Muscle mass percentage, a measure of body composition, expresses the proportion of skeletal muscle in relation to total body mass. It’s often used in fitness, nutrition, and medical settings to assess muscle health and overall well-being.
Understanding your muscle mass percentage can help you track progress towards fitness goals, optimize nutrition, identify muscle imbalances, and monitor health conditions that affect muscle mass. A significant historical development in this field was the introduction of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), a non-invasive method for estimating body composition, including muscle mass percentage.