I've heard over and over that body fat is much more a measure of fitness than the # pounds you weigh. So, a year ago when I got back into swimming and fitness goals I bought a good quality body and weight measuring scale. Both stats. have gone down over the year but my body fat still seems high compared to what I would expect the progress to be. I'm now 185 lbs. (34 yo, 5'11" tall) and 21% body fat. A year ago I was 205 and 28%. 21% seems high. I think many athletically minded people get to 10% or below??? Is there a web site or place to see what body fat goals or averages are for various fitness levels??? My goal is to eventuall knock off about 15 more pounds but have no clue what I should target as a body fat % goal. Any advice/information is appreciated! I would like to think the scale is broken but I don't think that is the case.
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Originally posted by Guppigirl
Does anyone out there know of good target percentages for women? I know it's considerably more than men.
-GG
I was waiting for somebody to answer this, and because it's not forthcoming yet, by default I will answer it, even though I paid less attention to women's conditions than men's.
I believe that the medical definition of body fat for an 'ideal' female, is 23%.
Olympic caliber female swimmers who train 6 hours per day for years, are at 15%.
Originally posted by Guppigirl
Does anyone out there know of good target percentages for women? I know it's considerably more than men.
-GG
I was waiting for somebody to answer this, and because it's not forthcoming yet, by default I will answer it, even though I paid less attention to women's conditions than men's.
I believe that the medical definition of body fat for an 'ideal' female, is 23%.
Olympic caliber female swimmers who train 6 hours per day for years, are at 15%.
