[quote]TravisCS84 wrote:
Below 6%, I better be able to see striations on your ass.[/quote]
LMAO! But also very true!
The test was using calipers and taken by the coach to make sure that we were at a good weight and not risking injury or death. He did express some concern and said that I should definitely not go any lower.And yes you could see some serious striations on my ass,legs, arms,
abs.The only thing I had fat on was my earlobes, and not much there.
The more recent tests were taken by a friend that I lift with,who is an M.D.,cscc, and way too many other certs. to even list. His credentials are good.
BTW- What then is the point of the thread? It started off with a guy who is saying that the guys that he trains with who have been at it a lot longer than he has are full of shit for having a low fat mass.Is he wondering how they did it? Or is he saying that they are full of shit? Believe it or not there are some people in this world and even on this site that have been training long and hard, successfully. Not every one is some tub of shit that woke up at middle age,found this site, and decided to do a transformation.
One of my friends does (did) Triathalons for the US national team. He had body fat in the sub 5% range. He had no ass to have striations in. He also was put on those sweet weight-gainer shakes by the doctor. The ones that you gag down and taste like slime, but happen to have more calories than 3 big macs…
Essentially, he was/is a top-level national athlete, and his doctor was resorting to drastic measures to bring his BF% up. Don’t tell me you’re half that and perfectly fine.
Oh yea, and having a higher percentage of muscle will result in a lower fat percentage.Since the total can only be 100%, then greater the muscle content at the same weight, the less the fat must be.
ex. (using 100 lbs just for the sake of convenience)
90% lbm=90 pounds of lean mass and 10 pounds of fat.
95% lbm.= 95 pounds of lean mass and 5 pounds of fat.
Just for the sake of conversation- the powerlifters I lift with don’t care about being ripped. They lift purely for strength.Some of them are a little fat. They don’t care. They eat like animals to recover from the workout and be ready for the next one.
I think he was trying to say that it was not possible for a skinny guy to get super lean, which I disagree with.
But he was also saying that these people were trying to say what their BF% was, and didn?t actually have a clue, and most people don?t. And I fully agree.
He also said I have the biggest genitals on this forum, and that is also true.
All BF% measurements are mostly an estimate, and the super low ones are very unreliable. I also have my doubts about the super high ones.
Really it does not matter too much, other then finding a measurement that helps keep track of whether your gains are LBM, and not just fat, and weight loss is not actually LBM loss. Other then that it is just a number.
Sprinters run about 2-3% (Olympics ones.)
STupid electronic ones kept on saying I had 6% in the summer. Stopped believing the bullshit. I was in good condition , but not that great condition.
To the initial poster who described a friend who did the underwater thingy.
Either it was 3% because the hydro measuring, when one is submerged in water, is the most accurate thing in the world in measuring bodybat. They generally cost 200+ for a test though. I wouldn’t use it unless you REALLY need to get some extra muscle for a wrestling match, and need to find out where to target.