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Do you know your body fat %?

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Whoever thinks they're 2-4%, you're not. You need 2-3% just to LIVE, and maintaining 4% would be practically impossible...your life would probably have to revolve around eating the correct diet and working out to maintain that.
 
5'11" 191 pounds. no clue what my BF% is, but it's probably high. Getting close to 30 and being married tend to add to your BF for some reason. I was 25 lbs lighter before I met my wife....sheesh. Man, I'm a whale, lol.
 
Originally posted by: chinkee
for those who think i'm bs'ing, i got it professionally done. i usually drop to that much right before a competition (i do tae kwon do). here's a dated pic of me, but this is what i usually look like (but with slightly bigger chest and arms)

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dhwang/mine/1sambas.jpg

i'm on the left
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Um, just b/c it's professionally done doesn't mean it was accurate. Your abs aren't BB-class defined, who are 5-6% at competition level. You have no striation on your chest or shoulders or arms. That's definitely not 3.5% BF. You're probably around 9% in that picture.
 
i wasn't measured w/ calipers. i was at the health center and had to sit in this egg shaped device which was curtained off while they ran this computer on me. i did it for fun last year b/c all fitness instructors were allowed to get it done for free, but usually i heard that it costs like 60 bucks
 
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: chinkee
for those who think i'm bs'ing, i got it professionally done. i usually drop to that much right before a competition (i do tae kwon do). here's a dated pic of me, but this is what i usually look like (but with slightly bigger chest and arms)

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dhwang/mine/1sambas.jpg

i'm on the left
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Um, just b/c it's professionally done doesn't mean it was accurate. Your abs aren't BB-class defined, who are 5-6% at competition level. You have no striation on your chest or shoulders or arms. That's definitely not 3.5% BF. You're probably around 9% in that picture.
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if you don't believe me, that's cool. perhaps you're the expert around here. its not worth arguing about anyways.
 
Originally posted by: chinkee
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: chinkee
for those who think i'm bs'ing, i got it professionally done. i usually drop to that much right before a competition (i do tae kwon do). here's a dated pic of me, but this is what i usually look like (but with slightly bigger chest and arms)

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dhwang/mine/1sambas.jpg

i'm on the left
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Um, just b/c it's professionally done doesn't mean it was accurate. Your abs aren't BB-class defined, who are 5-6% at competition level. You have no striation on your chest or shoulders or arms. That's definitely not 3.5% BF. You're probably around 9% in that picture.
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if you don't believe me, that's cool. perhaps you're the expert around here. its not worth arguing about anyways.
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I'm not an expert, it's just my opinion. I'm too lazy to try to get my BF in the single digits - yours definitely is, just not 3.5% bf. Props on that :beer:😀:beer:
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
My sister bought a body-fat-calculating scale this weekend and I decided to try it out. Here's what I am:

5'09"
129 lbs.
11.0% body fat

😀
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Man you are boney.

Toula eat something 🙂
 
I just had mine tested, using both the calipers and the the electric-charge device. calipers said I have around 7%, and the other device gave me an error saying it was out of range. Its range goes down to 5%, so it obviously thought I had less. The people guessed I have 6-7% and were very worried about my state of health until I told them I run 60 miles a week 😉
 
5' 8"

140lbs

~8 maybe 9%

I play a lot of sports on the side 🙂-P wrestling baseball swimming) wrestling demands very low body fat but iquit wrestling last year for baseball.

-Kevin
 
6'3' 230lbs - 11-13%. I have to agree with all of the people who say 2-4% is impossible, because it is. Unless you're suffering from some kind of debilitating disease you MUST have more then 2-4% to survive. And the same person claiming to haev 2-4% also claims 17% for men would be borderline high? 15-17 is the suggested bf for men.
 
I'm 5'11" and 200 lbs.

I've gained weight since I started riding bicycles up and down mountains for fun.... I think each thigh is at least 5 lbs heavier than it used to be.

I have no idea what my body fat percentage is.
 
5'5"
168lbs
16%

With winter coming, so starts my numbing outdoor training. With a little luck, I'll be down to 12% by the start of spring & still have my fingers. 🙂
 
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