What is Body Composition?

What is body composition?

Body composition is an important measure of a person's overall health and fitness. Not only is it used by every day people, but also strict athletes.

It is important to athletes because extra body weight slows you down. A sprinter can run a lot faster without any dead weight. So what can losing your dead weight do for you?

Lowering your percentage of body fat can help make life easier. It will make the tasks you normally participate in less strenuous. Something as simple as walking can be made much easier by lowering your body fat.

Anyone participating in a weight loss program should assess their body fat percentage. Even those of you participating in a muscle weight gaining program will benefit from knowing this measurement.

Body mass is not enough. Some athletes, especially those with high muscle mass, would find themselves in an obese or overweight category with heigt and weight charts.

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The following articles will help you learn how:

How to Calculate Body Fat - A number of methods exist for figuring out your percent body fat. Find out which methods are worth you time and effort.

Body Fat Scales - Learn about one of the easiest and most convenient way to determine body fat.

Body Fat Calipers - Learn about skinfold testing for calculating body fat.

BMI Chart & BMI Calculator - Calculate you BMI with our BMI chart and our FREE BMI Calculator.

What is Obesity? - How can it affect your life and what you can do to change.