| greenmedic88 said: Many professional (or high level competition) athletes have body fat percentages in the single digits, almost down to the essential body fat levels (under 5% for men). With that little fat, it takes a lot of muscle tissue to put an athlete into the "overweight" category, even according to the BMI system. But these are the individuals for which the BMI system does not really apply to, rather than the guy who may lift a lot of weights, but still has a significant amount of body fat (over 20% is considered unhealthy). It's still possible to be "normal" weight under the BMI system and still have an unhealthy percentage of body fat if you have very low muscle mass. |
Actually body fat percentage of 20 is normal. Not many professional athletes have single digit fat percentages.
