what's your body fat percentage?

[seasiren]

[quote="vegan hal"]me, i have no clue my BF%. heck, i don't even know my weight. would like to find out both someday.

[erske]

Did a impedance measurement a couple of years back, was around 11%, figure I'm about the same now.

[slodki]

16 is low for a woman, but it was 12 when i was 17...

[mabli]

Well Im a whopping 17% thanks to my enormous boobs lol

[ultra_whippet]

5%. Although I did bulk up to 6 a while back.....

[quote="vegan hal"][quote="Alistar"]

I imagine I'd be around 12%. Quite glad I've put a bit of weight on recently as I was too light before. Feel a lot stronger because of it.

[chronyx]

[quote="mabli"]Well Im a whopping 17% thanks to my enormous boobs lol

[wannalift]

Around 12% at the moment. Currently trying to bulk up as I lost a lot of upper body strength/muscle from a 6-month shoulder impingement. Got about 85% of my strength back and starting to do complexes again to get my conditioning up. Hope to be over 100% in terms of strength and around 8% bf by the fall.

[ninearms]

[quote="wannalift"]Around 12% at the moment. Currently trying to bulk up as I lost a lot of upper body strength/muscle from a 6-month shoulder impingement.

[divergirl]

Well I do know the answer to this Q actually cos I just did my 12 week challenge at the gym and we did body fat measurements (caliper pinches + tape measure) each month throughout the challenge. I lost a whopping 7.5% body fat during the 12 weeks wahoo - and now sit at a respectable 23.5%. I was shocked to find at the beginning that I was just under the obese range for body fat % for my age - eeeek. Now in the healthy fitness range, happy with that but hoping to go down as I build muscle.

I do agree tho that what looks good on one person might look totally different on another. It all indicates a measure of health. One point to note with caliper measuring - we had different personal trainers at one of the measuring days - diff results that week - as in waaaay diff for some people - 9cm's more in pinch tests for some. It's important to stick with the same person measuring and/or the exact same place for measuring otherwise the results can get skewed!

I hope to measure again after I've been at it on my own for about 3 months to check progress.....

[quote="ninearms"][quote="wannalift"]Around 12% at the moment. Currently trying to bulk up as I lost a lot of upper body strength/muscle from a 6-month shoulder impingement.

[Euphoric]

16,9% (caliper method)

[shown mikel]

For measurement of bodyfat--either an electrical impedance device or calipers. You can also get a DEXA scan in some places, or use a BodPod or other hydrostatic weighing device. The latter two methods require going to some location like a gym or doctor's office, whereas the former can be purchased and used at home.