Wednesday, July 7, 2010

How To Calculate The Weight Of Body Fat And Lean Body Mass

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If you really want to keep track of your progress, then you have to separate your total weight to pounds of muscle and pounds of fat. Then you can keep track of your body fat percentage, your overall weight, lean body mass (total weight of all your body tissues except fat,) and fat weight. Your lean body mass (LBM) is mostly muscle and if you keep track of your LBM, then you know if you have lost or gained muscle mass.



To find out your LBM you have to know your weight and body fat percentage. Here is an example:



John?s body weight is 210 pounds



His body fat percentage is 25 %



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0.25 * 210= 52.5 pounds of fat



210 - 52.5= 157.5 pounds of LBM



It is very important to also know your body fat weight and LBM. Now you can also find out what your ideal weight is. If you want to know your ideal body weight then you have to know your current weight, body fat percentage, lean body mass and your ideal body fat percentage.



Lets take John?s example again



Body weight is 210 pounds



Body fat percentage is 25%



His fat weight is 52.5 pounds



His LBM is 157.5 pounds



His target body fat percentage is 15 %



Here is how you can find that out. Determine your percentage of lean mass at your target body fat by subtracting your desired body fat from 1: (1-0.15=0.85). Then you divide your LBM which in our example was 157.5 pounds with 0.85.



157.5 : 0.85= 185.29 pounds



So John?s ideal bodyweight at 15 % is 185.29 pounds. That is how you can have a better overview of your progress. I hope that helped you out a little.