fat percentage test?
a group of us went to the gym today and we did a test where they can tell you your bodyfat percentage everyone had a normal percentage apart from me and my brother my body fat percentage was 1% and my brothers was 0% why was our percentages so low? were both perfectly healthy and not skinny or anything
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- your just naturally muscular. muscle isn't fat but weighs more than fat.
- Im soo jealous of you. I have like 20 something. Yup, 100% body fat! Haha!!!
- the method of testing that they used was highly inaccurate for your body composition. no doubt they used some sort of cheap bioelectric impedance measuring device. you need to get a 7-point caliper test performed. rest assured neither you or your brother are even close to 1% and 0% body fat.
- The third poster is right. The test is inaccurate (even if you are extremely lean). Here is some info on the different ways of measuring body compostition. http://www.spartafit.com/articles/measuring%20body%20composition.html
- If your brother had 0% body fat he would be dead. What sort of test did you have? Callipers, body fat scales? Sometimes the results aren't 100% accurate, especially with the lower body fat percentages. Unless you are really buff or really skinny, your body fat percentage will be a lot higher than that! HTH.
