Get Started with Body Composition

Body composition goes beyond weight, providing valuable insight regarding fat, muscle, water, cellular health, and more.
The fitness and medical community requires precise tools and accurate data to keep up with increasingly advanced needs, and Charder is proud to present its new Body Composition Analyzers featuring Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), designed to assist professionals in elevating program quality and progress analysis.

A new generation of detailed measurements

Professional-grade results in less than 50 seconds

Charder's body composition analyzers utilize an eight electrode multi-frequency segmental analysis system, clinically validated as a trusted method of calculating body composition measurements.

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Through Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), our devices send a safe, alternating current through the body using the tactile points on the machine. Through advanced algorithms analyzing the resistance to the electric flow, we can provide outputs for muscle, fat, water, cellular health, metabolism, and much more!

Easy-to-use

Receive clear, easy-to-read results on a professional result sheet, perfect for use in clinics, fitness centers, gyms, and anywhere else where understanding your body status is important. Explore our Athletic and Medical result sheets, and find out what works best for your needs!

Athletic Result Sheet
Medical Result Sheet

Is your body balanced?

Take your practice to the next level with professional application of advanced Body Composition Analysis.

Percent Body Fat - Analyze how much fat is in your body, and track progress towards your goals. Go beyond your bathroom scale, and measure what matters.
Visceral Fat - Abdominal Visceral Fat is used as a critical cut-off point for risk of obesity-related diseases, which may not be visible from the outside.
Body Water - Identify abnormalities in water balance as a warning sign for diseases affecting body fluid balance, including impaired heart and function.
BMuscle - Understanding skeletal muscle and body fat proportions can help trainers formulate muscle and fat control recommendations.
Muscle Quality - stimation of Grip Strength provides a valuable muscle quality indicator that can point to changes more quickly and noticeably than a simple measurement and tracking of muscle mass.

Which BIA device is best for you?

MA601 vs. MA801


MA601 Advanced Analysis Database 50,000 results Capacity / Graduation 300 kg, 100g Scan Duration Less than 45 seconds Measurements 15 impedance measurements: 3 frequencies (5kHz, 50kHz, 250kHz) for 5 segments (Right Arm, Left Arm, Trunk, Right Leg, Left Leg) Outputs Intracellular Water, Extracellular Water, Total Body Water, Protein, Mineral, Body Fat Mass, Soft Lean Mass, Fat-Free Mass, Weight, Muscle-Fat Analysis, Obesity Analysis, Segmental Analysis, Body Type Analysis, Muscle Quality, Body Composition History, Fitness Parameters, Health Score, Control Guide, Impedance	MA801 Professional Analysis Database 100,000 results Capacity / Graduation 300 kg, 100g Scan Duration Less than 50 seconds Measurements 25 impedance measurements: 5 frequencies (5kHz, 20kHz, 50kHz, 100kHz, 250kHz) for 5 segments (Right Arm, Left Arm, Trunk, Right Leg, Left Leg) Outputs Intracellular Water, Extracellular Water, Total Body Water, Protein, Mineral, Body Fat Mass, Soft Lean Mass, Fat-Free Mass, Weight, Muscle-Fat Analysis, Obesity Analysis, Abdominal Fat, Total & Segmental Analysis, Bioelectric Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA), Phase Angle Percentiles, Muscle Quality, Health Score, Percentage Body Fat Percentiles, Edema Index, Research Information, Impedance

MA601
Advanced Analysis

Database
50,000 results

Capacity / Graduation
300 kg, 100g

Scan Duration
Less than 45 seconds

Measurements
15 impedance measurements: 3 frequencies (5kHz, 50kHz, 250kHz) for 5 segments (Right Arm, Left Arm, Trunk, Right Leg, Left Leg)

Outputs
Intracellular Water, Extracellular Water, Total Body Water, Protein, Mineral, Body Fat Mass, Soft Lean Mass, Fat-Free Mass, Weight, Muscle-Fat Analysis, Obesity Analysis, Segmental Analysis, Body Type Analysis, Muscle Quality, Body Composition History, Fitness Parameters, Health Score, Control Guide, Impedance

MA801
Professional Analysis

Database
100,000 results

Capacity / Graduation
300 kg, 100g

Scan Duration
Less than 50 seconds

Measurements
25 impedance measurements: 5 frequencies (5kHz, 20kHz, 50kHz, 100kHz, 250kHz) for 5 segments (Right Arm, Left Arm, Trunk, Right Leg, Left Leg)

Outputs
Intracellular Water, Extracellular Water, Total Body Water, Protein, Mineral, Body Fat Mass, Soft Lean Mass, Fat-Free Mass, Weight, Muscle-Fat Analysis, Obesity Analysis, Abdominal Fat, Total & Segmental Analysis, Bioelectric Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA), Phase Angle Percentiles, Muscle Quality, Health Score, Percentage Body Fat Percentiles, Edema Index, Research Information, Impedance

Learn more about

Charder's Body Composition Analyzers

Introduction to BIA

BIA works by sending a weak alternating current through the body, and measuring the resulting drop in voltage caused by the resistance level of body tissue against the current, known as "Impedance" or "Z".

Impedance is formed using a combination of two components: ohmic resistance (known as "Resistance" or "R") of the electrolyte-containing extra- and intracellular fluid, and the capacitive resistance (known as "Reactance" or "Xc") produced by cell membranes.

What can we learn from Resistance?

In general terms, water acts as a conductor, so more body water correlates with decreased Resistance. According to this principle, because muscle contains a significant amount of water, subjects with increased muscle mass will have less Resistance. Conversely, because fat acts as an insulator, more fat correlates with increased Resistance.

What can we learn from Reactance?

When the electric current passes through body cells, cell membranes can store the charge and act like capacitors, creating capacitive resistance. Thus, Reactance is used to determine the cell's ability to store energy, indirectly reflecting cellular integrity and strength.

Using clinically validated algorithms, BIA devices can calculate the amount of fat, muscle, body water, and other parameters using Impedance, Reactance, Resistance, and other variables such as height, gender, age, and weight.

The applicability of a BIA device fundamentally depends on the applied mathematical equations and algorithms used to calculate body composition. Development and validation of these equations is a technically complex process, and the validity of the equations ultimately determines the accuracy of the BIA device!