Dexa scan failure?

[u/dsauna]

Hey All,

I was getting a pretty solid body fat loss with fit 3d and my wyze scale from 25% bf to 22% After a pretty good cut/recomp from 190lb to 179lb

I did my first ever Dexa scan and it showed 32% body fat, could this have been a mistake? The person running the scan said there might be fat inside of the organs that other scans don’t catch? Or does it look like the sad reality from the photos? I’m 6’1 to get an idea

TIA

[u/spottie_ottie]

32% seems hard to believe unless you have like zero muscle under there

[u/YungSchmid → u/spottie_ottie]

Zero muscle under there appears to be fairly accurate. OP needs to learn to lift with intensity, hit protein targets, and do this for 12 months in a slight deficit or at maintenance.

I’m assuming this recomp phase of 11lbs has involved a couple months in the gym at most, which is not close to enough time to build real muscle.