FabSwingers.com forum: lowest body fat

By *haun12345 OP Man
over a year ago

Dunstable

Who here thinks they have the lowest body fat ? I'm talky healthy say 8% and how you achieve it?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I've got no idea what mine is. Is 8% the minimum healthy percentage? I didn't know that either.

What's the level at which it becomes unhealthy?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm currently 15% fat and I think lower than 12% will fall in unhealthy category

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By *haun12345 OP Man
over a year ago

Dunstable

Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My penis accounts for 15% of my body weight - not sure what that means?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish. "

Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish. "

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was 6% in September, but I'm 11% now after slacking at the gym. On track to get there again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?"

If its not excessive bodyfat loss then the skin will remain tight.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?

If its not excessive bodyfat loss then the skin will remain tight. "

As I said I don't really know much about this. However I've known people who've needed to cut fat out of their diet while waiting for gall bladder surgery for instance and their hair got very thin and skin was extremely dry. There are also certain implications for vital organs as far as I know.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A pro cyclist would be 8-10% so yes, this value takes extreme training and exercise. At my best a few year back i was 15%. No idea what I am now, but i would expect a few percent more.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?

If its not excessive bodyfat loss then the skin will remain tight.

As I've said before. If the bodyfat % is maintained with a proper diet with all the minerals and vitamins the body needs, then you can be any bodyfat %. But it is harder to maintain the lower you get.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?

If its not excessive bodyfat loss then the skin will remain tight.

Oh ok. Is it different if your body fat is lowered by exercise rather than diet?

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy. "

Good luck with that; the nervous system contains a significant percentage of your body fat and body fat is also required for normal hormone production.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Bloomin eck! Really. Is that good for skin and hair?

If its not excessive bodyfat loss then the skin will remain tight.

Oh ok. Is it different if your body fat is lowered by exercise rather than diet?"

For women and men the bodyfat % is different. For men its what I have said, but for women its higher due to your extra bits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy.

Good luck with that; the nervous system contains a significant percentage of your body fat and body fat is also required for normal hormone production."

If that was true then Olympia athletes would be dead. They are all under 4%.

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

I'm 30% marshmallow.

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"I was 6% in September, but I'm 11% now after slacking at the gym. On track to get there again. "

Really, I'm guessing that you must have access to DEXA scanning or hydrostatic weighing for such precise measurements at such low percentages.

Standing on an electrical impedance device just doesn't produce an accurate measurement.

Apologies for bursting your elite athlete fitness bubble.

Doctor Delerium

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just had KFC, I feel 100% fat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm sitting around 12% most of the time, it's mostly diet but obviously genetics and your general lifestyle will play their parts too

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"I just had KFC, I feel 100% fat

But are you finger lickin' good?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I just had KFC, I feel 100% fat

But are you finger lickin' good? "

Only one way to find out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't have the foggiest what mine is. I am intrigued to know though, as I eat a lot of unhealthy food (not intentionally, tasty bad food just finds its way to me). I do run around a lot and have a physical job. And I also get three square meals of stress a day too, which probably burns off a fair bit of the bad stuff though

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By *elon3377Woman
over a year ago

leeds

I got down to 8% a couple of years since, and as a female it definitely isn’t good for you, stopped Aunt Flo coming to visit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I got down to 8% a couple of years since, and as a female it definitely isn’t good for you, stopped Aunt Flo coming to visit

For women its dangerous to get that low as you have alot more going on.

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who here thinks they have the lowest body fat ? I'm talky healthy say 8% and how you achieve it?"

Shaun, you’re body shaming me with this post. My bf% of 107% is not to be talked about. I’m cuddly, like a fucking beanbag on a pair of cotton candy poles. Leave me be and stop harking on about your low bf%, not as if you’ll get a shag.

Somebody get me 2 family size packs of crisps.

And DIP

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve a pretty chunk big toe

That’s quite low

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who here thinks they have the lowest body fat ? I'm talky healthy say 8% and how you achieve it?

Somebody get me 2 family size packs of crisps.

