How much will exercise and diet help to eliminate the dreaded fatpad?

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

Yes my experience was little difference at single digit bf% and for most it is the same . Some have little pad even at higher bf% just by luck .
My pad is 1 inch when I am at average bf% I think this is reasonably average also .
Look all very well saying get down to single digit bf% and stay there but this is a difficult matter lifetime .
Of course you could be at say 15% a lot of the time and get dwn to ay 7-8 % during dating periods .

You know it always shocked me that women don't seem to know of fatpads.

For some of us that's quite true

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

Yeah, I can see that, I've always had the V cut never had to work for it. And if I do the conventional tape test I'm at 9%, but the gym I go to has a air displacement test, I figured it was more accurate.

At 9% you're very well into the "lean" category.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

For some of us that's quite true

In a modern western society it is very rare .

Even among the few that manage it in some cases it is down to medical issues like damage to the digestive system or in the case of bodybuilders for instance heavy drug use .

Typically bodyfat increases with age so while a guy in his 20's is doing very well in a modern western society to maintain single figure bf% as it's certainly not average, a guy in his 40's or 50's at that level with average or above muscle mass ;well power to him.

[akga80 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close akga80]

That 9% is based off outdated technology, in the air displacement I'm a 12%, which breaks down everything from organ and bone mass to fat and muscle. But yeah I do a lot of endurance stuff, marathons, I'm trying out for the baton death march team, so I stay pretty lean, I do a bit of clean eating, and have been on Paleo meal plans for about 3 years and some change. It's work though,