What is Body Composition?

Body composition refers to the breakdown of your body into its core components: fat mass, muscle mass, bone, and water. Rather than just focusing on total weight, it gives a more accurate and useful understanding of how your body is structured.

This information is essential for tailoring training, nutrition, and recovery strategies to your specific goals—whether that’s improving endurance, building strength, or achieving aesthetic changes.

Who Is Body Composition Analysis For?

Athletes, gym goers and anyone looking to get a better grasp of their health.


Our service is predominantly designed for individuals who are already active and are seeking to gain a performance or aesthetic edge. However, it has universal applications and in our opinion everybody should be aware of their most basic metrics to enable more informed decsision making regarding their health and wellbeing.


Whether you’re a marathon runner shaving minutes off your PB, a cyclist targeting power-to-weight ratio improvements, a Hyrox athlete optimizing training blocks, or someone committed to building a leaner, stronger physique—body composition analysis provides objective data to support your training and nutrition.

Why Does Body Composition Matter?

Understanding your body composition helps to:

  • Reduce risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension

  • Monitor visceral fat levels that impact organ function and long-term health

  • Improve metabolic efficiency and hormone regulation

  • Optimize physical performance, recovery, and energy levels

  • Track lean mass gains or fat loss over time for motivation and accountability

Simply put: a healthier composition usually means a healthier, more capable you

Why measure it?

Traditional scales don’t differentiate between fat, muscle, and water. You could be losing weight but also losing muscle—undermining your goals. Measuring body composition helps you:

  • Track progress more accurately than weight alone

  • Set informed, realistic goals

  • Adapt training and nutrition plans based on precise data

  • Identify imbalances (e.g. disproportionate fat distribution) that may need addressing

What’s involved in the test?

Your assessment will take 5–15 minutes and includes the following:

  • Height measurement using a medical-grade stadiometer

  • Mass using a high-precision Seca scale

  • Waist and hip circumference to calculate waist-to-hip ratio, an important cardiovascular risk marker

  • Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) using the Seca Go with 8-point electrode placement (hands, feet, thumbs) to analyze your body’s internal composition

This BIA method is non-invasive, quick, and highly reliable—especially when paired with Seca Analytics 125 software, which allows us to track changes over time and provide detailed reports.

What You’ll Receive

Each individual receives:

  • A personalized body composition report including:

    • Fat mass (%) and kg

    • Skeletal muscle mass

    • Visceral fat level

    • Body water percentage

    • Segmental analysis (muscle and fat distribution across arms, legs, trunk)

    • Phase angle, a cellular health and recovery indicator

    • Basal metabolic rate (BMR) and energy expenditure estimates

  • A copy of your results explained in accessible language

  • Optional progress tracking over time