Using 30% fat I'm way below my sedentary TDEE. When I use a fat of 22% then Katch-McArdle get in the range of my TDEE for sedentary and Cunningham overestimates. I'm someone whose numbers don't add up: BMI of 21, body fat according to various calculators like the one above around 30-31.
is the multi-formula site, if you want to play with it to see if something similar is true with your numbers.Īh, just played with sailrabbit again.
That's what makes me think it could be a statistically/demographically estimated BF%. Is it the "Body Fat (BMI Method)" in the results of the first calculator? In my results, that value (34.5%, in my case) seems like it might be the body fat percent that might be statistically inferred from BMI & age.įor example, putting it another way, if I put that body fat percent into one of the BMI calculators that will use BF% (such as Sailrabbit), I get a BMR result similar to what I'd get if I just put in my age/weight/height but no BF% (if I let it assume a BF%, in effect) but if I put in a more realistic BF% estimate for me, I get a higher BMI estimate (not surprisingly). I get 19.8 body fat (athlete!) But 31% BMI - so I am not following? I would guess realistically I'm around 22-24% body What do you mean by 31% BMI? If you care enough, there's a thread with photos in the thread linked below, though there have been some minor changes since those photos: Lost a couple of pounds-ish (depending on which day you ask), and ramped up my exercise schedule the past several months, so I may look a little different at this moment, dunno. (I'm not stressed about my appearance in any way, BTW: I'm fine with me as I am, and try to be frank and realistic in thinking/talking about body stuff here.) My muscle development is not balanced, in that most of it comes from rowing (boats, as much as possible), not from a well-rounded lifting program. My upper body looks more defined, when I flex (avatar I'd call semi-flexed), except for the parts that look bony much more of lower body still looks a bit flab-ish. I don't know whether it's the influence of genetics, or decades of exposure to gravity, but most of my remaining body fat stores are below my rib cage, and generally above mid-thigh. Reread the part of my post where I said "upper body looks teens-ish, lower looks mid/upper 20s"? ?? If that's your photo in the avatar I would think you'd be below 20% based on muscle definition. I don't have what I'd consider an *accurate* comparative, but I'd guess somewhere lower half of 20s from comparison with photos on sites designed for that (upper body looks teens-ish, lower looks mid/upper 20s), and my 2-point BIA scale consistently estimates around 23% +/-.ĮTA results from the gymgoal calculator linked in a post below, FWIW: