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body fat 40%??

rebeccalucy1995
rebeccalucy1995 Posts: 1
edited February 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I joined a gym a few days ago and they took my body fat and it came back as 40%, the trainer didnt think it was right but could it have been???
im 19
5 foot 8 and weigh 147 pounds, and i have a bmi of 22

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  • Mguilmot
    Mguilmot Posts: 232 Member
    They took your body fat, but they didn't think it was right. Hmm, if they're not even confident that their measurements are correct :-)
    40% body fat is a lot, don't think you can have that with a BMI of 22.
  • LarryDUk
    LarryDUk Posts: 279 Member
    No
  • carlom18
    carlom18 Posts: 174 Member
    yeah with the stats you mentioned 40% seems far too much of an over estimate
  • bridgie101
    bridgie101 Posts: 817 Member
    I joined a gym a few days ago and they took my body fat and it came back as 40%, the trainer didnt think it was right but could it have been???
    im 19
    5 foot 8 and weigh 147 pounds, and i have a bmi of 22

    That's a big no.
  • zophiel67
    zophiel67 Posts: 181
    My BF routinely comes in around 40%. This is on a scale that uses MR, which is notoriously inaccurate for certain body types, but I believe it in my case. My BMI is floating right around 30. So I would guess they have no clue how to use their calipers or are using another notoriously inaccurate method.
  • aalpass
    aalpass Posts: 124 Member
    Did they measure it with scales? Apparently if your dehydrated too they can make the reading a lot worse.

    If they did it with callipers then I wouldnt be trusting that trainer to write a program!
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