Your reason for doing something is your motive. Your motive to go to school every day is to learn. Or maybe the thought of your parents' anger and a run-in with the truant officer is motive enough. The word motive comes from the Latin words motivus, meaning moving, and movere, meaning to move. Think of motive as the thing that moves you to act.
What is the average muscle mass? Muscle mass is important in maintaining a healthy body. Depending  on age and physical activity level, the average muscle mass  percentage lies between 38% and 54% for men a â¦ nd between 28% and 39%  for women.Answered. I don't know the average, but I am 26, and workout 4 times a week doing lots of cardio (an hour or more). I have 24% fat and 38% muscle. I think the average woman is 25- â¦ 30% muscle.
Women are believed to have more essential body fat than men because of childbearing and hormonal functions. In general, the total body fat percentage (essential plus storage fat) is between 12% and 15% for young men and between 25% and 28% for young women {Lohman, 1993 #4151} (see also table 13.1). Average percentages body fat for the general population and for various athletes are presented in table 13.2. Please keep in mind that these are only rough estimates. The term athletic in this context refers to sports where low body fat is an advantage.