how intense do you want to get? I can help you shed a couple pounds and get lighter, or I can give you something more geared for a bodybuilding competition diet to retain muscle and burn fat and so forth. Guess which will get better results and be much harder
how intense do you want to get? I can help you shed a couple pounds and get lighter, or I can give you something more geared for a bodybuilding competition diet to retain muscle and burn fat and so forth. Guess which will get better results and be much harder
4.5% is pretty amazing of a number for someone not preparing to hit the bodybuilding stage!
I'm pretty proud of that numberAll I do is eat sensibly, and let my active lifestyle and speedy metabolism do the rest. My father (who has been lifting for 35 years or so) is 59 years old and has around 10% body fat, so I think my genes are helping me out a lot A lot of people don't understand that eating sensibly helps out tremendously. Diet is where many people fail in getting their body to where they want.
That's a hell of a percentage to carry..not sure it's healthy long term, but if that's what your body sustains then good for you. I personally find nothing but continual injury and depleted energy with sustained low levels but that's how my body works. Every few months (christmas to feb) I usually like to put on a good 10-15 pounds to allow me to work heavier and healthier to increase my lean mass...couldn't imagine continually keeping my fat level that low.
Not doubting that you're real lean, I know people like that too. It's just that most of the time a caliper measurement is not correct. The lesser points taken for the measurement, the more room for error. I don't even like a 7 point test; you can eyeball it and guess closer than that will probably give you. Different people hold body fat more in different areas, so the less taken into consideration, the more room for an incorrect, actual measurement.
Not sure about you but I'm one who'd rather be dead on when saying something rather than go off an inaccurate measurement. Again, the measurement was most assuredly taken properly, BUT the calculation itself is quite error-proof.
With that said...as I stated already, 9% is considered ripped by most people who aren't a bodybuilder. 7% would be a big step down from 9 (because it's already so low, the smallest adjustments make more of a change in appearance) and so on. Now with THAT said, the difference between 5% and 7% is much larger a gap than say 15% and 13% (which is why we're making such a big fuss)
At 5% and under with decently added size from the gym, you should look nearly like an anatomy chart.
I mean the muscle bellies being separated (4 quad heads, anterior/lateral/posterior deltoids all split, biceps split, bi/tri splits, the 'christmas tree' visible on your lower back below your lumbars, lats visibly coming out of the rib cage etc.).
awesome deadlift! How come the squat wasn't near it?
edit: wouldn't 5'12" be 6'0"?
Your'e very cut, I wish I was that cut. My genetics are effing me on that early in life lol the beer aint helping either. But im workin on it lolmansonozz - "Bodybuilding is my art; it's so much more to some of us than just lifting weights." - Amen brother!
your short bio sounds great! You are much more into the minute details of the sport than I am; ie. nutrition and training. I am looked at by some as being a little obsessed with my body but you are on a whole nother level than I am! And don't by any means take that in a bad way. I think it is a great thing to be so involved in something and I know exactly how you feel about the sport and your body.
I'm pretty modest so I feel kind of weird putting a picture of myself up on the internet, but let's just put everything to rest. 4.5%, 9%, 15%, whatever, I'm a skinny dude! The pics are horrible quality but it's the best I could do. I'm really just naturally very skinny. I don't even do abs that much!
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