In that case, I’m close to 20% 
I will speculate, because you show just one picture over and over :), but may be you are at the same range up to 15% - you have very low BF for female, but you are too skinny to be shredded. With more muscles on your body you will look brutal :).
But these % are so useless and worthless for one’s performance and hapiness, so I just practice my english here 
they are different pictures I just try really hard to do a good job of controlling the variables so positioning and lighting doesn’t get in the way of accurate assessment
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I know, just kidding :).
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You’re probably right. A lot of people say they are 10% but have no idea how lean 10% really is. Ive never been properly measured for bodyfat so I honestly have no idea. The number isn’t what I’m chasing, I just want to look lean
I think you’re right about that, too subjective in my opinion. Same thing with bodybuilding. I might try to get a lot leaner at some point, just for the sake of the experience, but doubt I’d get on stage.
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@Pinkylifting curious, what has your training looked like over the years? No reply is acceptable if it’s too much to write out but I’d be super interested in a broad strokes overview.
Broad strokes will have to do, not because it’s too much to write out but because I honestly can’t remember any specifics really lol.
Super varied.
14-16 just bodyweight stuff I could do at home, gyms here require you to be 16.
16-19 just bro splits, whatever was in the last month’s men’s fitness magazine.
19-22 still mostly bro lifting, various programs from T-nation articles.
22-25 alternating between bro splits, push pull legs etc, more volume on the assumption that more is more. Probably did some AGVT these years. I ran that a few times with good results.
25-27 a mix of my own programming and 531
Last two years has been very pl focused and I think this log covers all of it, mostly Sheiko
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Christmas freestyle - Legs
High bar squat
60 x 12
100 x 8
140 x 6
160 x 3
180 x 2
200 x 1 x 2
160 x 5 x 2
SSB squats - Paused ATG
60 x 12
100 x 8
120 x 6 x 2
Spider curl
35 x 8
45 x 6 x 2
BB Curl
45 x 8 x 2
Weighted decline sit up
15kg x 15 x 3
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Christmas freestyle - Push
Decline Bench
100 x 10
130 x 8 x 2
Plate loaded incline press
70 x 15
90 x 12
110 x 10
130 x 8 x 2
Machine shoulder press
50 x 20
Push Press
60 x 8
80 x 5, 6 , 6
Dips
BW x 17, 20, 17
Pec Dec
50 x 20
80 x 15
95 x 12 x 2
One arm tricep cable pushdown
10 x 20
20 x 8 x 2
Christmas freestyle - Pull
Cable Row
40 x 20
60 x 15
80 x 15
100 x 12 x 2
One arm cable row
50 x 10 x 2
Lat Pulldown
60 x 15
80 x 10 x 2
Wide grip behind the neck Pulldown
42.5 x 20 x 2
Isolateral plate loaded row
100 x 15 x 3
Reverse Fly
35 x 20
42.5 x 18
50 x 15
35 x 20
Pendlay Row
40 x 15
80 x 8 x 2
Dumbbell lateral raise
12 x 15 x 2
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For Christmas Sheiko Gold prescribes 10x10 servings is everything
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Christmas freestyle - Legs 2
Leg press
150 x 10
200 x 10
High bar squat
70 x 12
110 x 8
140 x 6
170 x 3
190 x 2 x 3
Wide stance SSB squats
70 x 12
100 x 8
120 x 5 x 3
Leg Curls x 4 sets
Cable crunches x 3 sets
Hammer curls
22 x 10 x 2
Reverse Curls
35 x 15 x 2
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Christmas freestyle - Push 2
Bench press
130 x 5
150 x 2 x 2
Guillotine Press
100 x 10 x 2
Push Press
80 x 3
90 x 2
100 x 1
110 x 0
110 x 1
70 x 10
Plate loaded incline press
110 x 12 x 2
Dips
BW x 15 x 3
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I remember you mentioning you regularly use carb cycling as a way to stay lean. I was thinking of using a similar approach, however I’m quite dumb. Is it any more complicated than eating carbs half the week, not eating (many) carbs the other half?
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Basically yes, just low(er) carb 3-4 says a week on your rest days.
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Thanks man.
Tempo hypertrophy block - Week 1 day 1
Squat
162.5 x 8 x 2
3-1-2 tempo high bar squat
120 x 6 x 4
Hatfield Lunges
45 x 10
55 x 10 x 2
Hack Squat
125 x 10 x 3
Hamstring Curl
25 x 10 x 3
Copenhagen Plank
BW x 10 x 3
Decline Crunch
BW x 10 x 3
Squatting for 8’s was an unpleasant novelty.
Tempo squats were a painful novelty.
Sets of 10 on legs sure builds up a lot of lactic acid.
Lots of lactic acid leaves me feeling noticeably nauseated. Unpleasant but not a novelty.
Hi Pinky. So a bit of an update. I managed to get down from 93 to 88kg, but because I literally have too much mass on my frame and my body fat is already scary low, I have decided that I cant really push traditional fat loss anymore without feeling like I am about to step foot on a bodybuilding stage. Not great for powerlifting, also, having this low body fat on me, puts me in a risky situation in terms of injury (aka Ben Pollock when he tried to squeeze into the 181lb weight class - tore his quad). I mean, the last few weeks I have felt like I am 2 weeks away from a bodybuilding stage. Not a great situation as a powerlifting preparing for a comp. I mean, I got out the shower last night, and I have veins all the way running from my arm pits along my abs. I can literally move the skin around and see underneath it, that is how lean I am at the moment and the last time I was that lean, I was a few weeks out from my natty bodybuilding show. Being a wrecked zombie is not gonna get me through Jan.
As a result, I have decided that its not a smart decision to keep pushing traditional fat loss over the course of the remaining prep. I asked a few of the MMA guys at my gym and they said ‘dude, you don’t need to cut in the traditional sense now, just don’t get above 94kg and we can get you to 82.5 for the meet’
Unfortunately, I asked the meet director about competing on the Saturday if I do happen to just stick in the 90kg class instead. Most cases this is not allowed and I would have to compete instead on the Sunday. But given my hotels are booked, they might let it slide this once. But not a long-term solution.
So I have decided just to chance the remaining 7/8kg of bodyweight 10 days out from the meet via water, salt and carb manipulation as further fat loss at this point is just not feasible.
My rational for doing a traditional fat loss cut was because I have never done a water cut before, so I have no idea how my weight would change. But further fat loss is not going to happen at this point. If I dig deeper, I could rather just to another bodybuilding show (hell no!).
Let me know your thoughts on this!
Another option is perhaps to hit up my source for a diuretic and combine that with salt/carb manipulation rather than having to chug huge amounts of water.
My thoughts are that 88 to 82.5 is doable without anymore fat loss for sure. So id agree it’s not worth getting and leaner. I went 88 to 81.5 without using all of the tricks available.
Also relying on a strong diuretic is probably the most risky way to approach a water cut, it’s not really all that much water spread throughout the day to drink a couple gallons.
I think risk the Saturday and if you miss it having tried hard to cut then it’s probably best to just suck it up and compete at 90, youll inevitably put on more mass this year so it would be a one off comp at 82.5 even if you do make it.
I think your approach here is probably right, except for the diuretic.