![]() ![]() The American Council on Exercise (ACE)* determined average fat percentages differ according to different categories and specific groups. Generally, however, women’s body fat generally hangs out more in their thigh and buttocks region and men’s body fat sets up shop more in their gut or stomach region. You can thank your ancestors for that one. Keep in mind- as individuals, we’ve all got different body types and genetics where fat collects and deposits where it may. Using our Styku Body Scan, you can determine exactly where those measurements fall as well as how much body fat percentage you’re actually carrying. One thing to consider is that body fat doesn’t show up or disappear in the same place on every body. ![]() For example: if a man weighs 190 lbs and has a total of 20 lbs of body fat, his body fat percentage (BF%) is 10.5 percent. Percentages can be a little tough to visualize- you’re not alone if you’ve ever wondered what an ideal body fat percentage looks like.īody Fat- is the amount of body fat divided by the total body weight (IE- everything else that isn’t fat- bone, muscle, organs, etc.) which is then listed as a percentage. Still, unless you’ve got a reference… numbers are just numbers. Which, of course, brings us to body fat percentage- that mystical number where sub 12% for guys and 20-ish% for the ladies gets you to “Hey… I look like that Guy/Girl in that magazine” land. Of course, not all body fat is bad and is, in fact, a natural and ESSENTIAL element to our physiology. Not that body fat doesn’t have its place but in excess it clogs things up, squeezes important organs and pretty much gives us an express ticket to low self confidence, illness and at worst an early out from this world to the next. We all want to burn it off and send it packing.
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