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11-23-2004, 09:59 AM #1New Jersey - Gym Rat
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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????
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11-23-2004, 10:05 AM #2Stay puffed, baby.
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11-23-2004, 12:07 PM #3Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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very important...body composition is an important factor in sustaining long term health
keeping lean keeps you healthy...I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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11-24-2004, 12:26 PM #4Registered User
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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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11-24-2004, 12:45 PM #5Super Moderator SUPER MODERATOR
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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.Motivation Bench form Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu
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11-24-2004, 12:50 PM #6Follow @TheUnzippedFly
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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.
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11-24-2004, 07:08 PM #7Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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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!"Love to be real, it must cost- it must hurt- it must empty us of self."
- Mother Teresa
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11-24-2004, 07:56 PM #8J-Freak
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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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ANYTHING less then your best is sacrificing the gift
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11-24-2004, 11:03 PM #9Follow @TheUnzippedFly
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