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thelonghouse
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I have recently acquired one of new fangled sets of weighing scales that
measures, amongst other things, body fat. I was then quite surprised that
the results were higher than I expected.
I am a 36 yr old male height 183 cm, weight 63 kg (BMI of about 19). I
cycle approx. 50 hilly miles per day (5 days a week). So although I don't
do much upper body exercise I certainly don't have any excess fat. However,
according to the scales my body fat is nearly 17%. Certainingly in the
normal range but much higher than I was expecting! I had a go with some of
the on-line calculators using height, weight, waist and obtained values
from -2% (?) to 10%. The 10% mark is roughly what I was expecting.
My diet is probably not as good as it could be. To be honest I have enough
difficulty taking in sufficient calories for my daily ride. So maybe diet
accounts for some of it. However, I was wondering what other cyclists
experience of these sort of devices are and what else affects the results on
these machines?
Thanks,
Gordon
measures, amongst other things, body fat. I was then quite surprised that
the results were higher than I expected.
I am a 36 yr old male height 183 cm, weight 63 kg (BMI of about 19). I
cycle approx. 50 hilly miles per day (5 days a week). So although I don't
do much upper body exercise I certainly don't have any excess fat. However,
according to the scales my body fat is nearly 17%. Certainingly in the
normal range but much higher than I was expecting! I had a go with some of
the on-line calculators using height, weight, waist and obtained values
from -2% (?) to 10%. The 10% mark is roughly what I was expecting.
My diet is probably not as good as it could be. To be honest I have enough
difficulty taking in sufficient calories for my daily ride. So maybe diet
accounts for some of it. However, I was wondering what other cyclists
experience of these sort of devices are and what else affects the results on
these machines?
Thanks,
Gordon