Adrian College Utilizes the BOD POD® to Promote Health and Fitness to the Lenawee County Area
posted 11/27/07

Mike Arnett learns how to operate the BOD POD, as Brandon Murphy gets to test it out. Both are students at Adrian College. More Photos

ADRIAN, Mich. - Adrian College relies on the BOD POD® Body Composition Tracking System to help keep Lenawee County and surrounding area residents fit and healthy. The measure of “body composition,” or the relative percentage of lean mass to body fat, is rapidly becoming accepted as an important indicator to watch.

Scientific studies link obesity to preventable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and osteoarthritis. The BOD POD provides an accurate means of measuring and tracking this key fitness indicator.

Body composition testing is crucial to Adrian College’s program because it serves to accurately determine baseline ratios of lean muscle mass and body fat.

“Precision using the latest technology is of the highest importance for all of our testing and analysis,” says Dr. Adam Coughlin, Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education at Adrian College. “The BOD POD provides the most consistently accurate body composition results.”

Developed by Life Measurement, Inc. (LMI), the BOD POD® Body Composition Tracking System is an egg-shaped chamber that uses advanced air displacement technology to measure body composition. The BOD POD replaces the inaccurate “caliper” method of testing used by many health clubs, as well as the inconvenient underwater weighing method or “dunk tank” that is commonly used to test athletes.

The BOD POD has been featured in numerous national media outlets including CNN Headline News, USA Today, US News & World Report, Men’s Journal, Elle Magazine, and Glamour Magazine.

Adrian College acquired its BOD POD in November of 2007. The College offers different health and fitness programs to a wide range of clients. General health and fitness assessments and beginning exercise schedules are available to members of the community who are new to exercise programs. Extensive training programs are also offered to elite athletes.

The BOD POD at Adrian College is now open to the public. For more information please contact Dr. Coughlin at (517) 264-3966 or acoughlin@adrian.edu. To learn more about the BOD POD® please visit their official website at www.bodpod.com.