for real? Seems like the unluckiest guy in the world
Story was 135lbs. I have heard as low as 95lbs.
5 is an attractive number. Its like people only have the volume on their cars stereo set to even numbers - AND 5.
No joke: the base 10 system limits so many people.
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Yea, but 7 is perfection! 14 is double perfection!
Is 21% triple perfection, because I think I might be onto something
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There’s a point of diminishing returns, very similar to a triple-dog dare. Nobody quadruple dog dares. That’s just dumb.
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Dude - a side from it being a silly goal anyway; I’m not sure you are aware of the MASSIVE toll dropping to 5% body fat takes.
I can not talk from experience - but there are guy on there that can. And maybe they will chip in. But from what I know second hand - its not just hunger. You’re body thinks its dying. No word of a lie. At 5% body fat you have convinced your body to burn all but a tiny amount of its reserve fuel. You think people will care. But you’ll be too busy in the corner trying to put on a second jumper as your body reduces its core temp, but you wont be able to to due to brain fog. And even if you did manage conversation you’ll be a grumpy mess.
5% body fat is not “The Dream”. Its the nightmare.
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I used to fight Muay Thai at 132. It’s not worth being that small, and if I had people around me who encouraged me to bulk up, I’m sure I woulda had more power. I never scored a knockdown or KO.
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Actually, and I apologise to break this to you, 5/7 is perfect.
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5% BF is low for a IFBB pro. Some get to 4% and are considered very lean (but that is for like a week or so). Greg Doucette says he wouldn’t stay at 5% for a year for $100K (he might have said 1 million, can’t recall). He said he would do it if it meant winning an Olympia.
I think this summarizes the situation. Nobody will care, or be able to verify, that you are 5% BF even if you achieve that “goal”. So, just tell people you are. This will show you:
- How few people care what BF you are.
- How few people are calibrated enough in BF % to have any feel for what a number like that means.
- How many people will assume that by telling them that and by your appearance, you are looking for sympathy for the disease you have contracted.
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But what I need to know is am i ripped
No bro, you’re shredded.
You are lean. Ripped IMO means lean and good amount of muscle.
I would not call Bruce Lee ripped either. He was lean, but not ripped.
Have you ever heard that most people don’t care about abs on a guy who is under 150 lbs? It is kinda true especially here (maybe if the guy is 5’2" at 150 with abs they will care). Sure some really just want lean (you), but most here at least want size too. I want to look big both with my shirt on and off. I like looking like a big person, but to each his own.
You may just not be in the right forum for what you are going after.
That would be enough. Even at 200lbs, 250lbs or more, most don’t give a fuc$. From N=1, more people care more about how muscular than how lean you are.
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I tend to agree, but personally I live in a hot place, 15 kms from the beach, so abs are nice.
lol im with you on this, dude must have cut off a leg to drop 30 lbs that quick. Or He is a few cards short of a full deck is more likely based on his responses and line of questioning.
buddy, stop all this crazy “am i ripped”
My 9 year old daughter has a very similar physique, shes VERY skinny, ripped, no, just skinny. You cant call that dried out stomach a 6pack, just no.
Go get some therapy amigo, im thinking you have some major body dis-morphia issues topped off with maybe anorexia? ether way, you dont look healthy.
