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How Can I Calculate
My Body Fat Percentage
What Kind of Body Fat Percent is Desirable and Best For YOU?
As we found out when discussing body fat percentage there are five or so ways to figure yours out.|
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We'll look at those in a sec. But first let's cover another question that's asked all the time. "What's my ideal body fat percentage?" Basically I'd answer that by saying you will fall into one of two categories. Commonly referred to as either 'fit' and 'acceptable'. |
The following shows the difference in the two:
Mini Body Fat Percentage Chart
| Males | Females | |
| Fit | 14-17% | 21-24% |
| Acceptable | 18-25% | 25-31% |
Looks like fit would more describe the ideal body fat percent? And if you're not fit then the "acceptable" option gives you something to shoot for.
Still the bottom line question is to ask "Is my percentage going up or down?" So it might be good to look at how to calculate this.
The first approach is to use a specially designed bathroom scale. That combines decent accuracy and low price. In fact one that got the approval from both Consumer Reports and Good Housekeeping was the the Taylor Body Fat Analyzer. That was model 5553. You might find one at Walmart for under $35.
Pros: Convenience as household appliance and ease of use
Cons: Accuracy of this approach varies depending on things like your hydration level (too much or too little water).
If you care to check it out here's some info about bathroom scales tested by Prevention Magazine.
So that's one way how to calculate body fat percentage. Let's FINALLY go on to the four other ways figure out body fat percentage.
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