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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Tom on October 08, 2009, 11:28:19 AM
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what's the lowest bodyfat one can have year round and not be sick and feel like shit?
is there a difference between for instance the bodyfat of a pro bb and a top npc competitor in regard to how much each has year round (bodyfat %)
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Anything below 5% is pushing it, you start to lose essential body functions as the body fat decreases and your body goes into shock/panic mode, below 2.5-3 is death.
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The lowest bodyfat someone can go around with year around without being sick or feeling like shit really depends on the person. I have friends that can stay around 6-7% bodyfat year round. Me, however, once I start getting around 6% I feel like shit and my joints ache all the time. I can go around year round comfortably at 9% and still look lean.
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I heard that Flex Wheeler once had a bodyfat level of 0% as verified in Gold's Gym by Jim Quinn....
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9%
BTW, are you there yet?
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9%
BTW, are you there yet?
Na, being a fatboy right now. I am probably around 12% right now.
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8%
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7.8%.
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Perfect from a health standpoint are 12 %. Under 10 % is already not healthy, but as been said before, highly individual.
Even BB in contest shape have mostly around 10 % BF. The "trick" of the BB is that they only use the caliper to measure their BF, but the caliper only considers the subcutaneous fat and not the visceral fat. So when they claim 3-4 % BF that's bullshit, that's only the subcutaneous fat.
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Perfect from a health standpoint are 12 %. Under 10 % is already not healthy, but as been said before, highly individual.
Even BB in contest shape have mostly around 10 % BF. The "trick" of the BB is that they only use the caliper to measure their BF, but the caliper only considers the subcutaneous fat and not the visceral fat. So when they claim 3-4 % BF that's bullshit, that's only the subcutaneous fat.
Don Long has never been under 12% so he's healthy :D
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Anything below 5% is pushing it, you start to lose essential body functions as the body fat decreases and your body goes into shock/panic mode, below 2.5-3 is death.
Believe it or not, I actually read a study of some physicians measuring the bf% (the water tank method) of some famous bicyclists and they found it to be under 1,5-2% in some cases. Didn't make much sense to me, those dudes could barely be alive.
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Don Long has never been under 12% so he's healthy :D
Well, he thought with diuretics he would be able to piss out the fat. :-\
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Well, he thought with diuretics he would be able to piss out the fat. :-\
:D
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well skin calipers only measure subcutaneous fat, and with that method you could get readings of 2-3% bodyfat on most pros come contest time. but their TRUE body fat is higher, because there is also intramuscular fat stores, and visceral fat.
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Anything below 5% is pushing it, you start to lose essential body functions as the body fat decreases and your body goes into shock/panic mode, below 2.5-3 is death.
Flex Wheeler was measured at 0.0% body fat by Billy Smith at Golds Venice using calipers 3 weeks before the 1993 Mr. O, which was reported live by Jim Quinn during the broadcast of the show on ESPN.
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well skin calipers only measure subcutaneous fat, and with that method you could get readings of 2-3% bodyfat on most pros come contest time. but their TRUE body fat is higher, because there is also intramuscular fat stores, and visceral fat.
Great post. I've written the same, 5 posts above.
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just be a fat pig and tell everyone at the gym that you found the key to getting ripped...
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just be a fat pig and tell everyone at the gym that you found the key to getting ripped...
that sounds like a pumpster tactic ;D
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i know it's possible to maintain a BF in the 6-4 percent area with sound diet AND embracing a HIIT philosiphy when it comes to your cardio
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what kind of man would want to stay twink like year round please. Alex23 can you please chime in here, king of all hotties on getbig?
jt
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They should make T-shirts that say "Twink-Like"
You could force people to wear them until they reach non-twink status.
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They should make T-shirts that say "Twink-Like"
You could force people to wear them until they reach non-twink status.
bwhwahahwahhwahhahhwah
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Flex Wheeler was measured at 0.0% body fat by Billy Smith at Golds Venice using calipers 3 weeks before the 1993 Mr. O, which was reported live by Jim Quinn during the broadcast of the show on ESPN.
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Anything below 5% is pushing it, you start to lose essential body functions as the body fat decreases and your body goes into shock/panic mode, below 2.5-3 is death.
I may never know how that feels. :'(
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The Snake
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Flex Wheeler was measured at 0.0% body fat by Billy Smith at Golds Venice using calipers 3 weeks before the 1993 Mr. O, which was reported live by Jim Quinn during the broadcast of the show on ESPN.
LOL 0% on L.A Fitness $3 calipers isn't the same as 0.0% in a university dunk tank or ultrasonic reading.
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LOL 0% on L.A Fitness $3 calipers isn't the same as 0.0% in a university dunk tank or ultrasonic reading.
Look if Jim Quinn said so in the 90's, its the truth!!!!! :D
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Just cut all your fat off and weigh it...