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Weight a Minute...How Accurate is Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)?
Various ways to assess body fat percentage, a subject near and dear to most wrestlers.
Recently we've become more interested in the weight certification process. For all you nerdy types out there, here's a study of BIA v. other methods for determining body fat proportion. BIA is the method used in most situations for assessing a wrestler's fat percentage. The references at the end of the article are also very informative. Enjoy!
High School Wrestlers -- Fat % by Minimum Weight Class 2015-16 and 2014-2015
How fat are high school wrestlers? It depends...
We looked at over 190,000 high school wrestlers in the 2015-2016 season and found an average fat percentage at certification of 16.6%. By minimum weight class, the average fat percentage is:
No big surprises here, just a good set of numbers to have handy. We'll take another look next season.
Addendum (4/15/16)
We also went back and looked at 2014-2015. Slightly smaller sample size, but otherwise very similar:
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