body fat Archives - yourdailysportfix.com yourdailysportfix.com Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://yourdailysportfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-FAVICON_2-32x32.png body fat Archives - yourdailysportfix.com 32 32 How to Estimate Body Fat Percentage https://yourdailysportfix.com/how-to-estimate-body-fat-percentage/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=19261 When it comes to tracking the results of your fitness journey, it’s pretty well-known at this point that weight isn’t the best metric to pay attention to, or at least it shouldn’t be the only one. Instead, it’s generally agreed upon that a better way to accurately track your progress is to look at body […]

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]]> When it comes to tracking the results of your fitness journey, it’s pretty well-known at this point that weight isn’t the best metric to pay attention to, or at least it shouldn’t be the only one. Instead, it’s generally agreed upon that a better way to accurately track your progress is to look at body composition, or body fat percentage, as this is a much better indicator of health as well as aesthetics. But getting an accurate body composition scan is usually quite expensive, which means most people can’t do it regularly. Thankfully, there are other ways to estimate body fat percentage. Here are some.

Calipers

While they’re not the most accurate method in the world, calipers, which are used by pinching the excess fat on the various parts of your body, can at least help you compare your progress to your previous measurements.

Body Fat Scale

It’s pretty common these days for scales to come with a body fat reader, which uses bioelectrical impedance to estimate your body weight. Again, this isn’t the most accurate, but it can be a useful data point.

Photo Comparison

While it won’t be particularly useful for tracking changes week to week, you can compare your photographs every few months or so to the following chart to estimate your body fat percentage.

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]]> Here’s How to Know if You Have a Healthy Body Fat Percentage https://yourdailysportfix.com/heres-how-to-know-if-you-have-a-healthy-body-fat-percentage/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:48:38 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=6623 Body fat percentage can tell a lot about how healthy you are. So many people will say that the lower, the better, but that doesn’t really apply in this case. People who have extremely low levels of body fat can face a number of health issues. Going over the limits is not healthy in any […]

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]]> Body fat percentage can tell a lot about how healthy you are. So many people will say that the lower, the better, but that doesn’t really apply in this case. People who have extremely low levels of body fat can face a number of health issues. Going over the limits is not healthy in any way or form as well. Here’s how you can know whether your numbers are within the good range.

The body fat percentage for men and women is not the same. In other words, ladies do have higher numbers, even when they are very fit because they need it for their bodies to properly function. These numbers help with the good health of the reproductive system. If your numbers are 21-33% when you’re 20-39 years, that sounds great. In the next two decades, the scale goes from 23% to 35%. And finally, from 60 to 79 years, these numbers should be between 24% and 36%.

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For men, you will notice that the numbers go significantly lower. From 20 to 39 years your body fat percentage should be between 8% and 20%. During the following two decades you can vary from 11% to 22%. And, men from 60 to 75 years can vary 13% to 25% body fat.

Lower and higher levels of body fat can be dangerous, so with a proper lifestyle, a healthy diet, and a good fitness regimen you’ll be able to keep them normal.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> body fat Archives - yourdailysportfix.com yourdailysportfix.com Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://yourdailysportfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-FAVICON_2-32x32.png body fat Archives - yourdailysportfix.com 32 32 How to Estimate Body Fat Percentage https://yourdailysportfix.com/how-to-estimate-body-fat-percentage/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=19261 When it comes to tracking the results of your fitness journey, it’s pretty well-known at this point that weight isn’t the best metric to pay attention to, or at least it shouldn’t be the only one. Instead, it’s generally agreed upon that a better way to accurately track your progress is to look at body […]

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]]> When it comes to tracking the results of your fitness journey, it’s pretty well-known at this point that weight isn’t the best metric to pay attention to, or at least it shouldn’t be the only one. Instead, it’s generally agreed upon that a better way to accurately track your progress is to look at body composition, or body fat percentage, as this is a much better indicator of health as well as aesthetics. But getting an accurate body composition scan is usually quite expensive, which means most people can’t do it regularly. Thankfully, there are other ways to estimate body fat percentage. Here are some.

Calipers

While they’re not the most accurate method in the world, calipers, which are used by pinching the excess fat on the various parts of your body, can at least help you compare your progress to your previous measurements.

Body Fat Scale

It’s pretty common these days for scales to come with a body fat reader, which uses bioelectrical impedance to estimate your body weight. Again, this isn’t the most accurate, but it can be a useful data point.

Photo Comparison

While it won’t be particularly useful for tracking changes week to week, you can compare your photographs every few months or so to the following chart to estimate your body fat percentage.

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]]> Here’s How to Know if You Have a Healthy Body Fat Percentage https://yourdailysportfix.com/heres-how-to-know-if-you-have-a-healthy-body-fat-percentage/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:48:38 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=6623 Body fat percentage can tell a lot about how healthy you are. So many people will say that the lower, the better, but that doesn’t really apply in this case. People who have extremely low levels of body fat can face a number of health issues. Going over the limits is not healthy in any […]

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]]> Body fat percentage can tell a lot about how healthy you are. So many people will say that the lower, the better, but that doesn’t really apply in this case. People who have extremely low levels of body fat can face a number of health issues. Going over the limits is not healthy in any way or form as well. Here’s how you can know whether your numbers are within the good range.

The body fat percentage for men and women is not the same. In other words, ladies do have higher numbers, even when they are very fit because they need it for their bodies to properly function. These numbers help with the good health of the reproductive system. If your numbers are 21-33% when you’re 20-39 years, that sounds great. In the next two decades, the scale goes from 23% to 35%. And finally, from 60 to 79 years, these numbers should be between 24% and 36%.

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Back day = litπŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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For men, you will notice that the numbers go significantly lower. From 20 to 39 years your body fat percentage should be between 8% and 20%. During the following two decades you can vary from 11% to 22%. And, men from 60 to 75 years can vary 13% to 25% body fat.

Lower and higher levels of body fat can be dangerous, so with a proper lifestyle, a healthy diet, and a good fitness regimen you’ll be able to keep them normal.

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