BF %/Muscle Mass

micls
micls Posts: 234 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Got an analysis done at the gym today to get an idea of my body composition. I've reached my goal weighed (there or there abouts depending on the day!) and want to focus on recomping and looking better.

I'm happy with how I look currently, but I'd like to increase muscle.

So, the following were the results:
Weight: 140.6 lb
Height: 5'7"
Age: 26

BF %: 30.4%
Healthy range: 21%-32%

So basically, my weight is where it should be but my BF is just about inside the healthy range. I want to work on this and improve it.

Currently, and for the past month, I'm been focusing on weight lifting, doing the Stronglifts programme. It's been slow going but I'm seeing improvements and it helped to lose the last 5 lbs. I'm currently working on upping my protein to go with this, just stocked up on greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, eggs, tuna etc. I'm eating at maintenance calories.

So any advice on where to go from here? Should I continue as I'm going, hope that I'll increase muscle a bit and that will increase my BMR? Or should I add in more cardio for fat burning. Or should I go back to eating at a deficit, forgo the strength gains, and lower the body fat percentage.

I really don't know which makes most sense so all advice welcome :)

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