Body Fat percent - visuals
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The 25% fat man looks good to me.
My husband liked the woman in the 25% range. That's my goal too.0 -
What is the source for those photos? I am between Ms 25 and Ms 30, and my breasts have never looked like that. I am Ms Dubious.
http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/0 -
What is the source for those photos? I am between Ms 25 and Ms 30, and my breasts have never looked like that. I am Ms Dubious.
http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/
Thanks. So, they aren't people with confirmed bf % at all, just stock images the dude thinks might represent that number. Those girls could have fake boobs.0 -
Hahaha! I was thinking the same thing! EWWW!Yikes! That 3 - 4% guy looks like he has cutaneous larval migrans!! (A very unpleasant condition caused by certain intestinal parasite :sick: )0
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Everyone carries weight differently. Can't say those examples hold true for me. If the standing BF scale was accurate, two years ago I was 17-18% BF @117 lbs. Can't say I looked as great as the lady in the picture did. No way. Still flabby. Perhaps I just have a small frame?
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!!!0 -
I always find these types of pictures discouraging and not really an accurate depiction. I usually find that I look like a higher bodyfat than I actually am when comparing myself to these types of pictures.
For example, I look more like the pic depicting 20% bf but my actual bf is 15% and when I was 21% bf I looked closer to the pic showing 30% bf (in the stomach and legs, not the chest - i could only wish!).
ETA: On second thought, I think at 21% bf I looked a bit bigger than the 30% pic but smaller than the next picture. My husband agrees.0 -
How come everything has to turn into a fight?
It wasn't intended to be a negative post. It is supposed to be positive.
Why?
Because some people (women especially) may not understand that at 30% BF you can look healthy.
Because at 25% women can look great!
Because at 12% you may look unhealthy.
This was not intended to state "we are all the same"
of course we are all different, nobody is saying anything else. I sure am not.
When I see a young person say they want to be a stick and be 11% BF because they think that is healthy, I would like to show them these pictures.
When I read that someone doesn't understand that a sz. 4 and 24% BF is GOOD and not unhealthy, I would like to show them these pictures.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!!!
Yes, I know, but thanks for yelling.0 -
30% on a girl looks fantastic, yet the 30% guy looks decidedly "pudgy". So unfair0
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30% on a girl looks fantastic, yet the 30% guy looks decidedly "pudgy". So unfair
It's all about the boobs. Good on female, bad on male.0 -
30% on a girl looks fantastic, yet the 30% guy looks decidedly "pudgy". So unfair
Keep in mind that a woman's essential body fat content is higher than a man's, so at the same %, the woman is less "over minimum" than a man is.
I think it's interesting how many women have mentioned that they like the men with a little pudge, but their own personal ideal is absolutely no pudge. We women are hard on ourselves!0 -
I am 25% body fat and i look WAY fatter than that ahaha! x0
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I am at 31.8 body fat right now and look nothing like the 30% woman! Hell, I look like more in between the 45% % 50% woman.
Thanks for posting!0 -
Interesting!0
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cool0
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In the past year I went from 19 % to 23% bf. And I feel like I have never looked as good as the girl on here who says 25%0
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im 18% so its a nice perception on myself........ my tummy is not that tight thou .......... one day it may be0
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I think 25% female and 15% male look best.0
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