Bodyfat percentage

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  1. average_joe

    average_joe Member Full Member

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    I checked my bodyfat percentage recently. I found it to be at 11.3. Do you guys think this a good percentage for boxing? I want to reduce it some more, maybe bring it down to 8 or 9. I weigh around 150 and I'm 6' .
     
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  2. viru§™

    viru§™ Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why does it matter?
     
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  3. average_joe

    average_joe Member Full Member

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    Really just for my personal vanity. But I don't want to go down too low. At what percentage does someone start to look really cut?
     
    average_joe, Jan 13, 2008
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  4. viru§™

    viru§™ Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bodybuilders are generally 5-6%
    Models generally 7-9%

    That's roughly, it'll also depend on genetics.
     
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  5. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    im the exact same as you 6 ft 160 about 8% but i wrestle at 145 or 152

    i fluctuate 6% at weigh ins to about 8% regualar. i get my sixpack at around 9 and i look mad cut at 6 but when i am six i feel very sick and tired. i a best at around 8
     
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  6. Johnboy2007

    Johnboy2007 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How do you work it out properly ? Iv heard theres lots of ways that dont work out there? Im 6 ft and 3/4 inch to be exact and i weigh around 11 stone - 11 1/2 lol its fluctuating alot at the moment but iv got crap scales its around 70 kg. I wouldnt imagine my body fat would be particularly low , however im reasonably well deffined specially my abs and chest. Im not realy that worried tbh ill just work out and my body will take care of itself but just out of curiosity how do you work it out , cheers
     
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  7. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the only real way to check is to use the water dunk test. teh scale and calipers are wrong. ive been told i had 2% bf by thoe things. lol.
     
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  8. Johnboy2007

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    lol kool , see iv heard that the only way is too use calipers. What the water dunk method?
     
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  9. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    they dip u in water and do a bunch of test. my wrelting coach did the caliper test on me and said i had 3% BF which is clearly BS
     
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  10. average_joe

    average_joe Member Full Member

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    I recently got one of those scales that measures bodyfat. It supposedly shoots an electric current up your body and measures the time it takes for it to come around. It's obviously not as accurate as the professional $70 tests that immerse you in water, but I figure it should give a pretty good estimate.
     
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  11. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i have one of those. its iight.
     
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  12. JMonster

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    hmm...i'm 5'10/'11 and weight about 130-135...so my body fat is probably around 5??? based on logic from what ur guys' r
     
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  13. viru§™

    viru§™ Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How did you work that one out?
     
    viru§™, Jan 14, 2008
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  14. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yah bull ****ing ****. unles u r ridicoulossly cut u r not.
     
    younghypnotiq, Jan 14, 2008
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  15. yesihavearm

    yesihavearm Active Member Full Member

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    If your bf% is actually 11.3% then thats pretty much perfect.

    Single-digit bodyfat % for long periods of time is not only bad for your health, but its also nearly impossible to achieve.

    Bodybuilders are around 5% for their shows, but their literally only that low for that day and a few days building up to it.

    Anything from 10-15% depending on the person is enough to have visible abs etc...

    Joe, if your 6foot tall and you weigh 150 and 11.3% bodyfat you should be ripped and muscular. If thats not the case, then the bf reading is wrong.

    Im a Doctor at Imperial College, and although nutiriton isnt my speciality I'd like to think I know a little :p
     
    yesihavearm, Jan 14, 2008
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