Bodyfat Percentages for Women

[wilson6]

3% is possible in women contest ready.

I did DEXA, UW and skinfold measures on a few pros back in the mid-late 90's. Had them around 4 - 5% on all measures and they were not quite as ripped as some of the women today. One just under 4% and she was ripped.

Had to use an athletic men's SF formula on the women because the women's formulas had them as a negative percent body fat.

W6

 

[Griz1]

Had to use an athletic men's SF formula on the women because the women's formulas had them as a negative percent body fat.

W6

Well, what I forgot that I knew what I'm adding here which iswhat you basically hit on the head. (Quimby "In light of these new facts which I now realize I was largely aware...")

It comes down to formula used, and there's a few of them out there. I notice that alot of skin fold calculation formulas in the US tend to show on the "low side". In Canada, our department of health (Health Canada) has revised the formula a few times resulting in different figures depending on the formula used. As a result, if you were using our formula, you'd basically be an starving Ethiopian at 3%. So I'd hazard a guess that at 3% with an "American" measurement, by our Health Canada standard formula, you'd likely come in around 5 or 6%.

Mind you, I've never heard of anyone getting hydrostatically tested at 3%. Only time I hear of anyone at that bf is when they do a skin fold calculation. Has anyone been hydro'd at that level on this board??????

So I still disagree. But it's all relative anyway. What do you look like on stage? That's the real test isn't it?

 

[Tink!]

wow, just wanted to say thank you, i have been wondering this myself!!! :0)