Thanks for the great information here! For my age, height, weight, is that an ok level to be at? I think I am fit, although I always had some fat on my tummy.
The fitness instructor recommended that I should try to lift more weights. And he is probably right because I do more cardio exercise than lifting. Your thoughts? Holly — your body fat percentage sounds fine to me. I would consider it leaner than average, but not super lean.
FYI, the cardiovascular system supports the muscular system, not the other way around. To get you started on the right foot, check out this C ircuit Training Workout. Viktor — Yes, your results are excellent. You lost 33 total pounds, with 30lb being from fat and only 3 pounds from LBM. Other says i should loose more weight … My everyday routine exercise is im doing abs exercise and a waist trimmer for 1 hour sometimes 40 minutes so far so good im sweating everyday.
Is my body is proportionate?? Should i reduced more weight? You could always have a discussion with your doctor about ideal weight ranges and what works for you.
I am a 47 year young women. I have gained 2 pant sizes in the past 3 years and would like to go back to where I was. I believe the gain was due to a move and many other stresses in my life in addition to going from excellent eating habits to very poor eating habits.
In the past few months the stresses have subsided and my eating habits are much, much better. Right now, I spend an hour twice a week lifting 5lb weights along with stretching and yoga.
I heard that too much cardio burns muscle not fat. What is too much cardio? Most importantly, how do I lose fat without losing muscle? Audrey — Please see my Get Lean Guide for more information on how to lose fat without losing muscle. But now I want to keep doing my same work out routein but focus on better eating what do you recommend for good foods? Your approach to improve your eating sounds excellent. The goal is to eat mostly whole, unprocessed foods. So for example, fruits all berries, orange, grapefruit, banana , vegetables, lean meats, nuts and seeds, dairy selectively, and whole grains selectively.
We plan to put up a lot more posts on specific foods etc. I started with a personal trainer almost a year ago. What makes this number decrease? It is it strictly nutrition or is nutrition and cardio or is it nutrition, cardio and strength training?
Kristin Cok — Continue to eat less calories than you burn is the simple answer to help you continue to lose fat. Yes exercise is helpful to help you keep your muscle and it burns extra calories, but do focus on the nutrition. Keep up the progress! Marc, Thank you for the post about the ideal body weight formula. I learned that im Im 24 years old by the way. Whats my body fat percentage??
Am I in the average category?? I am extremely concerned, I am a 36 yr old athletic female that enjoys working out and going to the gym as much as 6 days a week. I am in sizes Aussie size.
Weighing at approx 48 kgs cm in height. What is wrong with me? I have gone to a few different machines and it tells me the same thing. Rose — That does sound hard to believe. I work out my core atleast 5 times a week, but still nothing seems to be helping.
I even eat healthy! What can i do to help? Nolan — Congrats on your success so far. Seeing your abs has little to do with abs exercises.
I would focus on getting your body fat down into the single digits with nutrition. For more info, see this article: How to Get Ripped. Best wishes and good luck!! I have a BMI of 33, at 21 years of age. I work out hard five times a week with a cross training day on Wednesday.
I am in relatively good shape Cardio wise with a 26 min 5K time, and I am in the pound club in regards to the three core lifts bench, squat, power clean. What should I do, and should I be worried?
Check out this article for more info: Ideal Body Weight Formula. Crazy, but true. Hi, I am a younger woman with It sounds like you might be slightly underweight. Also, if your body fat percentage is truly Many women who are at such low levels of body fat experience hormonal issues and amenorrhea, which is an abnormal lack of a menstrual cycle. This can have other negative effects, so you definitely want to make sure that you have enough body fat to be healthy.
A registered dietician, in particular, should be able to help you create a diet that fuels your active lifestyle and helps you stay lean, strong, and healthy. If you have other questions, feel free to reach out to [email protected]. I do read how they measured though. Hey Hans, sorry for the late reply, I thought I responded to your comment. The basis is statistical, based on sample sizes. This is from Wikipedia describing body fat and age assumptions body fat increases with age :.
Older individuals are found to have a lower body density for the same skinfold measurements, which is assumed to signify a higher body fat percentage. However, older, highly athletic individuals might not fit this assumption, causing the formulas to underestimate their body density.
Some old people may be more athletic and are just as lean as younger people. Marc Really valued all your comments above. Sounds like you are doing well for your age, especially at Thanks for writing in! Other factors that contribute to your health are your diet, exercise routine, stress management, and sleep. I hope that helps! I used to be always worried over my weight. Now, no more. I was morbidly obese for most of my life. I had surgery for my morbid obesity.
I was in my high thirties to 40ish for LBM. I lost about 90 pounds, so far, and lowered my LBM a bit. To say I am psyched is a huge understatement. These numbers alone can scare someone away from calling me healthy. My waist is 38 Yeah, no belly, either , but my LBM now is I feel and move SO much better. Teaching spin for 10 years was the best decision, health wise, I have ever accomplished since it helped a lot to getting that insane amount of muscle and cardio I desperately needed.
