Do you know your body fat percentage?
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23% for a female of your age is at the lowest for healthy range.
is this actually true? im not being a smartass, im actually asking....\
ETA - i just googled it and saw that it does say that, but "underfat" isnt like "underweight" - it's not a ...
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http://www.lunchboxdiet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bodyfatcalculator.gif
Link to a chart that has ages on it.....At 44 23% is considered underweight....0 -
How long does it take to lose body fat if im exercising 3 x week. 45 min cardio and weight lifting0
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190
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I've just checked mine and it comes out at 23%.
I'd like this to be 5% lower but I got myself a little confused with how much weight I would need to lose to achieve this so I'd really appreciate any help with setting a goal.
My stats are;
Age; 44
Sex; Female
Height; 5' 4"
Weight; 99lb
Chest; 33"
Waist; 23"
Hip; 30"
Wrist; 6"
Forearm; 9"
What would be my desired weight to achieve 18% BF?
If you would like to be more muscular, you may want to look into doing a bulk and cut cycle because you are already at a very low weight.0 -
Based on the fit2fat site, my bf percentage is 41.4. :sad: :sad: :sad:
What the eff! I am 175 pounds at 5'5" and considered obese?!?!?!
I might work out twice today. :noway:0 -
Yep, measured yesterday and I'm right at 19%. Would like to be 18%, but I'm not going to get all extreme to get there. If I stay under 20% I'll be fine!!0
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Oh, yeah - I forgot to add that that Military BF calculator over at fat2fit gives me 13.8%.
Um, no - I wish.0 -
Bioimpedence scale says 28% but a pinch/caliper test gave me 18%. I don't think that can be even close to correct, though. But the previous measurements 3 months earlier were 36% and 21%, so who knows. It was a student doing the testing, so I'm not sure if she had the locations quite right. I see a heck of a lot more fat on me than 18%, that's for sure!0
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This link has three different calculators on it. http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/
Ranges from 16-19% based on those. My tanita ranges betweeen 11% and 25%. Based on the photo wall at http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/ , I would put it around 20%.0 -
I have no interest in my body fat percentage. Really.0
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28.9% currently, on my way to 23%.0
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I'm at 28% body fat percentage at the moment. Its not good at all.
I'm aiming for 10%.0 -
I have found the online calculators are WAY off...that is based on height and weight. I just had a BodPod done where you go into a vacuum chamber and they measure your muscle density and fat density. WOW!!! on a calculator I am 23% body fat, through this machine, I have 45%!!!!! and it told me how low my metabolism is!!!0
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I don't do the calculators anymore, except for the one from bodybuilding.com, it was the closest to what the fat caliper gave me.
I'm at 35% I would like to be at 20%0 -
Yeahhh, I am going to have to take the online cals with a grain of salt. The military one told me 41.1 percent, and the Covert Bailey one said 24.2 percent. Those numbers are waaaaaaaaaaaaay far away and just to much of a difference. Oh well, maybe one day I can get it done and really figure it out.0
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So this has peaked my interest. I was checking out some of these posts and I feel like mine is kind of low... any thoughts? I do have a large frame and I'm pretty muscular, but I feel like the percent should be higher. I held that thing (idk what it is called.. BMI analysis thing) last night, w/ my trainer helping me, so she seems to think it's right. IDK whatev... I'm just gonna keep working out and eating ok and it will drop. Just curious
5'9"
225.7
38.5%0 -
embarrassingly 36.1%. working on it everyday0
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currently 28.2%.... would like to get to 20-22%.... coming from 303.4lbs to 186.6lbs, I'm pretty happy with where I'm currently at, working towards my goal.0
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