Nutrition
Post-Exercise BIA Measurement Error
Post-exercise BIA measurement error inflates skew from sweat and fluid shifts—wait for your standard morning protocol instead of scanning right after training.
Post-exercise BIA measurement error happens when bioimpedance runs right after training—sweat, shifted fluids, and inflamed tissue skew fat and lean estimates for hours. Glycogen-loaded muscles read differently than depleted.
Wait until the next standardized morning window for trend data. Gym InBody immediately post-workout is marketing convenience, not research protocol.
Common questions
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How long should you wait after exercise before BIA?
Use your fixed next-morning fasted slot—often twelve or more hours. Same-day post-gym scans are fine for curiosity, not for trend databases.
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