Where does my weight come from?
I weigh quite a lot and I am trying to lose weight.
I am currently 6 feet tall and my weight is 216 pounds, which is clearly too much.
I have been working out doing mainly clap pushups, pullups, and throwing a medicine ball and playing basketball
I have never lifted weights in my life.
The thing is, I am not really that fat, and I recently got my body fat measured from a doctor, with it coming out around 18%, which is ridiculous. It would give me an FFMI (Fat Free Mass Index) of 23.48, without ever lifting weights or anything like that.
Something has to be wrong.
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Your 'natural' body-mass percentages are hugely affected by genetics. Your hormone levels control how much muscle-mass you will have with any given level of activity.
It's entirely possible you're genetically gifted. If you start lifting weights more regularly, and get a solid plan for your diet, you could end-up being quite muscular.
The flip side is the body-fat % test might be waaayyyy off. Was it a body-caliper test? They can have major discrepancies, even when done by a doctor.
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