wannagetbig2001

Question for ya all, how serious do you take the %BF or do you use this as another borameter to make sure you going in the RIGHT direction????

Duncans Donuts

It's important

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LAM

very important...body composition is an important factor in sustaining long term health

keeping lean keeps you healthy...

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What you talking about Willis ?

19-chief

of course it's important but i certainly don't obsess over it... my set point is 10-12% and that allows me to "gain" or "cut" a bit easier... but it is extremely important to know how much LBM you have to maintain and how much fat you are carrying when you are focusing on one or the other ("gain" or "cut")...

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Mudge

There seems to be evidence (from my reading) that 6-10% bodyfat is best for male health long term. Dan Duchaine FWIW believed 6% was the best target to live at, which sounds a bit low to me but I am not naturally lean at all.

There is one person doing a self experiment on ultra low calories extending lifespan. I think most of the issue is unhealthy eating in bulk, not just caloric consumption, but much of this is still mystery.

Larger animals typically live shorter lives, muscular or fat. Myostatin mice lived half as long as regular mice, for example.

Respiration rate also plays a role due to oxidative damage to the brain etc, giant tortoise resting heart rate of 30bpm lives ~200 years.

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soxmuscle

Can anyone post a picture of a non-bodybuilder who you would think would have a body fat percentage in the 12-14 range. This kid I used to be freinds with used to be about 250 pounds back in middle school, and since going on the atkins diet in sixth grade has lost a little less than 95 pounds. With that being said, he now wrestles and got a bodyfat test and he said his bodyfat was 13%, a figure that I don't believe whatsoever.

It would definitly be helpful to see what some person in the 12-14 range would look like so I could compare what my freind looks like.

Thanks.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

chiquita6683

listen hun,
it really sounds like your friend made an amazing change but thats impossible to do on just the atkins diet alone, but u said he wrestles

anyway......i think your bf% is very important to know, at least be aware of it. if you at all excercise. it is so sad how Obese America has become!

In my opinion, it looks like you want your outside to look the way you feel deep inside. You know how hard you've worked to get where you are, and the physical expression of the internal strength is why you like the idea of muscle -Kane

sweatshopchamp

body fat is really the only correct way to measure yourself as far as cutness and weight loss and lean body mass gain.

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soxmuscle

I dont know, my freind. He never worked out, and I mean never, besides the occassional walk home from school or what not. I'll ask him exactly about his losses.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches