What's your ideal body fat percentage?
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LizJ08
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I'm at the point in this journey where I'm focusing now on muscle gain/fat loss vs. losing weight. I haven't lost in about a month and a half but have been doing Brazil Butt Lift and have lost at least a size more, so I can tell I'm gaining muscle and losing fat even though I'm not losing weight. I'm curious, what's everyone's ideal body fat percentage where they want to be?
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When in college and working out at an intense level... I was at 8% body fat... I think physically fit for a male is probably 10 to 15% and higher for females. I will be happy to get to less than 15% body fat... I am not going to expect to get back to 8%... just don't think its realistic for me at this stage in my life.0
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Aiming for 15% @ 200lbs LBM.0
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I think between 18% and 20% is ideal. You know where I'm at and I don't think going lower than that is healthy for females (unless you are competing or something like that) I have seen how it can impact your hormones and that is nit something I want to deal with.
My goal will be to maintain this % and try not to focus on the scale. I would not mind the scale going up a bit if body fat % stays the same. That just means I'm gaining muscles.0 -
There's a table in the Fat2Fit app and it looks like for a male, the healthy range is between 8 percent to 22 percent for males ages 20-60 (range gets higher depending on age). For a female, healthy range looks to be between 21 to 35 for females ages 20-60 (same thing, range gets higher with age). The last time I checked, mine was around 23.6. I really can't decide what my goal should be! I guess I'll just keep working at it and see where I land!0
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For a female, healthy range looks to be between 21 to 35 for females ages 20-60 (same thing, range gets higher with age). The last time I checked, mine was around 23.6. I really can't decide what my goal should be! I guess I'll just keep working at it and see where I land!
Hmmm, that means I might be too low...
I need to research this know.0 -
15% almost there!0
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For a female, healthy range looks to be between 21 to 35 for females ages 20-60 (same thing, range gets higher with age). The last time I checked, mine was around 23.6. I really can't decide what my goal should be! I guess I'll just keep working at it and see where I land!
Hmmm, that means I might be too low...
I need to research this know.
My trainer at the gym told me that there's no reason I shouldn't be at 18-19% body fat. I'm currently 5'9, weigh 148 and am 23% bf (26 yo female) and I thought I was doing good....guess not
I'll be looking to lower my % to around 19%0 -
10-12% tops.0
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I'm shooting for 25% and then I'll decide from there. Currently 35% down from 48%!!! (I have put on muscle while still losing pounds.)0
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Whoa...15? I'm fatter than you girls, LOL. Maria, I'm not sure about how accurate that info is on Fat2Fit. The info that you had may be more accurate.0
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Trying to get around 17-18% for running purposes. Currently around 20%, almost 19!0
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I'm at 18% right now. I'm cutting to get down to 16%
Edit to add: I'm 5'3 and 122 lbs.0 -
15% and 115 would be ideal for me, and I am probably about 18, maybe 19% now at 5'5" and 130 pounds now. Oh, and this is to compete... not for everyday.0
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I'm aiming for 16-19% bf at about 150-155 lbs. I'm 5'8" This will make me look pretty muscular.0
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I am pretty sure that for younger females less than 15% is Risky for being low,15-18% is athletes, 18-22% is lean, 22-30% is healthy, 30-40% is excess fat, and over 40% is Risky on the high end.
**These ranges were pulled from my bod pod results**
I am at 32% at the moment and want to get down to 22-25% range.0 -
My ultimate goal is 10%.0
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I'm at 16%, 185 lb, age 43. The scale hasn't moved in weeks, but bf% decreased, so I am happy. I think I would be very happy at 12 to 13% for the summer, then bulk in the winter0
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Trying to get around 17-18% for running purposes. Currently around 20%, almost 19!
Me too! My goal is to lose 11lb and get to 18-19% - currently 1lb off and around 20%.0 -
18-20%0
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17-18%0
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