I have read some of the articles and really appreciate the no-nonsense approach to nutrition and wellness. Highly underrated! Teaching fitness is a great way to give to yourself while helping others.
You definitely have an inspiring story, so thanks for sharing. I agree — water is underrated, and we should all remember the water. Thanks, I will try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your website? Thanks, Richie! We post new articles every Monday and Wednesday right now. Definitely check back, and let us know what you think of our content. I only started going back to the gym approx 2 weeks ago after taking Something like a 3 month long break and having no real consistent workout plan but rather simply working out on and off for a few months every so often for the past maybe years.
I take it that this is a pretty good percentage? It also sounds like staying lean is pretty effortless for you, which is awesome. Just determine what your fitness goal is, and then create a workout program to reach that goal. I just turned 71, and my body fat is Hey Ankit, I recommend focusing first on losing fat, then after focus on building muscle and getting stronger.
Hi my name is Austin, I am a 18 year old college basketball player. I have recently gotten into eating healthy combined with daily workouts for basketball and weights. Over only a couple month span, I have lost 15 pounds and 4. So I would say it is pretty easy for me to keep losing fat. When should I stop? What would be the best way to gain muscle without gaining too much fat? What should I do? Hey Austin, it really depends.
Hi, I would like some advice on my body! I have always been super active through high school, I held weight lifting records in my high school and even out lifted most of the boys. I wish I could post pictures. Doctors and coaches always told me I was just very strong and had a ton of muscle and not to worry about the scale number. As I graduated high school I got married and moved and started college, I did not take any of my athletic scholarships as I had heard that college sports are a lot different than high school and basically becomes your life.
So I started rodeoing a lot and I still worked out and was eating healthier than I did in high school. Yet, I still gained about 50 pounds in a 1.
I have been trying my hardest to find ways to lose weight, I still workout, I still eat super healthy, no processed foods, soda, un natural sugars, saturated fat. And I feel like I am just at a dead spot and do not know what to do. Even if I lose 50 lbs and get back to where I was in high school I still need to be at about to do my job efficiently and be good at it.
And to me that means losing muscle and I do not know how to do that! I usually recommend creating more structure by following some type of eating plan, or creating a nutrition template. Our Transformation Program gives specific meals and snacks that have specific calorie levels so that you know for sure you are eating fewer calories. Keeping things simple by reducing variety of meals can also help make controlling calories easier. The whole name of the game is to eat fewer calories while staying full.
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Learn more about Sport Nutrition, Second Edition. Home Excerpts Normal ranges of body weight and body fat. Table Active Aging.
Coaching and Officiating. Fitness and Health. Health Education. Nutrition and Healthy Eating. Meditation Seating Cushions Bolsters Chairs. LaMeaux Body fat percentage is the percentage of your weight that is made up of fat. Mayo Clinic staff, as well as other health professionals, list the following age-adjusted body fat percentile recommendations: Women: yrs old: Underfat: under 21 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight: percent, Obese: Over 39 percent yrs old: Underfat: under 23 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight : percent Obese: over 40 percent yrs old: Underfat: under 24 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight: percent, Obese: over 42 percent Men: yrs old: Underfat: under 8 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight: percent, Obese: over 25 percent yrs old: Underfat: under 11 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight: percent, Obese: over 27 percent yrs old: Underfat: under 13 percent, Healthy: percent, Overweight: percent, Obese: over 30 percent.
Step 2: Weigh yourself. Step 3: Calculate your body mass index BMI. Step 4: Calculate your body fat percentage. Women: 1. Step 5: Compare your body fat percentage to the percentiles listed in Step 1. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Call us. Furthermore, it is well known that excessive body fat or obesity and weight gain, are associated with increased mortality and morbidity such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, some forms of cancer, stroke, coronary heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea and osteoarthritis.
The first step is to determine the body fat percentage. The body mass index BMI is commonly used as a surrogate marker for adiposity. However, the BMI indicates weight-for-height without considering differences in body composition and the contribution of body fat to overall body weight.
Because of the varying contributions of bone mass, muscle mass, and fluid to body weight, using BMI to classify individuals according to fatness, may result in misclassification. Even so, many methods have been developed for assessing body composition, including radiography, electrical conductance and impedance, hydrostatic weighing etc. Among these methods, which can also be very expensive and invasive, a common technique to assess body composition is the determination through the thickness of the skinfolds.
This method is largely used in fitness contests, first of all because the simplicity of its use, but also because it does not require complex instruments. From this equation you can define how many kilograms of fat mass you have to lose, to reach your final goal.
This process may seem easy to complete, yet when a person loses weight the challenge is to lose only fat mass and not free-fat mass FFM.
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