Body fat percentage

OnalimOjag

How much body fat percentage do you guys think i have? Cause I don’t really have an ewuipment to check my bf. I’m cutting right now while liftinng 5-6x a week to maintain muscle. MU main goal is to lose fat and get my abs showing.

se015

I"d say like 18-20. Honestly you really should get a handheld bf % device, it's easy to use and it's not that expensive plus you'll want to monitor your bf % throughout your progress, it's super difficuilt to just eye ball, not to mention, height and weight have a lot do with it too. If you google image body fat % for men and women there is chart with pics, not obviously 100% accurate but kinda gives you a ballpark idea.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Low to mid-20's. I'm back up to about 20% right now and look a little bit less fat than you.

sgt1372

Over 20%.

You will need to lose weight and drop your BF to around 10% to develop clearly visible abs 24/7 (not just when flexing/posing) while also lifting to maintain LBM and develop the muscular definition that will only be revesled after sufficient BF is lost.

It took me 22 months to lose 40# from 196 to 156 and to drop my BF from 20+% down to 8.3% (as measured by hydro).

If you are serious about measuring your BF, only DXA and hydro will do. I used both quarterly to measure the changes in my BF.

Handheld bioelectrical devices are notoriously inaccurate and aren't worth buying. An honest look in the mirror and pics tsken over time would be better than that.

Good luck!

se015

sgt1372 wrote: »

Over 20%.

You will need to lose weight and drop your BF to around 10% to develop clearly visible abs 24/7 (not just when flexing/posing) while also lifting to maintain LBM and develop the muscular definition that will only be revesled after sufficient BF is lost.

It took me 22 months to lose 40# from 196 to 156 and to drop my BF from 20+% down to 8.3% (as measured by hydro).

If you are serious about measuring your BF, only DXA and hydro will do. I used both quarterly to measure the changes in my BF.

Handheld bioelectrical devices are notoriously inaccurate and aren't worth buying. An honest look in the mirror and pics tsken over time would be better than that.

Good luck!

Everyone says what you say, yes they are not 100% accurate, BUT the way I see it is that if you're monitoring trends, so if you want to see how much your bf % has decreased or increased it works, if you use the same device and are consistent. Plus how inaccurate can they be, maybe by 2-3%? Plus I have yet to find a relatively cost effective and convenient way to get hydro or DXA.

sgt1372

Seth1825 wrote: »

sgt1372 wrote: »

Over 20%.

You will need to lose weight and drop your BF to around 10% to develop clearly visible abs 24/7 (not just when flexing/posing) while also lifting to maintain LBM and develop the muscular definition that will only be revesled after sufficient BF is lost.

It took me 22 months to lose 40# from 196 to 156 and to drop my BF from 20+% down to 8.3% (as measured by hydro).

If you are serious about measuring your BF, only DXA and hydro will do. I used both quarterly to measure the changes in my BF.

Handheld bioelectrical devices are notoriously inaccurate and aren't worth buying. An honest look in the mirror and pics tsken over time would be better than that.

Good luck!

Everyone says what you say, yes they are not 100% accurate, BUT the way I see it is that if you're monitoring trends, so if you want to see how much your bf % has decreased or increased it works, if you use the same device and are consistent. Plus how inaccurate can they be, maybe by 2-3%? Plus I have yet to find a relatively cost effective and convenient way to get hydro or DXA.

You can better monitor the trend w/a bathroom scale, a tape measure and photos than you can w/a bioelectrical device which is neither accurate nor reliable.

I've got one and know this for a fact. The numbers they provide are basically useless. You can disagree all you like but the prevailing opinion and data is against you and you shouldn't judge your progress based on one.

As for DXA and hydro, there are cheaper mobile DXA and hydro providers available in larger cities. My DXA scans only cost $45 ($40@ if you buy a pkg of 4 or 6) and my hydro tests only cost $49 for the 1st test and $39 for the retests.

If you do not have access to such a provider, you will have to pay more but you don't need to get tested more than 1 or 2x's a year and the data you get will be far more accurate and reliable than any bioelectrical device can provide.

The cheapest method of BF measurement in terms of equipment involves the use of a skinfold caliper. You can buy one for around $7.

The problem w/calipers is finding someone who knows how to use them properly because you can't take all of the necessary meadurements yourself but, if you can find such a person (usually a "trainer" at a gym), you can get results of acceptable accuracy and reliability as compared w/DXA and hydro.

jamesakrobinson

Yup... Over 20 for sure. I get a Dexa twice a year and use a BIA scale and a Skulpt device daily to track trends. My first ever Dexa blew my mind. I looked quite a bit leaner than your photo and I came out at 24%. It took me 6 months of hard core keto to drop to 8.1% Now I let myself get to 13ish through the winter with the cold and all the holiday food and drinks tjen cut back into the 8s by the time pool and beach season hits. I'm on my way there now and my (much more educated) estimate is that I am 10ish now.

AnvilHead

Definitely over 20%, probably approaching 25%.

andreaen

The people above are probably right that it's above 20. You can do some measurements with a tape measure and use an online calculator (google "body fat tape measure" to find a calculator and where to measure) to get a better estimation that you can use to keep track of your progress. The exact number doesn't matter that much, its the progress you want to make sure is going the right way

Sparkeysworld

I'd say 25% + Not that it really matters, what matters is how you look in the mirror.
Hand held devices, bathroom scales, calipers, online calculators etc, can be miles out in BF calculations.
The only way to get anywhere near accurate is either a DEXA scan or Hydrostatic weighing.
Have a look here: https://www.fitmatic.com/c/calculators
This online calculator compares against 4 other formulas to give you an overall estimate.

CowboySar

BF% is a tough one to call based on a picture. To be honest there is so much conflicting info out there on BF%. Most in this thread are saying over 20% and I would be saying at 20 or a little under.

My confusion comes from different methods of determining BF%. I agree bio impedance devices are useless and only look at them for trending if all things are equal. I had a skin fold test done a couple months back at one of the universities where I am from and was told I was 13.7% BF. I was of course super stoked with those numbers. However when looking at my pics I don't but that number. I can see me being 13.7% on certain parts of my body my the last remaining fat hanging in there for dear life is in my mid section and would think I am higher than 13.7 there. I guess that's why the skin fold measures an average of the locations.

Best bet would be a Dexa scan, there is none close to where I live. I can spend 150.00 on a ferry plus the 150.00 for the test to find out the real number and know what each body sections BF% is. Is knowing the real number that important to me to spend 300.00 to find out? Probably not, but if I didn't have to ferry to get it is half the price and I would do it. To me it is all about how you feel and look, so if you look leaner and start seeing some more muscle size and/or definition then you are doing something right. In the end unless you are competing for something just do what you are doing and keep working hard in both the gym and the kitchen and the results will come and you will see the results all without knowing your BF% number.

Just my 2 cents........

fb47

I usually go by visuals and personal preference. It's not precise, but I am too lazy to find out what my bf% is, so I usually cut until I don't have any love handles and man boobs with my 6 pack popping and I stop my bulking when I have no muscle definition and I am starting to have man boobs.

It's a bro way of doing things, but I don't mind. It's less of a hassle. In your case, I would continue to get lean until your stomach is flat (not to the point of looking anorexic either). When I check your picture, there is not much muscle definition, so if I were in your shoes, I'd keep going with the cut. I suspect you're around 20-23% bf. I wouldn't lose more than 1 lbs per week, I'd stick with being in a caloric deficit at a rate of 0,5-1 lb per week. The leaner you get, the closer at 0,5 lb per week you should be. Once your lean at 10-12% bf, you should have a nice physique, you have a good base of muscles to start with, keep going.