And DIP"

Is that all. Thats a snack for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t know and don’t really care what mine is if I’m honest...I’m in better nick than most guys my age and if I had to spend hours in a gym trying to drop a few % I’d feel I had something missing in my life

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"Reading simple journals is pointless. If you are saying that lower than 8 is unhealthy then explain why I was 6 and felt amazing every day. "

So, you'll ignore an article on the body composition of elite American athletes (826 Olympians; 528 male and 298 female), published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, whilst stating that Olympic athletes actually have body fat composition of 4%, and claiming a personal body fat composition of 6% without defining the way that it was calculated?

Why not stop digging a deeper hole?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There’s so much misinformation in this thread it’s making me laugh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There’s so much misinformation in this thread it’s making me laugh"

No, it's true! I really do eat tons of all the wrong food!

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

My bmi is currently way too high! I need to lose around a stone! What I’d also like to be able to do is take the last couple of pounds of weight I lose and inject them back into my boobies - as I know that’s the first bloody place i’ll lose weight from!

Meh!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There’s so much misinformation in this thread it’s making me laugh

No, it's true! I really do eat tons of all the wrong food!

Me too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My bmi is currently way too high! I need to lose around a stone! What I’d also like to be able to do is take the last couple of pounds of weight I lose and inject them back into my boobies - as I know that’s the first bloody place i’ll lose weight from!

Meh!

I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bmi, last time I checked my bmi i was classed as obese.

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

Meh!

I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bmi, last time I checked my bmi i was classed as obese."

I’d definitely be classed as at least a stone overweight - but in my case that’s probably true! With men I believe it gets confusing due to muscle mass etc? X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Reading simple journals is pointless. If you are saying that lower than 8 is unhealthy then explain why I was 6 and felt amazing every day.

Why not stop digging a deeper hole?"

Off season the athletes do go to a higher bodyfat% but then around 3 months before go on a cutting period.

Body comp is the whole body not just body fat. And theres no claiming about it, I have an accurate body analyser which I confirm with body clips.

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

Meh!

BMI is useless. Have a look at something called TOFI (thin outside, fat inside), it’s an eye opener.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meh!

I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bmi, last time I checked my bmi i was classed as obese.

I’d definitely be classed as at least a stone overweight - but in my case that’s probably true! With men I believe it gets confusing due to muscle mass etc? X"

Bmi is pointless, focus on bodyfat.

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

Meh!

I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bmi, last time I checked my bmi i was classed as obese.

I’d definitely be classed as at least a stone overweight - but in my case that’s probably true! With men I believe it gets confusing due to muscle mass etc? X

Bmi is pointless, focus on bodyfat. "

Whatever I focus on - I’m overweight and need to lose a stone!

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

"I was 6% in September, but I'm 11% now after slacking at the gym. On track to get there again.

Really, I'm guessing that you must have access to DEXA scanning or hydrostatic weighing for such precise measurements at such low percentages.

Standing on an electrical impedance device just doesn't produce an accurate measurement.

Apologies for bursting your elite athlete fitness bubble.

Doctor Delerium

Science steps in and recalibrates... Thank you Doctor. I once chased after low body fat for rock climbing rather than for purely aesthetic reasons and I was always ill. Put some fat on and I’m much more resilient (and cuddly)

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

"I was 6% in September, but I'm 11% now after slacking at the gym. On track to get there again.

Really, I'm guessing that you must have access to DEXA scanning or hydrostatic weighing for such precise measurements at such low percentages.

Standing on an electrical impedance device just doesn't produce an accurate measurement.

Apologies for bursting your elite athlete fitness bubble.

Doctor Delerium

Well if you’re cuddly I’ve definitely got a thing for cuddly!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meh!

I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bmi, last time I checked my bmi i was classed as obese.

I’d definitely be classed as at least a stone overweight - but in my case that’s probably true! With men I believe it gets confusing due to muscle mass etc? X

Bmi is pointless, focus on bodyfat.

Whatever I focus on - I’m overweight and need to lose a stone!

I would say a stone. Thats a little drastic. And you'd probably look like a stick. Don't focus on overall weight or bmi. Just focus on bodyfat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have gone as low as 6% when I was yonger, not worth the hours and sacrifice, impact on life etc... at 16 now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lowest I've been is around 15%, current fat % is the same as a scotch egg.

Dorian Yates got down to 2% in some shows. So low that the fat pads in the balls of his feet weren't there and it hurt to walk.

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over a year ago

"I was 6% in September, but I'm 11% now after slacking at the gym. On track to get there again.

Really, I'm guessing that you must have access to DEXA scanning or hydrostatic weighing for such precise measurements at such low percentages.

Standing on an electrical impedance device just doesn't produce an accurate measurement.

Apologies for bursting your elite athlete fitness bubble.

Doctor Delerium

That was probably due to not eating alot. People have this misconception that you have to hardly eat to lose fat. That's not true. If you want to lose fat then focus on hiit training. This keeps you heart rate in its fat burning zone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyone's different

Can't possibly be an average as we are all individual

Height Weight metabolism bone size etc etc etc

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?"

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everyone's different

Can't possibly be an average as we are all individual

Height Weight metabolism bone size etc etc etc "

This is why you go by bodyfat. The rest is pretty pointless.

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By *ornyDubMan25Man
over a year ago

Berlin

"My penis accounts for 15% of my body weight - not sure what that means?!

It means you're more of a knob than most of the population

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By *ngels of Sin 69Couple
over a year ago

High Wycombe

My hubbys is very low and has been as low as 7-8% but he is a bodybuilder.

That takes a massive amount of dedication, H

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My hubbys is very low and has been as low as 7-8% but he is a bodybuilder.

That takes a massive amount of dedication, H"

I can back you up there. For me to get to 6 took so much dedication, diet and constant high intensity excersise.

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By *ngels of Sin 69Couple
over a year ago

High Wycombe

He hits the gym 5 nights a week for 2ish hours a time, the biggest battle by far for him though is food. Theres only so many things you can make with,

Chicken

Turkey

Steak

Fish

He looks amazing and I never underestimate the sheer determination, effort, sacrifice and everything else that goes into looking like that.

On the plus size hes very yumm to look at naked

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips. "

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

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By *ngels of Sin 69Couple
over a year ago

High Wycombe

"He hits the gym 5 nights a week for 2ish hours a time, the biggest battle by far for him though is food. Theres only so many things you can make with,

Chicken

Turkey

Steak

Fish

He looks amazing and I never underestimate the sheer determination, effort, sacrifice and everything else that goes into looking like that.

On the plus size hes very yumm to look at naked

Plus side even

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"He hits the gym 5 nights a week for 2ish hours a time, the biggest battle by far for him though is food. Theres only so many things you can make with,

Chicken

Turkey

Steak

Fish

He looks amazing and I never underestimate the sheer determination, effort, sacrifice and everything else that goes into looking like that.

On the plus size hes very yumm to look at naked

The diet is so bad. Luckily I have a high metabolism so I can get away with a cheat day a week. Just need to get back into the gym routine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable. "

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%.

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By *ngels of Sin 69Couple
over a year ago

High Wycombe

"He hits the gym 5 nights a week for 2ish hours a time, the biggest battle by far for him though is food. Theres only so many things you can make with,

Chicken

Turkey

Steak

Fish

He looks amazing and I never underestimate the sheer determination, effort, sacrifice and everything else that goes into looking like that.

On the plus size hes very yumm to look at naked

The diet is so bad. Luckily I have a high metabolism so I can get away with a cheat day a week. Just need to get back into the gym routine. "

He also eats loads of cxxp lol, hes can only get away with it as he trains so much

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I just had KFC, I feel 100% fat

But are you finger lickin' good? "
he looks it to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"He hits the gym 5 nights a week for 2ish hours a time, the biggest battle by far for him though is food. Theres only so many things you can make with,

Chicken

Turkey

Steak

Fish

He looks amazing and I never underestimate the sheer determination, effort, sacrifice and everything else that goes into looking like that.

