InBody: inside
The InBody BWA passes small electrical currents through the body via hand and foot electrodes and measures resistance in each segment. From that it calculates skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass and percentage, visceral fat, intracellular and extracellular water, phase angle and basal metabolic rate. It tells you whether weight change is muscle, fat or fluid, and where. It is the tool for composition, fluid balance and rehabilitation.
Styku: outside
Styku captures a 3D image of your body as you rotate on a platform and extracts hundreds of measurements: waist, hips, chest, thighs, arms, plus surface area, volume, posture and symmetry. It estimates body fat from shape but does not measure it directly. Overlaying two scans shows exactly where your shape has changed. It is the tool for contour, measurements and visual progress.
When each is more useful
Training for muscle gain or fat loss: InBody for the composition, Styku to see the shape. Rehabilitation after injury: InBody, to track limb muscle. Fluid retention or lymphatic treatment: InBody, for extracellular water. Body contour treatment such as Endermologie: Styku, for circumferences and shape. Posture: Styku. Motivation: Styku, because the visual overlay is compelling. Metabolic rate for nutrition planning: InBody.
Why we use both
A waist that is two centimetres smaller could be fat loss, fluid loss or muscle loss. InBody tells you which. Muscle mass that is up two kilos is more meaningful when Styku shows where it sits. Together, the scans take under ten minutes and answer both questions.
At Omnia
InBody and Styku scans at our Chiswick clinic can be booked separately or together, and both are used as standard in our Fitness and Nutrition programme.