Thread: General guidelines for what certain BF percentages look like

There must be a shit load of typo's on this article or their using some weird way to determine BF. There is no way the first guy is 15%, I look 100x's better than that and I'm 240 @ about 19%. And they also have the 3rd guy, Shawn, listed with 11" arms and at 4%. I would expect 4% to be much more vascular and my 12 year old has 11 inch arms.

Here's something interesting: what a pound of fat actually looks like.

http://www.mosesong.com/blog_images/06_12_04_fat3.jpg

There are piles of other pictures, but they're basically the same thing. So, that's what fat looks like, lol. I honestly didn't think it would be that large in volume.

Bearing that in mind, wouldn't a simple loss of 5 lbs make a huge difference in appearance? Unless the person is very obese. I've estimated myself for the majority of my bulk to be about 13-15%. I'm now about 13% as I'm cutting, but even then I can't imagine having that much fat. I weigh about 194, which would mean I have 25 lbs of fat. However, I have definition in my legs, upper back, and outlines in the abs. I know I'm not "lean" by any stretch, but considering how solid I am (can't really even grab much on my lower abs..just can't see them) and how much muscle mass I've developed I can't get how I would have that much of that fat, if that's how large 1 pound is.

Someone shed some light on this, please?

Originally Posted by aja44

There must be a shit load of typo's on this article or their using some weird way to determine BF. There is no way the first guy is 15%, I look 100x's better than that and I'm 240 @ about 19%. And they also have the 3rd guy, Shawn, listed with 11" arms and at 4%. I would expect 4% to be much more vascular and my 12 year old has 11 inch arms.

Exactly! How about the rower with the 200+ bench. I know size and strength don't necessarily correlate, but come on!

Yeah, those are waayy too low. What is that first guy, like 25%? Lol.