On the plus size hes very yumm to look at naked

The diet is so bad. Luckily I have a high metabolism so I can get away with a cheat day a week. Just need to get back into the gym routine.

He also eats loads of cxxp lol, hes can only get away with it as he trains so much"

Take a week off and you gain fat fast.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How do people know what percentage they actually are? Bmi is not accurate and means nothing as some people carry more muscle etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How do people know what percentage they actually are? Bmi is not accurate and means nothing as some people carry more muscle etc. "

Thats why bodyfat is better to track.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

8% bmi fat is certainly not healthy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"8% bmi fat is certainly not healthy "

Bmi fat does not exist and 8% body fat is not healthy for women, as it creates problems with your menstrual cycle.

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By *ristol HellfireMan
over a year ago

Bristol

I can back you up there. For me to get to 6 took so much dedication, diet and constant high intensity excersise. "

Plus a 'body analyser' and 'body fat clips'.

Much more accurate than a DEXA scan, hydrostatic weighing, or any of the methods used in the scientific paper, and the associated, references that I provided.

I guess you can use your 'body analyser' in the bathroom?

Can you tell me it's range and margin of error?

You can provide exactly the same information for your 'skin clips'; scientists tend to use calipers over a number of determined sites.

Does the instruction sheet provide you with factors introducing bias, confounders and observational errors?

A search engine will help you find what those words mean; individuals with a background in what you appear to an expert in already know what they mean.

Is the measurement affected by ethnicity, age or bone density?

Is measurement affected by hydration?

Should you the 'body analyser' be used before you have eaten, after you have eaten or at a particular time of day, with a full or empty bowel, a full or empty bladder?

What is body mass index (BMI); tell me how it's calculated?

Do you know how to measure height correctly?

I'm not going to post anymore replies, or counter arguments, to your inane ideas or comments; but, I guarantee, that your body fat is not, and has been been, 6%.

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By *ristol HellfireMan
over a year ago

Bristol

'I'm not going to post anymore replies, or counter arguments, to your inane ideas or comments; but, I guarantee, that your body fat is not, and has never been been, 6%.

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%. "

No, a DEXA scan is the most reliable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can back you up there. For me to get to 6 took so much dedication, diet and constant high intensity excersise.

Plus a 'body analyser' and 'body fat clips'.

Much more accurate than a DEXA scan, hydrostatic weighing, or any of the methods used in the scientific paper, and the associated, references that I provided.

I guess you can use your 'body analyser' in the bathroom?

Can you tell me it's range and margin of error?

You can provide exactly the same information for your 'skin clips'; scientists tend to use calipers over a number of determined sites.

Does the instruction sheet provide you with factors introducing bias, confounders and observational errors?

A search engine will help you find what those words mean; individuals with a background in what you appear to an expert in already know what they mean.

Is the measurement affected by ethnicity, age or bone density?

Is measurement affected by hydration?

Should you the 'body analyser' be used before you have eaten, after you have eaten or at a particular time of day, with a full or empty bowel, a full or empty bladder?

What is body mass index (BMI); tell me how it's calculated?

Do you know how to measure height correctly?

I'm not going to post anymore replies, or counter arguments, to your inane ideas or comments; but, I guarantee, that your body fat is not, and has been been, 6%.

Its really not now it all. And no I don't have access to a multi million pound lab, and neither does anyone accept universities and laboratories. But calliper have around a 5% tolerance and my analyser gives a 0.1% difference to the callipers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%.

No, a DEXA scan is the most reliable. "

But do you have a spare £5M for a scanner?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%.

No, a DEXA scan is the most reliable.

But do you have a spare £5M for a scanner? "

You can get a DEXA scan done for around £100 if you find an offer. I had one last year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?"

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate."

You quoted me but didn't answer my questions so I'm guessing you were answering someone else.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate.

You quoted me but didn't answer my questions so I'm guessing you were answering someone else. "

Sorry, I was replying in relation to health checks. My work recently introduced a body fat check at your annual health check using the bio impedance machine. It said I was 34%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate.

You quoted me but didn't answer my questions so I'm guessing you were answering someone else.

