how do I figure out my LBM?

[LeeJunFan]

is that just my weight?

 

[chewyxrage]

find out what your bodyfat percentage is, then subtract the amount of fat your carrying from your actual bodyweight.

the result is your LBM

 

[anthrax]

LBM = Body weight X (100 - %fat)

 

[bran987]

I made a spreadsheet you can play with about this very thing.

Body Composition Spreadsheet

 

[LeeJunFan]

find out what your bodyfat percentage is, then subtract the amount of fat your carrying from your actual bodyweight.

the result is your LBM

Is there anyway I can get an acuurate reading of my body fat% without having one of those body fat monitors, I don't have one!?!?!?
Thanx!

 

[onerepmaximum]

Hydrostatic is the most accurate, but you probably won't want to spend the jack for one. You can pick up a pair of cheap calipers. In my opinion, that is the second most accurate option. You can use the impedence machines or whatever, but they are effected by too many variables and they have always read way too high whenever I have done it.

For me, I weigh 177 and last night I was calipered at 4.3% BF. I mulitiply 177 x .043 and it comes back with 7.6. That's how many pounds of fat I am carrying. 177 - 7.6 is my LBM which includes, muscle, bone, organs, anything that is not fat.