5% body fat!?

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

Many methods have claimed accurate only to be shown later that claims were exagerated.
I hope one will stand the test of time in the future .

[wind chill Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wind chill]

the scales that measure it are horribly inaccurate,

I got almost identical results from digital scale and a caliper.Don't believe everything you read.

[camaro Senior Member Member of the month June 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close camaro]

If you can see your abs, all 6,7 or 8 of them, then bf% is in the single digits.

[wind chill Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wind chill]

I didn't do an internet test? I already said I got tested and was 6.5%. Which is the MOST I have ever been.

Unless you have a genes of a demi-god, i don't think you have such a low bf%.How did you get tested?
From that pic i'd say your around 11%, maybe 12.Would love to see a larger picture tho.

[donjelqer76 Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close donjelqer76]

I spent most of my life in the single-digits (not now thanks to getting older) and remained perfectly healthy. I think once you start dipping below 6% or so the same wouldn't hold true. I'd just be happy that you're holding around 10% just fine

I think you guys are ALL cooked off your asses, or maybe are ill-informed about BF%? Or maybe I'm the idiot.... I took YET another BF% test, and was 5.5%. This is the HEAVIEST I have ever been in my entire life, at 160lbs. People seem to think I am supposed to be disgusting looking, or sick looking, or skin and bones, or whatever else at this percentage. Yet, in all modesty because you will almost NEVER hear me brag, I am in the best shape of my life and would be sexy by almost any womens standards, whether they like a lean look or a jacked up look, I fall in between because I have a decent muscle mass. Last time I got one of these tests was 4 years ago, when I was at 4.8% and besides gaining 20lbs over the course of 4 years, my body type has never changed and I have never been more than a maximum of 6.5%, Please don't bother arguing I know my body I know my lifestyle. Not trying to come off competitively but I think people have a distorted image on a 5%bf person.

And for the record, I have no health issues (Besides mental ) and I have a great immune system. I rarely ever get sick, usually as low as 2-3 times in a full year. No malnutrition, no strict diet.

What kind of test are you getting? Electronic tests are horribly inaccurate on athletic people, calipers can be fairly accurate if you know what you're doing.. Go get a dunk tank test. I have seen and known many people in the single-digit BF% range, and you definitely don't look like 5%. Perhaps you're not testing correctly?

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

I got almost identical results from digital scale and a caliper.Don't believe everything you read.

even a broken clock is right twice a day my friend


I've used one and it was accurate at first, sort of, saying i was 12.5% or so, which i was around there, then not too much longer after that, because of my hydration level being low it said i was 17% ... that's a horrible miscalculation by the scale ...

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

Unless you have a genes of a demi-god, i don't think you have such a low bf%.How did you get tested?
From that pic i'd say your around 11%, maybe 12.Would love to see a larger picture tho.

hahahah 12% your hilarious guy

[Jay1983 Senior MemberMember of the Month Apr 2014, Sept 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close Jay1983]

Where does one measure body fat with a caliper? It seems with me all my fat is stored in my gut. Hardly any fat anywhere else. So if I measured my gut, would it be accurate? I kinda think I remember people measuring their body fat with calipers by their tricep/bicep? I have no body fat there. I'm a noob.

[Nachos87 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nachos87]

hahahah 12% your hilarious guy

Sad to break it to you, but his 11 or 12 looks much closer then your 6.5, from the looks of your avatar.

if you actually look like this

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In other words: fibery, veiny, seeing every muscle etc. then my apologies sir.

[donjelqer76 Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close donjelqer76]

Where does one measure body fat with a caliper? It seems with me all my fat is stored in my gut. Hardly any fat anywhere else. So if I measured my gut, would it be accurate? I kinda think I remember people measuring their body fat with calipers by their tricep/bicep? I have no body fat there. I'm a noob.

The most accurate way to measure BF with a caliper is to check several places and average it all out. of course, everyone is proportioned differently and so inaccuracies are common. For example, You can caliper the leanest place on your body and fool yourself into thinking your entire body has the same BF percentage, but in reality it varies greatly throughout the body. Back when I was under 10%, there were still areas that would caliper at 17%. This is why a dunk tank is the only way to get a truly accurate reading

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

Sad to break it to you, but his 11 or 12 looks much closer then your 6.5, from the looks of your avatar.

if you actually look like this

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In other words: fibery, veiny, seeing every muscle etc. then my apologies sir.

That picture is shitty. Yes I have the veiniest arms compared to almost anyone I've ever seen. I have veins going up through the top of my shoulder, veins going up my neck if I flex, fuck I've even seen veins in my upper chest. Without flexing veins in my calves and arms all the time. Legs... Everywhere. That picture is shitty because the lighting blocks out the real shadows because my arms were up. At 10-12%, you def can't see ribs, or obliques.

I don't even care what it is because girls love my body and thats all that matters. I don't care if the tests are inaccurate, for a FACT I am no more than 7%. It doesn't even matter anyways, I just don't like being told I'm wrong or lying.

Not trying to fight or be negative towards anyone so please don't take my attitude wrong

[Nachos87 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nachos87]

My brother is 11% and he got pronounced obliques, veins etc.
I'm not saying you're lying. You just might have the wrong idea of what percentages look like.

The thing is that 5-6% is really hard to maintain for prolonged periods of time, that's why it's very hard for me to believe you're 6.5 and it's "the MOST" you have ever been. Mind posting a full sized picture?

EDIT: Actually, never mind. I don't really care.

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

ok until we get a better pic can we all not argue .. dude, you have friends with phones capable of emailing to your computer to upload for us it isn't rocket science

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

ok until we get a better pic can we all not argue .. dude, you have friends with phones capable of emailing to your computer to upload for us it isn't rocket science

So are you suggesting I have a friend take a picture of me, then email it to me so I can prove to you what my body looks like? ... I have a piece of shit boost mobile phone, thats as good as it gets. I don't have no iPhone 5s or whatever the hell they are called, my phone is 3 years old and I love it. Don't have a camera either. Do you even understand how much excercise I get? Today, I walked 15 miles. To cash a check. Thats just one random day. I do what I have to do to get shit done. I am constantly walkig, moving, running, lifting shit, doing things. At work, I sweat my balls off all day cause I am a high energy person. I don't take breaks. I'm talking wearing a tshirt in 25 degree weather because I'm doing shit fast. Disregarding the picture because its sized down which makes it less proportional, I'm 6.5% whether you like it or not. Get over it

Ok I apologize to the OP, I think this thread is done, sorry guys my head is to hot to not respond.

[wind chill Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wind chill]

hahahah 12% your hilarious guy

A friend of mine is a pure meso and trained athletics.He had to run sprints everyday to maintain 5.5% with a clean diet+weighlifting training, yet you say the highest you have ever been is 6.5%.So once again, the chances are you highest bf was at 6.5% would be like one in a billion.In other words you are lying.