Men retain the greatest level of body fat in their abdominal area. Women retain the greatest level of body fat in their hips and thighs. It 's considered unhealthy for men to have a body fat percentage below 3 percent and women to have a body fat percentage below 11 percent. Banish these from your mind if you want to set yourself on a course for greater fitness and health. Myth number 1 is that fat can be turned into muscle, or vice versa.
Muscle is a tissue and fat is a substance.
Therefore muscle and fat cannot create one another. Myth number 2 is that if you weigh more on the scale, you must be overweight. This is untrue. In other words, you can increase your actual body weight without increasing your body fat. You can even increase your body weight and at the same time decrease your percentage of body fat.