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Muscle Mass Percentage/Body Composition?

lenibells
lenibells Posts: 30 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Everyone,

I've done a bit of googling and not really found a definitive answer on this one so I hope you guys can help. I just got a handheld body composition monitor, and it's given me a 'body muscle' percentage of 67%, but it's not more specific than that. Is that good or bad? It sounds quite high to me (which I would consider good, I want to be stronger and healthier). Below are the stats entered and given:

5'5
138lbs
Age: 27
Body Fat: 29% (booooo :cry: )
Water: 51.3%
Body Muscle: 67%
BMI: 22.9

It does say to do it before drinking anything but I was too excited to wait! I can't imagine it'll affect it too much would it? My confusion is ruining the fun of my new toy!
Can anyone shed any light on the muscle mass, I know that the BF% is too high at the moment but have no idea on the others!

Thanks!
Leni x

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,114 Member
    Skeletal muscle is really only about 40% of your body weight. Don't rely on hand held monitors to be very accurate though. Water and salt intake greatly affect how numbers are spit out by those things.

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  • lenibells
    lenibells Posts: 30 Member
    Thanks for replying, I'll use those numbers as a very general idea of my body composition from now on!

    Thanks
    Leni x
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