posted Wed, 11/21/2012 - 09:27
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Body fat percent checked for 1 st time ever..
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Just had my body fat checked first time ever. It was 12.3 percent , weight is 221, I'm about 5'10 , 39 yo. Not sure what to think about it, is it good , Ok, horrible..?
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Anonthat's not bad bro. below 20% is considered healthy, and average (at least when i was still hitting the textbooks) was 16-25%. you're below average and not too far from being shredded
I'd be sure of the accuracy before anything. How do you think you look? With a 3 point caliper test I come in around 8% Wrong. On my bathroom scale which does resistance I measure 23%, Wrong! Big difference in the estimations huh? I believe I am closer to 11-12% Use your eyes, can you see your abs without flexing? Do you see veins across your frontal delts, on the front of your forearm? These will give you a much better indication of your bf% I think!
Anongreat points! the more points checked the more accurate. although calipers are the most common method, they are also one of the least accurate.
OR you know your BF is pretty low when you can see veins popping out in and around your waistline...even when you're bulking, LOL!!!!
Hey! Get your shredded ass out of here! Go eat a hamburger why dontcha lol
Awe, that's so sweet!
You know your doing good when people start giving you crap! LOL ;-P
I would say that it depends on how hard you tried to get to 12.3%. If you put in no effort, then 12.3 is awesome IMO.
I would say for 221 that is very good. Most of us here don't want to walk around at 5 percent bf lol 8-9 is a goal for a lot of us. But your stats show your a big dude and that's pretty low. Good job man