Who would you prefer to look like? Body Fat Percentages

ExRelaySprinter
ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I saw a link about body fat percentages http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages on another thread and it got me thinking...."who would i prefer to look like"?
I prefer the physique of the 18% female.....but due to my love of fast food, doubt i can accomplish that tbh. :ohwell: I'd say i'm hovering around the 22% mark.
But out of interest, which physique would you prefer to have (or do have already)?

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  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    You can achieve any BF% incorporating fast food into you diet :P I'm around 18% BF and had McDonald's last night. Moderation and things!

    I'd like to see 15% at some point but currently bulking. On my next cut I might dip that low just to see
  • Hopefullysane
    Hopefullysane Posts: 27 Member
    I'm currently hovering at about 25% (down from 36%).

    I've recently become a weight lifting addict and enjoying watching my muscles grow. I love how strong I feel (and am starting to look).

    I'd love the 15% look BUT at 45 years old, I'm pretty sure that's unachievable.
    This is the first time in my life I've had muscles though so... who knows
  • fadedfawn
    fadedfawn Posts: 116
    I have 15.6 % body fat and I look nothing like the woman in the picture for 15% haha
    but I want to have something closer to 10% body fat
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    I'm not sure these representations are accurate. That 25% for women looks awfully heavy to me.
  • drazani
    drazani Posts: 98 Member
    Im at 25-30% at the moment but want to get to 10-15%
  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
    I want to be 18% in the winter and 15% in the summer.
  • llUndecidedll
    llUndecidedll Posts: 724 Member
    I think I prefer the 20% figure, but I want strong arms. This is my dream body because I'll never look like that.
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
    between 15-20% I don't want to be just muscle.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    I'm not sure these representations are accurate. That 25% for women looks awfully heavy to me.

    ^agreed. They are rough ideas at best. I always wanted the leanest most muscular look, but that's put aside for now.
    Right now I'm at least 25%. My avitar is a picture of me at 5'71/2 and 150 lbs, and lacking in upper body muscle.
  • NextPage
    NextPage Posts: 609 Member
    I think the 18 percent is the best with 20 pretty darn great also. I'm currently at 29 percent but working hard and added more heavy lifting (squats, DL, glut thrusts, lunges etc.). Something about heavy lifting has got me thinking I can do this - no reason a 51 year old women can't become the warrior princess that she always knew she could be!

    Thanks for posting these picture. Some times you really need to see where others are, to decide where you want to go.
  • belrowley
    belrowley Posts: 24
    These look heavy to me, but 18% is my goal. I know from my old weight that this is where I was happiest. :)
  • katday680
    katday680 Posts: 9
    I like the look of between 20-25% it seems pretty natural which is what I want. Although I am lifting heavy! I'm at 37% so I've got a ways to go.... :)
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Of those shown, none.
  • ironangel250
    ironangel250 Posts: 24 Member
    I would guess I'm at 18%, but with more muscle definition in upper body than the pic shown
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    14% looks like what I envision myself at my "ideal." So I'll go with that.

    I look like 20% right now. Bleh!
  • Ethereal_Whisper
    Ethereal_Whisper Posts: 70 Member
    somewhere between the 18% and 15% is okay with me. i'm supposedly at 17.8% right now, but i look like a cross of 20% and 25% haha
  • LiftAndBalance
    LiftAndBalance Posts: 960 Member
    Somewhere around 18–20% is my goal. I'm currently around 28–30% I guess.
  • mrsbunbunbun
    mrsbunbunbun Posts: 49 Member
    My trainer had me at 30.3% BF last week and I can honestly say, I look nothing like the girl in the 30% pic. I have seen my BF fluctuate as low as 24.9% lately, but my figure looks more like the 25% or between the 20-25% pics than the 30% pic. That looks to me like 40%+
  • cynthiamm67
    cynthiamm67 Posts: 52 Member
    I've always liked the look of defined muscles so I would love to look like 11, but it will probably take me a year to get down to 30, so I'll take what I can get (I'll be almost 50 by then).
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    Somewhere between 20% - 25%
  • laineybz
    laineybz Posts: 704 Member
    Going by these pictures, I'd prefer to be around 18%-20%. Realistically probably around 20%-22%.
  • jfmorrison
    jfmorrison Posts: 70 Member
    I'm somewhere between the 14 and 20 % My ideal is the 10% guy.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    14% is my favourite look of those shown - I'm about 16 or 17% at the moment I think and I'm not really too bothered if I get down to my personal goal of 15% or not, BF reduction is a long way down my list of priorities these days.

    Not really a fan of the very lean look TBH. (That's probably an old-fashioned opinion!)
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    20%.

    18% is gorgeous! but not for me. :)
  • ACanadian22
    ACanadian22 Posts: 377 Member
    Am I the only one who thinks the 25% woman looks way better than the 25% man? It seems a bit off. I would love to have the 20% one.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    I'm currently at 38%. The 20% one looks a bit too thin for my body type and 25% looks more plump. I would probably like to look somewhere in between those two, 23% perhaps? I have a pretty wide and pelvis so with a bit but not too much fat I would look nicely curvey which is my preference.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    My favorite by far is the 25% woman......I wouldn't want to be thinner than that.
  • knittinlady
    knittinlady Posts: 143 Member
    I'm currently around 22%, and working my way toward 15%. :)
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
    20% looks like a healthy sexy human being to me. IMHO all those weird blobs of muscle under the skin in the lower %'s are as gross as cellulite to look at. Icky!
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