Do you know your body fat %?

My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

 

[Ketteringo]

I dont know.

 

[MastaTam]

Originally posted by: jumpr
My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

d@mn you're a twig... I'm 5'8", 140lbs, 14% body fat and I'm considered skinny.

 

[Balt]

I was about 7.5% (using calipers) a little over a year ago. Probably about the same now.

 

[Leukocyte]

5'8", 160lbs, 8.5% body fat as of 3 months ago, measured with a bioelectrical impedance test.

 

[PunDogg]

6'4" 190 10%

Dogg

those under 8, why do you keep it under 8?? do you body build cuz you could be messing up your hormones with the lack of fat.

Dogg

 

[MisfitsFiend]

so 42% is bad?? Just kidding...

 

[OMGoddess]

5' 4" 145lbs 6.9%.

 

[m1ke101]

Originally posted by: jumpr
My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

Holy crap man go eat a sandwich

Oh yeah, those body fat scales aren't very accurate so you may or may not be 11%. But judging by your numbers you probably have a very low bf%.

I'm 5'10"
153lbs
11%bf

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: PunDogg
6'4" 190 10%

Dogg

those under 8, why do you keep it under 8?? do you body build cuz you could be messing up your hormones with the lack of fat.

Dogg

I don't try to keep it under 8%, it just happens that way.

I try to do weight training at least 3 days a week (though I've been slacking off lately), but gaining weight has always been a very difficult thing for me to do.

 

[screw3d]

5' 11", 160lbs, 8-12%

I did calipers, the electrolytes thing, and the dunk-you-in-a-pool thing (can't remember the names)

 

[BatmanNate]

6'0" 170 9.6 last time I checked, been awhile though.

 

[xcript]

No.

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: jumpr
My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

I also have a scale.

As of this morning:
5' 9"
178lb
21% body fat

 

[Martin]

6'4"
210lb
~25%

Yeah, its a lot, but it used to be 33%. Plan is to get it to 15% by end of calendar year.

 

[Yossarian]

88%

 

[bradruth]

6'5"
250lbs
~20%

 

[TechnoKid]

10% to 11% it varies depending on when i measure myself.

 

[goog40]

Originally posted by: m1ke101

Originally posted by: jumpr
My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

Holy crap man go eat a sandwich

Oh yeah, those body fat scales aren't very accurate so you may or may not be 11%. But judging by your numbers you probably have a very low bf%.

I'm 5'10"
153lbs
11%bf

Do you know about how much variation there is in the accuracy of body fat scales?

5'7"
135
no idea

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: goog40

Do you know about how much variation there is in the accuracy of body fat scales?

5'7"
135
no idea

comparing different methods for measuring body fat

 

[SWScorch]

don't know for sure, but many people guess I'm in the 7-8% range.

5'10"
127 pounds

yes I'm a skinny mofo

 

[johnjbruin]

6'0"
210
no idea but wild guess is its more than 25%

 

[Pakky]

5.1% back in high school. A bit more than that now.

-Pak

 

[Cobalt]

Take the scale results with a grain of salt. Those are horribly, horribly, inaccurate.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: cobalt
Take the scale results with a grain of salt. Those are horribly, horribly, inaccurate.

DEXA and underwater estimation are about the only things more accurate than the digital BIA scales.