Bodyfat estimation thread
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Hi - I would appreciate a fat% estimate please as a way of giving me a starting point. I've been messing around on MFP for long enough now and it's time to rise up and move on.
I think I am around 30-40% fat, so I won't be offended by anyone being blunt/fair/honest.
Extra info: Age 53, height 5'3", current waist 38", chest 38", current weight 165lbs.
Goals: a high strength to weight ratio. Muscle growth not so important as a high strength and to lower bodyfat to a minimum but healthy level. I guess I should be around 140-150 lbs LBM and that's with the amount of muscle mass I am hopefully training for.
edit: it has been really useful to have this photo record taken. I suddenly realised - no wonder I struggle with pull-ups - there's as much fat around the back as there is up-front!
As you get north of 20% it becomes more and more difficult to be accurate with visual estimations (at least for us), but having said that we don't think you're in the 40% range for bodyfat. Closest we could get would be in the ballpark of upper 20's to low 30's.0 -
166cm (5'5.5) - 61kg (134.2lb)
Excuse the seriously derpy faces, I was trying really hard to flex and feeling like a berk.
Hi! Sorry for the delay.
We would put at about 23 - 24% based on the pics. However, to get a more accurate assessment, we would like to get more of a straight on side view (you are a little angled) and more of a straight on butt pic as the ones you have either cut off to high or are angled downward.
This is one advantage for SideSteel of working with a female running the group, as he leaves asking for butt pics to me....nice of him..
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Had a hydrostatic test done 2 weeks ago that said 18.3%. I wish! I think I'm more like 22-25% judging from online pics. What would you put me at? I'm 5' 7.5" and 137 lbs.
We'd put you in the area of 25%.0 -
Thanks guise. :happy:0
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If it's OK, I'd like to PM pics for another estimate, now that I've been lifting for a bit
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I'll give it a go I'm getting ready to start Mark Lauren's program next week, so it will be neat to see where I'm at now vs a few months from now. And ignore the wall behind me-we're patching it in preparation for repainting lol.
5ft, 6 in, 119.5lbs
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Sorry I'm posting again its been awhile, I'm curious how much progress I've made. Thank you both for all your do!
5'5"
130 lbs
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Bump :happy:0
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Hey guys, I'd like an estimation please, height 6'3''-6'4'', weight around 190lbs
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You should probably take a look at the instructions on the first page and add the requested photos 0
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Hi 44, 6'3", 214lbs. Just in case it makes a difference, I had a couple surgeries a couple years ago. So I have a 12" scar vertically from belly button down, and 3" scar horizontally next to it. My lower abs were sliced up during the surgery.
TIA
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In. For science.
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Sorry to the people we have not got to yet - will try to get caught up this weekend.0
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bump0
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Sorry to the people we have not got to yet - will try to get caught up this weekend.
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Sorry to the people we have not got to yet - will try to get caught up this weekend.
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bump :flowerforyou:0
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A friendly neighborhood bump
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Alls I want for Christmas is my bf % estimate, pretty please :blushing:0
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bumpity bump0
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Bump for bf%, posted my request back in November 0
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Bump ♥ Though, I'd almost like to resubmit, either by PM or here as its been a bit and I'd like to use my most recent to gauge where to go from here.0
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Resubmit if you need to. We are looking at this thread right now and will get caught up.0
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I'll give it a go I'm getting ready to start Mark Lauren's program next week, so it will be neat to see where I'm at now vs a few months from now. And ignore the wall behind me-we're patching it in preparation for repainting lol.
5ft, 6 in, 119.5lbs
17% give or take.0 -
Hi 44, 6'3", 214lbs. Just in case it makes a difference, I had a couple surgeries a couple years ago. So I have a 12" scar vertically from belly button down, and 3" scar horizontally next to it. My lower abs were sliced up during the surgery.
TIA
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In the 12-13% range. Doubt you're below 12 and I don't think you're 14.0 -
Sorry I'm posting again its been awhile, I'm curious how much progress I've made. Thank you both for all your do!
5'5"
130 lbs
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Somewhere in the low to mid 20% range, below 25%.
Excellent progress by the way. We went back and looked at your old photos and you've really kicked *kitten*.0 -
Thanks guys! That's lower than what I expected, not quite sure what to do with it Since I took the pictures in November, I've stopped walking and running outside (was doing around 6-8 miles a week of the two combined at the time pictures were taken I think), started doing Mark Lauren's Body by You strength training program 3 days a week and then I got a mini trampoline for Christmas so I'm now jogging/'jump roping' on that for 30 minutes, twice a week (wearing 1lb weights on wrists for jump roping. part).
My weight has also dropped a bit since November and seems to have settled in the 117.5-119lb range. I'm ok with where I'm at right now/how I look and I'm loving Mark's program and the trampoline , so I guess I'll just keep at it 0 -
Yay!! Thank you both so much ♥. Typically, what % for women would be ideal for a bulk? From what I've read, the lower BF % when doing a bulk, the more optimal muscle growth ratio to fat? I didn't want to dip too much lower weight wise, but I'm still patiently awaiting my bf to lessen on my stomach (more vanity than that is a concern for bulking, really). I'm still in a healthy range to dip down another 10 lbs, if needed.0
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Yay!! Thank you both so much ♥. Typically, what % for women would be ideal for a bulk? From what I've read, the lower BF % when doing a bulk, the more optimal muscle growth ratio to fat? I didn't want to dip too much lower weight wise, but I'm still patiently awaiting my bf to lessen on my stomach (more vanity than that is a concern for bulking, really). I'm still in a healthy range to dip down another 10 lbs, if needed.
I would generally recommend to start a bulk at under 20%, unless someone has very low muscle mass, which you do not.0 -
Yay!! Thank you both so much ♥. Typically, what % for women would be ideal for a bulk? From what I've read, the lower BF % when doing a bulk, the more optimal muscle growth ratio to fat? I didn't want to dip too much lower weight wise, but I'm still patiently awaiting my bf to lessen on my stomach (more vanity than that is a concern for bulking, really). I'm still in a healthy range to dip down another 10 lbs, if needed.
Wouldn't start a bulk over 20% bodyfat. I'd keep cutting a bit further and evaluate again around the 7-10lb mark.0
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