Body Fat Percentage

**Gothaka** · 18-09-2009 08:05 PM

Hi Rob

I do barbell squats 46kg and dead lifts 54kg with 3x a week which atm they both make my heart pound

I am not hero lol

think i will drop that banana as I am not hunger at that time

just just loading the food as b4 I was only about 1200 cals

**NU_nutrition_TS** · 03-10-2009 06:24 PM

I have merged a number of threads all asking about body fat percentage as this is another common question that comes up in numerous threads - I will make it a sticky. Here are some graphics showing both average body fat percentages and desirable body fat percentages for both genders and various ages. There is also a graphic showing typical body fat percentages for various athletes and an explanation of why having a very low body fat percentage is not always a healthy thing.

**NU_nutrition_TS** · 03-10-2009 06:25 PM

Here's the explanation for why too low a BF% is unhealthy:

**Gothaka** · 03-10-2009 08:23 PM

Ok so been taking the thermopure stuff and tbh I have not notices any difference and thats not to say the product is bad but I think I have a high threshold to things like this as another supplement I took also had zero results..

On the + point I have put on weight 12 stone 10 and body fat stayed the same

Diet is now good and work out is a nice all body run ....... I am about to try another manufactures pre work out drink will ley you guys / girls know the outcome ....

p.s its also ment to be great for Bf % loss

**lowviz** · 05-10-2009 02:36 PM

NU, thank you very much for the chart break down for the body fat percentage. This is really useful especially seeing the differenced in what is demeed a good level of body fat for the different ages. Are you able to post any links to the site where you got the data from?

**NU_nutrition_TS** · 05-10-2009 05:00 PM

@Lowviz - I should have done that from the get-go really but I had already taken the screenshots and moved onto the next site (there were a few) before I realised putting in links for each would be a good idea! I will try to track them down again and put some links here as an edit. in the meantime here is another one from this site:

EDIT: Here are the other sources for the charts in the earlier post:
http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com...ercentage.html
http://www.weightlossforall.com/fat-...tage-ideal.htm
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/weightloss/body-fat.html
http://www.new-fitness.com/body_fat_measuring.html

**Luffers** · 11-10-2010 11:03 PM

Here is a simple body fat test you can perform if you have a measuring tape.

Predict your Body Fat from girth measurements

**TheGoatreich** · 06-02-2011 10:37 AM

I've just ordered an Accu-measure set of calipers from Ebay, but they're not coming with instructions. I'll be doing my measurements myself.

Does this method and calculation seem as accurate as possible? I'm only really doing this as a rough guide, but I want to keep an eye on my BF% as I definitely store fat around my gut and love handles.
Body Fat Calculator

Apologies if this has been covered already in the thread. It's 35 pages long!