MUSCLE
More muscle gives you better strength, function, tone, helps prevent injury, and a faster metabolism. A lack of muscle does the opposite. It can leave you weak, not able to do certain things, looking soft, more prone to injury, and a slower metabolism.
Muscle mass decreases with age from 30 and onward around a rate of 5% per decade for people who don’t use their muscles in ways to maintain it or increase it such has through strength training. This age related loss of muscle and from a lack of proper use is known as sarcopenia.
DETERMINE YOUR MUSCLE MASS PERCENTAGE
Here are ways you can measure your muscle mass percentage.
1 BIA Scale: Buy a BIA scale, step on it, and it will estimate your muscle mass percentage.
2 Professional Muscle Mass Measurements: There are ways to professionally measure your muscle mass percentage that will give you an accurate result. These methods require going to a professional facility. These methods are DXA Scans, BIA scales, MRI scans, hydrostatic weighing, and more.
MUSCLE MASS PERCENTAGE CLASSIFICATION
Once you have your muscle mass percentage, look at the chart above and you can see which classification you fall into.
Look at the second chart, you will see the average muscle mass measured for each gender divided into age groups. Based on an almost 500 people sample size, men have approximately 40% muscle mass while women have approximately 30% muscle mass.
IMPROVE YOUR MUSCLE MASS PERCENTAGE
Reach out if you’d like help improving your muscle mass percentage through an exercise program and diet.
OVERALL HEALTH
Muscle mass percentage is 1 indicator of health. To get a more accurate overall condition of your health, do more health assessments. Next, do assessment 6 of 7, Blood Pressure.