What's your body fat %?

ojell

What should it be?

I just found out for the first time ever what mine is...33%. How bad is that?

SmartAlec03211988

Mine is somewhere in the realm of 17-20%.

futiledevices

I've tried to calculate mine on several different websites, and they all give me a different number. 27%, 33%, & 41% (which can't be possible, because I'm not obese.)

SmartAlec03211988

I've tried to calculate mine on several different websites, and they all give me a different number. 27%, 33%, & 41% (which can't be possible, because I'm not obese.)

Yeah, I get some crazy numbers. One said I had 13% body fat. Yeah... no.

laddyboy

Try a bodyfat analyzer...they are no bod pod but IMO they are better than the skin fold test or the web calculators.

Squeeks70

I went to a website and it asked my the measurements of my hips, waist, wrist and forearm and gave me a fat % of 25.......strange.

ablykins

Women should be 25% or below to be considered in normal range. Men should be 15% or below to be considered normal range. My body fat is currently 14.9% and I get it tested monthly by a trainer at my gym. Most personal trainers can measure your skin folds and calculate it for you. There are some home devices as well.

MaximalLife

I started out at 33% and worked my way down to 17%.
My goal is 14%.

I don't want to get leaner than 14%; that looks freaky to me - unhealthy.
I see other guys who carry it fine, but not me.

You can check your body fat here for free:
http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

Cindy311

My hubby and I went to a local University and did the BodPod, lol! I was at 19.5%. I look at myself and I don't believe that but it's suppose to be pretty accurate.

lollyish

mine is 23%
average is about 22-25% but it all depends on age, ethnicity etc etc.

ladykate7

23-24 % I'd like to get it somewhere in 18-20%

Its fun to do the math too.
148 lbs with 24% fat = 35.5 lbs of fat, 112.5 lean muscle/ bones and what ever. Nice to keep perspective, Granted I shouldn't aim to lose 35 pounds, gotta have fat to protect all the organs and such.

jfluchere

21% ... I look healthy.

sylvuz323

I asked one of the doctors (I work at a hospital) about this, cause at the gym the machine they have said 37%. That machine only takes into consideration, height, weight, age, and sex. The one I found on the web also asked for my waist and wrist measurements result was 29%. The doc told me that the website was definitely asking for more information and therefore a more realistic number. Plus I also recall having someone in the diabetic clinic (during a biggest loser challenge) use their machine and that also told me 29%.

Rmd081808

I checked mine not long ago and am down to 34 which is good compared to the 39 it was before i lost 40 lbs

HeikkiLaukkanen

According to an article from Medscape.com, the American Dietetic Association recommends that men have 15-18% body fat and women have 20-25% body fat. Healthy male athletes might be as low as 5-12% body fat, and healthy female athletes could be as low as 10-20%.

Dr. C. Everett Koop's site, ShapeUp.com, breaks down healthy body fat ranges by both gender and age. Men under 39 years of age should have 8-19% body fat, and women under 39 years of age should have 21-32%. Older men may range from 11% to 24%, and older women may range from 23% to 35%.

Health Check Systems quotes the American Council on Exercise and says men's body fat should be 6-25%, and women's should be 14-31%.

From a quick google search....

RMuske

I use one of those crazy IronMan scales that calculate all kinds of things via my feet. And it says I am 23-25% depending on the day...

Scorpioangel

Mine is 10%

beckylawrence70

I think mine is less than 20%

diver71_au

30.4 on Jan 1 and now at 27.1 - hope that trend continues

melrose09

Some people don't believe me, but I just got a 7 point skin fold test done 3 times by 2 different trainers this week and the average of the 3 tests was 10.5%, but I usually say 12%. With the way my body works, I'd have to get to around 8% to look like most women do at 12%. Time for this lady to fatten up a bit so I can carry a baby again

Kym1610

I have used three different websites.
On healthy forums I got 27%, on free dieting I got 19.7% and on scientific psychic I got 22.5%. So I am thinking I am between 20-25%