can some one post or show me a link to some pictures with guys that have a BF% of 12%, 14%, 16%, & 18% so i can see the difference and know what i’m looking at.
hope this isnt too foolish.
thanks,
Tyler
This thread needs an awesome shoe.
OP - I’ve got a word document that has everything you’re looking for but I don’t feel like posting all the pictures. PM me your email address and I’ll email it to you if you want.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
This thread needs an awesome shoe.[/quote]
lol.
BF% looks different on everyone. From person to person 12%BF can look different. It depends on muscular weight (LBM), where they’re holding their muscle. Some people have thicker skin, are more striated, more vascular, get leaner in the lower body first, from behind first ect… There are soo many variables. Stop worrying about percentages. If you’re worried about leaness, worry about what the mirror shows you, not an arbitrary number.
[quote]elusive wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
This thread needs an awesome shoe.[/quote]
lol.
BF% looks different on everyone. From person to person 12%BF can look different. It depends on muscular weight (LBM), where they’re holding their muscle. Some people have thicker skin, are more striated, more vascular, get leaner in the lower body first, from behind first ect… There are soo many variables. Stop worrying about percentages. If you’re worried about leaness, worry about what the mirror shows you, not an arbitrary number.[/quote]
Best post…which means it is likely the one he will ignore.
One person at 10% can look completely different than another at the exact same reading.
That is why the exact number does not matter that much at all aside from maybe tracking your own progress.
Eh, I don’t find it harmful to use the rough guidelines I have, although (because I already know where you guys will go with it) I agree with the above posters, for newbs it really serves no purpose and can be harmful to development.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Eh, I don’t find it harmful to use the rough guidelines I have, although (because I already know where you guys will go with it) I agree with the above posters, for newbs it really serves no purpose and can be harmful to development. [/quote]
All knowledge can have a use…but if you give an Atom Bomb to a group of fire ants, don’t cry if it blows up your fucking neighborhood.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
All knowledge can have a use…but if you give an Atom Bomb to a group of fire ants, don’t cry if it blows up your fucking neighborhood.[/quote]
To the OP: I didn’t read your post, I just skipped down to Prof X’s post. Where did you find an atom bomb? Why would you give it to ants? Besides, this is a bodybuilding forum. Stop it with your bombs and ants already.
i completely understand what your saying although i never thought about it… as i realize what you mean… i have thicker skin than my brother, his skin is more elastic to and looks pretty lean most of the time. i on the other hand have thicker skin and tend to hold most of my weight in thighs and glutes… i was just curious to see a approximation… cause i feel that my skin caliper test cant be true at 23% BF
Depends on who did it to you. If you got some jackass that does them twice a year, then its gonna be off. If your so worried get a Dexa-Scan. If you find the right place they’ll get you one for $35. If not make some phone calls to a local University. Chances are they have a hydrostatic weighing apparatus and will do it for real cheap or free.
If you are reading anywhere near 23% BF you dont have thick skin, just a high BF%.
i did the test my self… so i’m the jackass that does it 2x per year… lol
now given i could be wrong but here’s a pic on my honeymoon… this was back in june… not the leanest i’ve been nor the “fattest”
this isn’t a great picture but i just want to know that my body isnt 1/4 fat…
putting my flame suit on
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs250.snc1/9725_1210017816460_1409161711_594377_7017976_n.jpg
some one post that for me please…
Never do a BF on yourself. Get someone else to do it. Plus, it doesn’t matter if you are doing the 3 or 7 site test, you can’t get all the measurements correctly by yourself.
You definitely don’t look 23%.
From what I’ve seen I’d guess (big guess) maybe 15%?
[quote]ty_ty13 wrote:
i did the test my self… so i’m the jackass that does it 2x per year… lol
now given i could be wrong but here’s a pic on my honeymoon… this was back in june… not the leanest i’ve been nor the “fattest”
this isn’t a great picture but i just want to know that my body isnt 1/4 fat…
putting my flame suit on
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs250.snc1/9725_1210017816460_1409161711_594377_7017976_n.jpg[/quote]
Flame suit not needed. You don’t look like you are 20+% body fat…but even if you were, that is why a number doesn’t mean much.
i’d just hate to think the weight i’ve gained recently has been quite a bit of fat… i dont mind gaining some but i’d like to think i stay around 18%… i weight roughly 8-10lbs more since this and i’d like to think i’m a little leaner.
thanks for any honest answers
I’ve found that the Mirror and how my work Pants fit around my waist as the best indicators of whether I’m gaining or losing fat.
[quote]StylinNProfilin wrote:
I’ve found that the Mirror and how my work Pants fit around my waist as the best indicators of whether I’m gaining or losing fat. [/quote]
Bingo. As long as my size 44 pants are bunched up at the waist with a belt I am happy. If they start getting snug, that means I should have left the cheeseburgers alone weeks ago.
The rest of how I gauge progress is based on the mirror and comments from people I know to be very serious about bodybuilding.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
One person at 10% can look completely different than another at the exact same reading.
That is why the exact number does not matter that much at all aside from maybe tracking your own progress.[/quote]
Definitely.
Add in the facts that the reading itself can be easily misdiagnosed by improper testing and that a bodyfat percentage is completely irrelevant if you don’t know the persons total bodyweight, and it’s why just saying something like, “I think I should be 7% bodyfat” is a ridiculous goal.
If you’re going to track measurements as a general guideline, I prefer to keep an eye on waist size, rather than actually tracking bodyfat percentage. Among other reasons, it’s much easier to measure for yourself.
Let’s say you gain 20 pounds of bodyweight, all your lifts increase in the gym, and your waist remains about the same… you’re on the right path.
If you do want to use a visual aid as a goal, I usually refer people to athletes in weight-class sports, specifically photos from the actual weigh-ins, since their weight usually increases between the weigh-in and the fight/match/event.
For example, Cheick Kongo (above, on the left) is 6’4" and a lean 233 in that shot. Not exactly unimpressive, considering he doesn’t train with bodybuilding as his primary goal.