Examples of Body Fat % for men. With Pics
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:noway: Could guy number two even get to look like guy number one? It seems like his frame is much smaller but I am probably wrong.
He absolutely could, it would take a couple of years of muscle building.
Pics like these should serve as good guides for people.
Pics like these help make the mental realization that sometimes the answer isn't simply losing more body fat but instead gaining muscle mass.
It should reduce the number of "I'm 150 lbs, but I want to lose the rest of the fat before I start gaining muscle" threads.
Nah, it won't.0 -
Body fat percentage is really nothing to consider without some sort of muscular foundation with it. The lower body fat percentages shown here happen to have guys with great muscle.
A picture, showing 1 guy at varying body fat stages while maintaining the same lean body mass would be a better comparison.
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25% looks pretty damn good to me :bigsmile:0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %0
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25% looks pretty damn good to me :bigsmile:
I was thinking 25-30%
If I actually looked like that at 30%, then I would be happy and go on maintenance.0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hangry all the time.0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.0 -
I wonder if there is a comparison of females at 10-12% with a less muscular version. Would help with my goals.
Not 10-12% but this might help.
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I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
I'm man enough to admit that during my dip into 10%ish body fat (done running like 5-7 miles/day and lifting 5x per week and eating about 2000 cals/day, which is just STUPID for me) my libido was no where to be found. I'd go a week between even having a desire. This was at 24 y/o...
Your testosterone levels go into the toilet during a prolonged calorie defecit (made worse if a large deficit).0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
If you are married, then libido is much more important any BF% :laugh:0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
I'm man enough to admit that during my dip into 10%ish body fat (done running like 5-7 miles/day and lifting 5x per week and eating about 2000 cals/day, which is just STUPID for me) my libido was no where to be found. I'd go a week between even having a desire. This was at 24 y/o...
Your testosterone levels go into the toilet during a prolonged calorie defecit (made worse if a large deficit).
Yep, I've been there too. Scared the crap out of me, lol.0 -
I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
If you are married, then libido is much more important any BF% :laugh:
I've heard that bodybuilders in the end stages of prep for a contest are more interested in pictures of food than of nude women.0 -
i like the 15% on men..0
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I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
Yes.
Men, please please please don't lose your libido.0 -
I've heard that bodybuilders in the end stages of prep for a contest are more interested in pictures of food than of nude women.
lol0 -
Great thread.0
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The one for women is better because it has boobs on it. I've seen this before and the photos 20 and 25 do seem to bookend what I see in the mirror and the 23% my body fat monitor reads.0
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Thanks for posting this!0
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I've heard that bodybuilders in the end stages of prep for a contest are more interested in pictures of food than of nude women.
How sad. Please tell me they have psychologists working on that after their contests lol0 -
omg from where I am at this moment, I would be happy to look even close like the girl in the 30% pic!0
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25% looks pretty damn good to me :bigsmile:
HEY...I think one of these (30%) is my WIFE!!! You guys quit looking!!!0 -
Great thread, good pictures to show the comparisons0
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3-4% is VASCULAR THAN A M***********
I wish there were a good example of these for women.
there is, i just cant remeber where!!! but its hard to compare yourself too because of different body types/ shapes...but it helps in the way i guess...cause alot of girls think theure bigger than they really are!
ok, ooops someone posted it already. like im apparently 20.8% and i really dont think i look like that! lol. but ill take it!0 -
15% looks good to me. Maximum - maybe a little less. You gotta work pretty hard to get 10% or less I'm thinking.
I can't imagine spending any more time in the gym than I already do (about an hour a day, 5-6 days a week)
10% isn't all that difficult for most males, with proper diet, training, and patience.
The biggest issue most males face is thinking that they're going to get the body they're dreaming of after the first time they lose fat, without ever spending any time building muscle.
^^ This ^^ along with not realizing just how low their actual body weight is going to be once they get there. It's even worse without proper weight training.0 -
My reaction to 3-4%
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I've heard that bodybuilders in the end stages of prep for a contest are more interested in pictures of food than of nude women.
How sad. Please tell me they have psychologists working on that after their contests lol
It's nothing that a few post-contest trips to the buffet can't fix.0 -
Leaving 30% heading to 10% with stops at 15 and 12% along the way.0
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I want to be around 5-6 %
You can't hold that condition for more than a few days. Most guys can't even get to 7-8% without feeling like crap.
Yeah a true 10% leaves most feeling tired, sore, and hungry all the time.
Maybe I will reconsider in that case, (I think I'm around 11-12% at the moment)
A lot depends on genetics, but when you feel your libido take a dip, it's time to sound the alarm.
If you are married, then libido is much more important any BF% :laugh:
I've heard that bodybuilders in the end stages of prep for a contest are more interested in pictures of food than of nude women.
I'll bet that's true!0
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