Interesting Reference on Body Fat %

jadetigereyes
jadetigereyes Posts: 44 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've been following Marc Perry for awhile and came across his article on body fat percentages. The pictures are quite helpful for comparison to where you're at vs. the "gold standard."

http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

Thoughts?

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  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    Nice. And pretty much spot on with where I'm at now and where I've been, both higher and lower.
  • jadetigereyes
    jadetigereyes Posts: 44 Member
    Same here! It's nice to have the reference images, since everyone is so different. 15% body fat looks different on everyone, as does 6% body fat.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    From pics, looks like I'm around 35% and not the 30%ish, I thought. Cheers for that :(
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    I wish I could see but it's blocked on my work computer. :( I'm 21% though, someone tell me the reference is good! Haha
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I wish I could see but it's blocked on my work computer. :( I'm 21% though, someone tell me the reference is good! Haha

    Well done you - that's my idea of perfect :)
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    I think I've seen this before, but thanks for posting again, as I find it really inspiring.

    One thing that troubles me is that female models in the 15-30% range look like they may have breast implants. I'm not objecting to the implants at all, but I'm thinking that something must be considered in there for them. For example, For example, the site talks about a 5'4" woman at 130 pounds. If she has implants, she'll weigh a little more but have lower body fat, right, since the implants aren't fat?

    I don't guess it really matters. I just wonder if implants skew our ideas of what weights and bf% look like.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Thanks for sharing.

    I followed the link to the body fat charts ( http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/ )which includes an explanation of why some charts have different bands according to age - makes sense now. I just have to stay the same for another couple of years and I'll be in the "lean" range. :wink:
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    I think I've seen this before, but thanks for posting again, as I find it really inspiring.

    One thing that troubles me is that female models in the 15-30% range look like they may have breast implants. I'm not objecting to the implants at all, but I'm thinking that something must be considered in there for them. For example, For example, the site talks about a 5'4" woman at 130 pounds. If she has implants, she'll weigh a little more but have lower body fat, right, since the implants aren't fat?

    I don't guess it really matters. I just wonder if implants skew our ideas of what weights and bf% look like.

    I have breast implants and they account for a whopping 1 lb of my weight. Unless their implants are enormous, they'ren ot going to be that heavy.
  • naomijuliette96
    naomijuliette96 Posts: 153 Member
    wtf just happened
  • Blokeypoo
    Blokeypoo Posts: 274 Member
    bumping for later
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    This spam popping up on the forums is REALLY starting to irritate me.
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    WTF.gif
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    Is there some way we can get rid of all that nonsense? This person has done the same thing on other threads too.
  • jadetigereyes
    jadetigereyes Posts: 44 Member
    From pics, looks like I'm around 35% and not the 30%ish, I thought. Cheers for that :(

    All it means is that there's some more work to do. Just remember that you have a support team to cheer you on!

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