<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Corpus Blog</title><description>Corpus is an iPhone physique progress tracker that turns guided photo check-ins into estimated body-composition trends, muscle-group progress, and guidance grounded in your history.</description><link>https://getcorpus.app/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Navy Body Fat Formula: How It Works and How Accurate It Is</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/navy-body-fat-formula/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/navy-body-fat-formula/</guid><description>The Navy formula estimates body fat from height, neck, waist and hips. Studies against DEXA found it reads about 4 to 6 points low and can miss weeks of fat loss.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Resting Heart Rate by Age: A Chart Built From Real Data</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/resting-heart-rate-by-age/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/resting-heart-rate-by-age/</guid><description>A resting heart rate by age chart from US survey and wearable data: kids fall from 129 to 78 bpm, adults average 65–72 bpm, and women run a few beats higher.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spren App vs. Corpus (2026): Cost, Accuracy Claims and What You Get</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/spren-vs-corpus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/spren-vs-corpus/</guid><description>What the Spren app costs on the US App Store, what its accuracy claims rest on, and how it compares with Corpus for weekly body-fat tracking. Disclosed comparison.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEXA Scan Alternatives You Can Use at Home</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/dexa-scan-alternatives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/dexa-scan-alternatives/</guid><description>The DEXA scan alternatives worth using are the ones you can repeat: smart scales, calipers, tape and photo apps. What studies show each gets right and wrong.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Smart Scales Accurate for Body Fat?</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/are-smart-scales-accurate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/are-smart-scales-accurate/</guid><description>Smart scales weigh you accurately but estimate body fat poorly. What studies comparing them with DEXA found, why hydration skews the number, and how to use one for a real trend.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Ways and Apps to Track Body Composition in 2026</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/best-body-composition-tracking-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/best-body-composition-tracking-apps/</guid><description>DEXA, smart scales, calipers, tape-measure equations, and photo-based apps like Corpus, Bodilab, and Spren — what each measures, what the evidence says, and which fits your goal. Written by the maker of Corpus, with that bias disclosed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Body Fat Percentage Chart for Men and Women (by Age)</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-percentage-chart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-percentage-chart/</guid><description>Healthy body fat percentage ranges for men and women by age, from the study most charts are built on — plus what each range tends to look like, when abs show, and why charts disagree.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Body Recomposition: How to Lose Fat and Build Muscle at the Same Time</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-recomposition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-recomposition/</guid><description>Body recomposition means losing fat and gaining muscle at once. What the research says about who can do it, the training and nutrition that drive it, how long it takes, and how to tell it&apos;s working.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cutting vs. Bulking vs. Recomp: How to Choose</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/cutting-vs-bulking-vs-recomp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/cutting-vs-bulking-vs-recomp/</guid><description>Should you cut, bulk, or recomp? The evidence-based rates for each phase, a simple way to choose based on body fat and training experience, and how to track whether it&apos;s working.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Know If You&apos;re Gaining Muscle or Fat</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/gaining-muscle-or-fat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/gaining-muscle-or-fat/</guid><description>The scale can&apos;t tell muscle from fat. Here are the signals that can — waist vs. weight, strength, photos, and composition trends — and why the first few weeks of training can fool you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Much Muscle Can You Gain Naturally?</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/how-much-muscle-can-you-gain-naturally/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/how-much-muscle-can-you-gain-naturally/</guid><description>An honest answer to &apos;how much muscle can I gain in a month?&apos; — what the research can and can&apos;t say, the FFMI data behind &apos;natural limits,&apos; realistic rates of weight gain, and how to see slow progress.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Losing Inches but Not Weight: What&apos;s Actually Happening</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/losing-inches-not-weight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/losing-inches-not-weight/</guid><description>Your waist is shrinking but the scale won&apos;t move. The usual explanations — recomposition, water, glycogen, and weekly weight rhythms — and how to tell which one applies to you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skinny Fat: What It Means and How to Fix It</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/skinny-fat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/skinny-fat/</guid><description>Skinny fat means a normal weight with relatively high body fat and little muscle. What the research calls it, why BMI misses it, how to measure it, and what usually works.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Know When It&apos;s Time to Deload</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/when-to-deload/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/when-to-deload/</guid><description>Deloads exist to prevent overreaching before it happens, not to fix it after it does. Here&apos;s how to recognize the signs and what a useful deload week actually looks like.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HRV on Apple Watch: What the Number Means (and Doesn&apos;t)</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/hrv-apple-watch-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/hrv-apple-watch-explained/</guid><description>How Apple Watch measures HRV, how accurate it actually is compared to lab equipment, and what to do with the number once you have it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Often Should You Actually Measure Body Composition?</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/how-often-to-measure-body-composition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/how-often-to-measure-body-composition/</guid><description>Daily, weekly, or monthly? Different signals, weight, photos, body fat trend, FFMI, are useful at different frequencies. Here&apos;s a practical cadence for each.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Take Progress Photos That Are Actually Comparable</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/comparable-progress-photos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/comparable-progress-photos/</guid><description>Progress photos only work if two shots are actually comparable. Here&apos;s the practical setup, lighting, distance, pose, and timing, that removes the variables that aren&apos;t your actual progress.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEXA vs. Calipers vs. BIA vs. Photo: How Accurate Is Each Body Fat Method?</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-measurement-methods-compared/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-measurement-methods-compared/</guid><description>A straight comparison of the four common ways to estimate body fat percentage, DEXA, skinfold calipers, bioelectrical impedance, and photo-based estimates, and what each one actually gets wrong.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Body Fat Percentage Actually Looks Like</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-percentage-photos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/body-fat-percentage-photos/</guid><description>Body fat percentage numbers mean little without a visual reference. Here&apos;s what the common ranges actually tend to look like, and why the same number can look different on different people.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HRV, Sleep, and Training Readiness for Lifters</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/hrv-sleep-training-load/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/hrv-sleep-training-load/</guid><description>HRV can add useful recovery context, but it is not a green or red light by itself. Learn how to read a personal baseline alongside sleep and training load.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Your Weight Changes Before Your Body Does</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/why-the-scale-lies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/why-the-scale-lies/</guid><description>Daily weight includes water, food, glycogen, and more. Learn how to read the trend without mistaking a normal fluctuation for lost progress.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FFMI, Explained Without the Bro Science</title><link>https://getcorpus.app/blog/what-is-ffmi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getcorpus.app/blog/what-is-ffmi/</guid><description>Understand Fat-Free Mass Index, how to calculate it, why body-fat estimates affect it, and how to use an FFMI trend with appropriate caution.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>