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22%

22.0–22.9 body fat · female

22% Body Fat — Female (DEXA Verified Examples)

16

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22.022.7

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Twenty-two percent in women typically means little resting abdominal definition and a clear, athletic hip and glute pad. The waist is still tapered on most people in this band. Shoulders can show muscle if trained. The face looks like a typical fit adult. Lower abs may crease when sitting. Thighs have a soft layer that hides some separation. This is a densely populated athletic band — not stage-lean, not average-sedentary. Photographs here vary with glute development: more muscle reads as shaped, less muscle reads as simply slim. Compared with 18%, the abdomen is smoother and the hip circumference is larger for the same person. Compared with 26%, the waist is tighter and the midsection has less projection in profile. Ordinary indoor light is enough to see the hip-waist corner; studio lighting will not invent a six-pack. Cycle-related water can hide or reveal a faint upper-ab line from one week to the next without a new scan.

Entries

16 posts

  1. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    bikini competitor; blue-suit photos are where she started at 130.6lbs with 22.4 body fat according to Dexa scan; later photos in post are at lower weight; age unstated but adult-presenting

    female · 22% page · nov 2024

    open on reddit
  2. 22.6%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    PHASE 3 find. Hologic DEXA report image (UCD Sports Medicine, Sex F, Age 38, scan 10-19-2017, same day as post) reads Total Body pct Fat 22.6, overriding the OP text Dexa 22; hydrostatic 15 disregarded as non-DEXA; post also contains three loading front-flexed-back physique photos in sports bra and briefs; incidental find outside this session buckets

    female · 22% page · oct 2017

    open on community.myfitnesspal.com
  3. 22.5%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    After photo at 125 lb, DEXA 22.5%; 22.5 rounds half-up to 23; age unstated

    female · 22% page · dec 2022

    open on reddit
  4. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    DEXA 21 Jan 2019: 5ft9 139 lb 22.4%; before half of before/after image

    female · 22% page · jul 2019

    open on reddit
  5. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    Follow-up DEXA day before post = 22.4%; photo captioned June 23 148.5 lb

    female · 22% page · jun 2017

    open on reddit
  6. 22.5%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    Same poster, second DEXA the week before post = 22.5% (rounds half-up to 23); after photo

    female · 22% page · jul 2017

    open on reddit
  7. 22.0%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    165->122 lbs 7mo; title DEXA 39%->22%; after photo pairs with 22%

    female · 22% page · jan 2023

    open on reddit
  8. 22.5%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    xxfitness 27yo 5ft9 144lb; first DEXA 22.5% BF; NSFW-flagged ordinary physique photos; 22.5 rounds half-up to 23

    female · 22% page · oct 2018

    open on reddit
  9. 22.0%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    5ft9 144lb; DEXA current body fat 22pct after one year CrossFit; after half of before/after bikini pair

    female · 22% page · may 2022

    open on reddit
  10. 22.0%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    Late 30s mother of three, 4ft11; states 22% body fat per dexascan; three current sports-bra/briefs photos load; scan date not given so timing soft

    female · 22% page · aug 2025

    open on reddit
  11. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED

    5ft5 153lb; DEXA scan stated as current at 22.4%; one-year 2024 vs 2025 comparison photos load; age unstated but adult-presenting

    female · 22% page · nov 2025

    open on reddit
  12. 22.3%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    5ft6 female; Live Lean Rx DEXA trending report image: 1/31/2026 total mass 129.1lb, Total Fat 22.3% (5/31/2025 23.2%, 2/1/2025 30.5%); companion mirror photo in fitted tank+leggings said to be from about 2 months earlier at about 133lb, so ~2 month / 4lb gap

    female · 22% page · feb 2026

    open on reddit
  13. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    First DEXA: 24F, 174 cm, 94 kg, 22.4% BF - poster notes BMI would class her as obese despite very high muscle mass. Imgur album has the report plus several bra-and-underwear physique photos.

    female · 22% page · oct 2019

    open on reddit
  14. 22.4%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    Poster tabulates 2019-02-02: 114.5 lb, BF 22.4%, fat tissue 25.7 lb, lean 84.5 lb, Z-score -0.3 (vs 2018-09-09 at 112.7 lb / 24.2%). Age 24, 5ft4. Album carries the report plus NSFW-tagged sports-bra progress photos.

    female · 22% page · feb 2019

    open on reddit
  15. 22.7%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    27F 5ft1 114 lb, r/xxfitness; linked imgur album may-2017-dexa-scan-Rnde0 shows the scan report with Sex Female, measured 05/25/2017, Tissue percent Fat 22.7 and Total Body percent Fat 22.7 with Region percent Fat 21.7 noted as the other figure, followed by a contemporaneous mirror physique photo in a crop top and shorts, SFW; album verified loading 2026-08-11

    female · 22% page · may 2017

    open on reddit
  16. 22.3%

    body fat · dexa

    DEXA VERIFIED · SCAN IN POST

    5ft6 female stated; Live Lean Rx trending report: 22.3% on 1/31/2026 at 129.1 lb; physique photo approx 2 months earlier at ~133 lb per poster (soft contemporaneity); crosspost r/zepboundathletes/1qv0wsq deduped | R5 DUPLICATE of e_0602 (same post 1qv0w3p, same poster, same scan; re-indexed in a later session). e_0602 kept as canonical; this row flagged for removal by owner - do not count as a distinct scan.

    female · 22% page · feb 2026

    open on reddit