss and muscle gain with DEXA will increase your chance of success When something moves or changes very slowly, it can be difficult to be sure if anything […]

Intermittent Fasting or IF (particularly the 16:8 protocol – fasting for 16 hours, with an 8-hour eating window) is seen by many to be a superior way to lose body […]

The amount of energy you burn each day, in calories, is known as your TDEE – your total daily energy expenditure. It’s the sum of how many calories you burn at rest […]

Every fitness magazine, every Sunday newspaper supplement is bombarding us with ‘get fit quick’ programmes or promising us ‘beach bodies’ that take little effort. Most of these articles hinge around […]

We see many clients at Bodyscan who lose a lot of fat but who also lose a great deal of muscle too. Sometimes so much that their body fat percentage […]

Building lean muscle Before we start, let’s be pedantic for a moment and state that there is really no such thing, for humans, as ‘lean muscle’. It’s just muscle. Yes, […]

Many people can’t understand why they aren’t losing body fat even though they’re eating less than they burn. The simple, inescapable, unassailable fact is this: if you are not losing weight […]

DEXA body scans – it’s what bodybuilders have been looking for The DEXA body composition scanner was originally designed to measure bone density; indeed, in technical-speak, the machine is known as a […]

​Embarking on a new way of eating and making better food choices can be a daunting prospect. To help those of you new to tracking what you eat or if […]

Almost everyone who comes to Bodyscan wants to know their body fat percentage (BF%) and it’s the number so many people obsess about. But whilst BF% is a better measure […]

What is a ketogenic diet? According to the research, a ketogenic diet is defined as a diet that restricts carbohydrate intake to around 50g per day (about 50-150g of carbohydrates […]

A popular notion among many dieters is that some people are blessed with a fast metabolism, meaning they can eat whatever they want without gaining significant weight. (Or, conversely, a […]