Would you want to know how much of your body is bone and how much is lean muscle tissue? Do you really want to find out how much fat tissue you carry around all day?
Anderson alumni Bryce Luken (’14) and Elaine Shi (’14) challenge people every day to “see what you’re made of” through the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at the heart of their company BodySpec, profiled in the forthcoming issue of Assets Digital.
Luken’s first experience with DXA technology came while he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy. DXA scanners typically are found in hospitals where doctors use them to diagnose bone maladies such as osteoporosis. Luken was a member of the Air Force Academy’s football team and underwent DXA scans as part of his training regimen, the team’s medical staff using DXA to monitor the effectiveness of workouts. For a “civilian,” it’s expensive and inconvenient to access the equipment. But Luken realized that the same DXA scans used by his trainers back in Colorado Springs could be put to use by gym trainers and other fitness buffs in Los Angeles, where getting and staying in shape is ubiquitous to the culture.
If easy access to DXA technology was the problem, BodySpec is the solution. In addition to sending the mobile BodySpec units to CrossFit gyms across Southern California, in May Luken, Shi and co-founder Jason Belvill opened a brick-and-mortar location in West L.A.
Watch for the full story of BodySpec by Paul Feinberg in Assets Digital and find out what it really means to see what you’re (literally) made of.
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