Muscle mass - What normal?
 

Hey everyone I still have 10 KG to go but this morning I stepped on a higher end Omron scale in a store and saw some interesting results.

At home I have a FitBit Aria scale and it only does mass and body fat.

This scale gave mass, body fat, BMI, muscle, recommended calorie intake and body age. I have the following data (FYI I am 34 years old and 165 CM, also last time I checked I was a male)

Body age: 36
BMI 25.5
Weight: 70.6kg
Muscle: 37.1%
Body Fat: 24.7%
Intake: 1645

My questions is while I can find MANY body fat calculators and graphs, I am having trouble finding any data on what's normal for muscle mass. Any sources or something I can work with would be great :)

EDIT: If I put this in the wrong section... my bad >_< just was not sure where it would belong

I have looked this up, myself, as my scale has these figures, and here some resources I use:

Here

and

Here.

I know everyone says this, so I feel like I should, but these scales aren't 100% accurate. However, I've used mine for over a year and seeing the trends can really be motivating (or depressing, as the case may be :)). So, don't focus too much on any given number, but plot them all and look for the overall movement.

It's important to remember that BMI is a flawed equation. It is not a true measure of health. The reason is that it does not differentiate between fat and fat free mass ie fat and muscle. You can have two people with identical BMIs. One may be very unfit while the other incredibly fit and strong.

Originally Posted by rkhan3366:
It's important to remember that BMI is a flawed equation. It is not a true measure of health. The reason is that it does not differentiate between fat and fat free mass ie fat and muscle. You can have two people with identical BMIs. One may be very unfit while the other incredibly fit and strong.

My understanding is the question isn't about BMI, but rather, normal muscle mass figures. These scales provide a muscle mass figure and if you don't know what the standard figures are, you don't know where you fall on the continuum.