How much body fat rate is normal for many friends now. After all, for friends who are exercising to lose weight, body fat rate is the only sign to measure the effect of losing weight, so this topic has become the focus of discussion. Let's see how to know how much body fat we have.

How normal is the body fat rate?

Many friends doubt how normal the body fat rate is. In the past, according to the needs of health and physiological function, adult healthy body fat rate was divided into two parts: essential body fat and healthy body fat. The rate of essential body fat is 3% ~ 8% for men and 12% ~ 14% for women. The essential fat rate of human body refers to the fat necessary to meet the physiological function of human body. The healthy body fat rate is 15% ~ 20% for men and 25% ~ 30% for women. Healthy body fat refers to the normal body fat rate. Men's body fat rate exceeds 20% and women's body fat rate exceeds 30%, which can be regarded as obesity.

How to know your body fat?

Body fat percentage is one of the important criteria for measuring obesity. Generally speaking, the percentage of male body fat is between 15 ~ 18%, which is a reasonable and normal range. Normal female friends have a body fat rate of 25-28%. If it exceeds this range, it may be obesity. If you want to know your body fat rate, you can buy an individual fat scale or go to a gym hospital for measurement.

Should we lose fat or gain muscle first when the body fat rate is high?

It varies from person to person.

At present, there is no accurate answer to the topic of whether to lose fat or gain muscle first for high body fat rate, but I don't recommend that you gain muscle and lose fat at the same time, because the effect will not be ideal. If you like a strong physique, you choose to build muscles. If you like slim abdominal muscles, you choose to lose fat, depending on what you like.