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Whats your BodyFat % goal? What are you currently at?

ptjolsen
ptjolsen Posts: 365 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm currently sitting at 9% and I'd like to be around 7%...I know it takes time when you get closer and closer to the goal...The most i was was 12% when I was playing college ball...But that was due to the extremely poor diet of on campus dining.
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  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
    Currently 12-13. Short term goal 16-17. Long term 8.

    PS someone talking about being at 12% due to poor diet is kinda dumb. 12% is pretty good for a man.
  • sgarrard01
    sgarrard01 Posts: 213 Member
    Currently around 19-20%, looking to get down to around 9-10%
  • ptjolsen
    ptjolsen Posts: 365 Member

    PS someone talking about being at 12% due to poor diet is kinda dumb. 12% is pretty good for a man.

    Well based off of my frame. Hey, I just have some high expectations for myself, one of my good friends just landed his first spread in a fitness magazine, and I want to see if I can reach his level.
  • pg3ibew
    pg3ibew Posts: 1,026 Member
    How do you calculate Body Fat Percentage?
  • ptjolsen
    ptjolsen Posts: 365 Member
    How do you calculate Body Fat Percentage?

    A few different ways, you but a electronic hand held tester. You have a certified trainer test you with calipers...With all of these tests I would say the subjectivity could be 2%-5% either way.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    Currently 24.8%. Goal is 20%
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Currently? About 12%
    Goal - 10%
  • chocolateandpb
    chocolateandpb Posts: 438 Member
    Currently 23%, goal is 20-21%.
  • Reneefit135
    Reneefit135 Posts: 170
    This is a good question. No idea what it should be for a woman or how to measure it.
  • MissyMissy18
    MissyMissy18 Posts: 315 Member
    Currently: I don't know
    Goal: Lower.

    :)
  • jeddy3mcc
    jeddy3mcc Posts: 177 Member
    Currently: I don't know
    Goal: Lower.

    :)

    ^^^ This...lol

    I am at 34-35 I would like to be in the teens
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    Currently - about 15-16%
    Goal - 13-14%
  • Rokwell
    Rokwell Posts: 143
    Just did the BOD POD and I am trying to get to elite athlete which is between 5-12 % (If I rememeber correctly)
  • karrielynn80
    karrielynn80 Posts: 395 Member
    last measurments were b/t 17-19% looking to get around 13-15% but i'm also playing it by sight - when i get where i want, i'll see where i am lol.
  • HisPathDaily
    HisPathDaily Posts: 672 Member
    Ha, this! :)
    Currently: I don't know
    Goal: Lower.

    :)
  • ichigo007
    ichigo007 Posts: 97
    Currently 22.5% (electronic handheld)
    Goal 9%
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    Currently 35%.

    Goals:

    24.9%
    20%
    15%
    10%
    8%.
  • Elizaj85
    Elizaj85 Posts: 158 Member
    27.4% but I'd really like to be about 19/20%
  • lauren3382
    lauren3382 Posts: 372 Member
    My goal is 15%. I last had mine tested 2 months ago and was at 18.3%. I know I'm lower than that now, but not 15% yet...
  • BetterCrazyThanLazy
    BetterCrazyThanLazy Posts: 336
    23.7%

    goal 20%-21%
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    Current - 34%-38% depending on the device, down from 45ish%
    Goal - 14% & re-baseline
  • fatchef49
    fatchef49 Posts: 1
    Unless I am mistaken anything under 11% is the same as an pro athlete, why would you want to get to 7%? Way too low for someone to be!
  • richx83
    richx83 Posts: 334 Member
    currently around 27% would like to get to the teens primarily and re assess from there :smile:
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    18% now, would ideally get to 15%
  • LERadicalDreamer
    LERadicalDreamer Posts: 61 Member
    I'm kinda sad. Using the waist measurement calculation, 37%. Been working out/eating healthy now for almost six weeks, and I swear my belly hasn't shrunk at all. And here I was just celebrating being a healthy BMI (126, compared to 130 being my normal limit). Sigh.
  • Goal_Driven
    Goal_Driven Posts: 371 Member
    Currently, 21%

    Goal, 15%
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
    Currently 24% Goal 18-20%
  • ptjolsen
    ptjolsen Posts: 365 Member
    This is awesome, Keep it up people!
  • prettyboy1975
    prettyboy1975 Posts: 21
    My BodyFat% was 22%, my goal is 11 = 12%. I'm currently at 13%. Anything below 11% is overkill unless you are a collegiate or professional athlete... Bodyfat % too low can be unhealthy and may lead to health problems.
  • karrielynn80
    karrielynn80 Posts: 395 Member
    I'm kinda sad. Using the waist measurement calculation, 37%. Been working out/eating healthy now for almost six weeks, and I swear my belly hasn't shrunk at all. And here I was just celebrating being a healthy BMI (126, compared to 130 being my normal limit). Sigh.

    When are you doing it? it's like a scale depending upon when you do, how hydrated you are, if you just worked out, yadda yadda, it fluxuates massively. If i do mine just before my afternoon workout (when i'm hydrated, have eaten but clean eating & haven't done any lifting yet) mine reads around 17-19; if i do it in the am, before i workout - before i've hydrated at all or eaten at all, it's been upwards of 24 before... just a fyi
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