Muscle mass scales: How do they work and which one to choose for best body composition metrics?

Monitoring your muscle mass is crucial for anyone focused on health and fitness, whether you're trying to lose weight, build muscle, or maintain your current physique. Withings offers a range of body composition scales that provide accurate and current data to help you track your body fat and muscle percentage, skeletal muscle, and other vital metrics.

The importance of tracking muscle mass and body fat percentage

Understanding your body fat and muscle percentage is essential for a comprehensive view of your health. Muscle mass scales, like those from Withings, use bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure body composition, body mass index, body fat, muscle mass, bone density, and body water percentage. This method provides a detailed breakdown of your body composition, including body fat mass, and lean body mass (fat-free body weight). By tracking these metrics, you can make informed decisions about your diet and exercise routines, ensuring you maintain your weight (or improve weight loss) and your overall health and fitness.

How to get started: Entering your weight and height in the Withings app

To ensure the most accurate readings from your Withings muscle mass scale and a precise body mass index, it's essential to input your height and weight into the Withings app. This initial setup allows the scale to calibrate and provide precise body composition metrics tailored to your unique profile. Simply open the Withings app, navigate to the settings, and enter your height and weight. This step is crucial for obtaining reliable data on your muscle mass, body fat percentage, and other vital health metrics, helping you make informed decisions about your fitness and wellness journey.

Choosing the right Withings body composition scale for you

Selecting the ideal body composition scale depends on your specific health and fitness goals: 


- Body Smart: Perfect for those looking for a way to track their health, offering essential metrics like body fat percentage and muscle mass.


- Body Comp: Ideal for fitness enthusiasts seeking advanced metrics such as body fat mass, lean body mass, and basal metabolic rate. This scale provides an Electrodermal Activity Score and Vascular Age.


- Body Scan: The ultimate tool for health enthusiasts, offering segmental body composition analysis to analyze the composition of the torso, arms, and legs, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) for heart health monitoring. It’s ideal for those who need precise and detailed body composition metrics to optimize their health and fitness.


Each of this scale comes with a high-strength tempered glass platform and an easy-to-read screen, and is easy to use. By choosing the right body fat scale, you can effectively track your muscle mass, body fat percentage, and other body composition metrics, helping you achieve your health and fitness goals with accuracy and integrity.