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What is a good InBody score?

How the InBody score is calculated, why 80 is the reference point, why online score charts disagree, and how to use your score as a trend. By the UnReal Gym Bangkok team.

By the UnReal Gym Bangkok team. Updated 2026-10-06.

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Short answer

InBody sets the baseline score at 80, the reference for a standard body at your height. More muscle than that standard and less fat add points, the reverse takes points off. Published bands such as 70 to 79 for good differ between sources, so read your own score as a trend, not a grade.

How is the InBody score calculated?

InBody's help desk describes five steps:

  1. The scanner works out a standard weight from your height and a desirable BMI, set at 22 kg per square metre for men and 21.5 for women.
  2. It sets an ideal body composition for that standard weight: 15 percent fat for men and 23 percent for women, the rest lean mass.
  3. It compares your lean body mass with the standard.
  4. It compares your body fat mass with the standard.
  5. It applies the differences to a baseline score of 80.

Points are added to 80 when your lean mass is above the standard or your fat mass is below it, and taken off when muscle is lacking or fat is above it.

Is 80 a good InBody score?

80 is the reference point, not a pass mark. InBody says scores above 80 are considered to have a positive body composition balance, and scores below 80 a less balanced composition of muscle and fat. The help article we read gives no further bands and no average for the population.

So above 80 means your muscle and fat sit better against InBody's standard for your height. Below 80 means there is room to add muscle, lose fat, or both.

Why do online InBody score charts disagree?

Because the bands are interpretations, not InBody's definition. On 6 October 2026 we opened two pages on inbody.in, InBody's India site. One lists 80 to 100 as excellent, 70 to 79 as good, 60 to 69 as average, 50 to 59 as below average and under 50 as needing attention. Another lists below 70 as poor, 70 to 79 as average, 80 to 89 as good and 90 and above as excellent. Same score, different label.

Use the calculation above as the fixed point. Treat any colour coded chart as one person's reading of it.

What should you look at besides the score?

The score is a summary of two things: muscle and fat compared with a standard for your height. Look at those two directly on your sheet, in the muscle and fat comparison: skeletal muscle mass and body fat mass.

A score can move because you gained muscle, lost fat, or both. The two numbers tell you which. The scale cannot.

For the numbers behind the score, see our guides to the InBody result sheet and healthy body fat percentage ranges.

How do you raise your InBody score?

The score rises with more muscle or less fat relative to the standard, and the habits that do that are not mysterious.

  • Lift with progression. The American College of Sports Medicine position stand on resistance training for healthy adults recommends novices train 2 to 3 days a week using loads around 8 to 12 repetition maximum, with load increased 2 to 10 percent once the current load gets easy. Our beginner weight training programme turns that into a plan.
  • Eat enough protein. The International Society of Sports Nutrition says 1.4 to 2.0 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight per day is sufficient for most exercising people to build and keep muscle. Our shop guide to how much protein per day works it out for your weight.
  • Use a modest calorie gap to lose fat. The ISSN says diets focused on fat loss are driven by a sustained calorie deficit, and slower rates of loss can better preserve lean mass in leaner people.

Read more in body recomposition.

Does the UnReal InBody challenge use the score?

The challenge entry form asks for the InBody score printed on your sheet, plus your weight and height. Rules, dates and prizes change by part, so read the current ones on the InBody challenge page rather than here.

Sources

This page is general information, not medical advice.

Updated 2026-10-06