Sorry, I was replying in relation to health checks. My work recently introduced a body fat check at your annual health check using the bio impedance machine. It said I was 34%

Ah. I was talking more like gps hospitals etc. Everyone is arguing over percentages and accuracy so I was trying to ascertain whether it's important or not. If people aren't tested for this by health professionals then I'm guessing the exact percentage isn't important so can't really understand why anyone would care whether it's 8% or 6%!? Meh. I'm probably about 70%. Shrugs. I dunno. Dr just says I'm overweight and I need to lose weight. How does he know without measuring my body fat going by what you lot are saying!?

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I am at a very healthy 50%, its healthy as no bugger can kid*nap me.

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over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%.

No, a DEXA scan is the most reliable.

But do you have a spare £5M for a scanner?

You can get a DEXA scan done for around £100 if you find an offer. I had one last year."

Its pointless having it done once a year. And they are pointless unless you are competing.

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over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate.

You quoted me but didn't answer my questions so I'm guessing you were answering someone else.

Sorry, I was replying in relation to health checks. My work recently introduced a body fat check at your annual health check using the bio impedance machine. It said I was 34%

There is a big difference athletically.

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over a year ago

"Is knowing your exact body fat percentage really that important? If so, why does nowhere routinely measure this when doing other health checks?

They do using bio impedance but it's massively inaccurate.

You quoted me but didn't answer my questions so I'm guessing you were answering someone else.

Sorry, I was replying in relation to health checks. My work recently introduced a body fat check at your annual health check using the bio impedance machine. It said I was 34%

There is a big difference athletically. "

So it makes a difference to professional athletes? And the rest of us? It's largely irrelevant?

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

hereandthere

I think someone has an obsession with body fat.

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

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"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy. "

Just googled lots of sites and you are wrong. Very low fat is unhealthy .

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over a year ago

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy.

Just googled lots of sites and you are wrong. Very low fat is unhealthy . "

It is for women as they have alot more that relies on it. But for men its free game. People don't understand that.

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By *eviantdeliteWoman
over a year ago

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"I'm currently 15% fat and I think lower than 12% will fall in unhealthy category "

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy.

Just googled lots of sites and you are wrong. Very low fat is unhealthy .

It is for women as they have alot more that relies on it. But for men its free game. People don't understand that. "

I've stayed away from this as there is inevitably a lot of bollocks posted and too much testosterone flying about to see facts.

It isn't free game for men at all... Body fat is as important to men as it is to women and there are healthy ranges for them as much as there are for women. So much of your body's basic function relies on body fat so to run your stores dangerously low impedes this. You may be able to go 1-2 percent points lower than women but there is a limit to what the body can endure for a sustained period. That's the reason why body builders cycle the or body fat around competitions. Their body cannot sustain the very low body fat that they achieve.

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

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"Well anything below 8% would be risky for your health. You need some fat for healthy functions, a pro bodybuilder might be around 4%ish.

Thats pure myth. You can be any body fat % with the right diet and still be healthy.

Just googled lots of sites and you are wrong. Very low fat is unhealthy .

It is for women as they have alot more that relies on it. But for men its free game. People don't understand that. "

I think the only one who doesnt understand it is you

I've googled genuine sites not bro science and you are wrong. Everyone on here is saying the same think.

I know comp bodybuilders and they hate being low fat as they cannot sustain it and feel weak.

It is unhealthy that is a fact and that's not from me that's from doctors

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over a year ago

"May I ask how those of you who know your body fat percentage, measure it?

I have a body analyser which is accurate, and I have body fat clips.

What sort of analyser? I know calipers are not all that reliable.

Callipers are the most reliable. Depending on the body analyser the tolerances are different. Mine is pretty bang on, but some can be out by as much as 25%.

No, a DEXA scan is the most reliable.

But do you have a spare £5M for a scanner?

You can get a DEXA scan done for around £100 if you find an offer. I had one last year.

Its pointless having it done once a year. And they are pointless unless you are competing. "

Not pointless at all. Gave me an accurate assessment of where I am for me to compare against in the future.

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