Skeletal Muscle/Muscle Mass question

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funkycamper
funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm curious about something and hope somebody might have an answer for me. I have a digital scale that gives all sorts of data. According to it, my skeletal muscle is below average yet my muscle mass is above average. How is this possible? I don't understand how this works or what I could do to .improve the skeletal muscle numbers. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks in advance

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  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    If I wanted precise data on those measurements, I would have my physician arrange for testing to be done. Don’t trust your scale for anything like that.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,170 Member
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    BIA scales are not very accurate for this sort of thing. At best, if you use them under consistent conditions (of rest, eating, hydration, time of day, etc.), you can approximate a long-term trend. Individual measurements are likely to be misleading taken alone, and absolute measurements unreliable; and it's not going to be great at the kind of distinction you're talking about.

    Improving skeletal muscle (in real terms, not necessarily BIA scale estimates of it) is going to be about strength exercise. This is a good thread on the subject:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

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