How To Measure Your Body Fat Percentage
If figuring out your optimal weight is difficult, then trying to understand body fat percentages can be downright impossible!
It’s tough to calculate, tougher to track, and often misunderstood.
So I am going to do my best to answer some pretty common questions:
- What the %@$# is body fat percentage?
- How much body fat should I have?
- When is it important to calculate it?
This is a bit of a dry topic, so I am going to do my best to not ramble on and on like normal be concise as possible, and if you make it through to the end I have a prize for you. So let’s get going!
What Is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
Even though I feel that the Body Mass Index (BMI) is outdated (and basically a waste of time), I wanted to start with this as it is still a common measurement taken in the healthcare industry here in the United States.
If you go to a doctor for a check-up, they will probably calculate your BMI.
Body Mass Index uses something called the Quetelet Index to determine whether you are underweight, normal, overweight, or obese by calculating the ratio of your height to weight.