Fitness Testing Company Puts Its Focus on Fat Measurement

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Byline: Kim Mikus

Kelly Altom stresses that avid exercisers should follow their fat loss and not their weight loss.

Altom, owner of Goldstandard Systems based in Hoffman Estates, operates what he calls an elite fitness testing business allowing his clients to measure fat.

Altom brings a hydrostatic weighing technique to local health and country clubs. The scale, used in water, includes every important facet of determining accurate measurements of body composition, he said.

The technique's greatest benefit, Altom added, is its ability to monitor changes in body composition due to exercise and nutritional habits.

In the past, the testing …