Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team on CMT

[*winter*]

Last season they didn't do the body fat analysis. Each year before, they did it in a different "state of the art" way. Irony being, on one season they told the girls that "10-15% is the desired range" and were aghast at one girl who was 16%.

Then on the next season, it's all about the body scan, and the girls should be "between 22-26%" and the doctor who read the scans is smiling at everyone who is at like 25%. This is the season where they told the girl she was underweight- but she was at 16%. Go figure.

I just re-watched this earlier this week, because I remembered there being a huge discrepancy. I'm inclined to think the machines that read the girls around 13-15% were correct. If a DCC has 26% body fat, well...those shorts wouldn't look so great.

Granted, 10-15% is low, but still can be healthy if the girl is an athlete who takes care of herself nutritionally. 26% is more heading to the unhealthy range. If they are going to give out information, they should be consistent. Can you imagine, being the girl who diets and exercises all year to be at 15%, now all of a sudden, she's too thin?

ETA: Not that I'm THAT interested in the DCC's Body fat levels...it's just that 1) I'm a scientist and seeing that range of numbers makes me wonder what changed/question the accuracy of the readings and 2) I am pretty familiar with BF since measuring people's BF was part of my job in the military.