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    Examples of Body Fat % for men. With Pics

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    • Posts: 2,390 Member
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      Woah... thigh gap...
    • Posts: 59 Member
      I know that at age 50 I'm gonna have to work hard but I want to be in the 12-15% range. Just for once in my life, lol.
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      I have seen threads like this before but they are always interesting. The amount of work that goes into building muscle and getting/staying lean is hard for a lot of people to understand. It also makes the case for why it is sooo important to maintain as much muscle as possible while losing weight.

      Men and women losing muscle that may takes years to regain when they could have just altered their program to keep it in the first place.

      Great point! My *main* worry in losing weight is for any of my muscle to go with it.
    • Posts: 610 Member
      I was going to post a pic showing me at different weight and bf %'s but I don't know how to add a pic here. Can someone help?
    • Posts: 18,343 Member
      I was going to post a pic showing me at different weight and bf %'s but I don't know how to add a pic here. Can someone help?
      In the Tech Support forum:

      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/104076-posting-pictures-on-the-boards-tutorial
    • Posts: 610 Member
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      In the Tech Support forum:

      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/104076-posting-pictures-on-the-boards-tutorial

      Thank you :-)
    • Posts: 2,097 Member
      Nice to hear how horribly strict you gals are. Kind of sucks for us guys that are never going to be able to hit 10%.

      Oh boo hoo, not every woman on the planet is going to find you attractive at any given point of time.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      Damn I wish there was a picture between 17-20% because i am definitely smaller thant 20 and definitely larger than 15-17% picture. MANNNNNN :(

      Tbh - you will not look like either. There is a huge variation depending on distribution of BF and the amount of LBM.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      Nice to hear how horribly strict you gals are. Kind of sucks for us guys that are never going to be able to hit 10%.

      Your bitterness is showing through yet again.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      Lets see how long this takes before the body shaming comes along!
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      Oh boo hoo, not every woman on the planet is going to find you attractive at any given point of time.

      Women should be more flexible with their standards. Any woman who can stand a guy who doesn't have a perfect body is just a *****.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
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      Except for the super-low-fat ones. Those are just gross.

      Actually - too late. The body shaming already started!
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
      3-4% is VASCULAR THAN A M***********

      I wish there were a good example of these for women. :(

      You can thank steroids for that person's appearance.
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
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      Actually - too late. The body shaming already started!

      Whoops!

      Sorry, should have added, "in my opinion."
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
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      You can thank steroids for that person's appearance.

      I would think so. I don't understand the point at all.
    • Posts: 319 Member
      I vote for 15 on guys, 25 on girls. Me, I'm still 30, a few pounds to go to get where I want.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
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      Whoops!

      Sorry, should have added, "in my opinion."

      No, you should have added that they are not your preference. There is no difference between saying 'those are gross' and 'in my opinion those are gross'
    • Posts: 53 Member
      Hellooo motivation! Thanks for posting, especially the female version!
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
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      No, you should have added that they are not your preference. There is no difference between saying 'those are gross' and 'in my opinion those are gross'

      Oh, sorry for saying it wrong. It never occurred to me that the word preference would be less offensive than the word opinion.
    • Posts: 733 Member
      I know that at age 50 I'm gonna have to work hard but I want to be in the 12-15% range. Just for once in my life, lol.

      It can be done. I've hit 13% a couple times over the past year.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
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      Oh, sorry for saying it wrong. It never occurred to me that the word preference would be less offensive than the word opinion.

      Its the word gross that its the problem here not preference v opinion
    • Posts: 2,390 Member
      that was a stupid post...nobody quote me before I delete it...
    • Posts: 106
      The female chart is a bit chitty tbh

      a lot of the women in the higher %'s have big breasts, and hips. with bf % levels that would look nowhere near as good on a women with a different frame.
    • Posts: 866 Member
      Mmm, 12%-25% is alllllllright with me.
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      Right, the female pic is posted on here a lot and it's very silly. Body fat % does not look the same on all women, there are so many different factors.
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
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      Its the word gross that its the problem here not preference v opinion

      So I shouldn't say, "My preference is men who aren't gross?" :laugh:

      OK, I give up, Sara. You win. I will no longer offer my opinion about what I think is sexy. I'm happily married anyway, so my opinion on men is pretty irrelevant anyway. (Note to self. Stay out of chit-chat forums on those "rate the poster" threads.)
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      Right, the female pic is posted on here a lot and it's very silly. Body fat % does not look the same on all women, there are so many different factors.

      This is true.
    • Posts: 468 Member
      Eww 3-4% is gross!!!! 10-15% is nice


      ^^ This
    • Posts: 556 Member
      I REALLY like the 15%.. The 3-4% is scary
    • Posts: 179 Member
      From 10-25% are very nice bodies Holla! lol
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