Lowest BF%

[vikthor]

Yesterday i got my body fat % measured, and i got 4.5% bf, i got excited about but ive started reading some more about body fat and through my "research" i read that the lowest "healthy" body fat % a person can have is 3% is this true? and that a person shouldnt mantain low bodyfats like 3 or 4 for a long time, this has me worried since my first comp is going to be in like 2 months :S

[Cape1]

Yesterday i got my body fat % measured, and i got 4.5% bf, i got excited about but ive started reading some more about body fat and through my "research" i read that the lowest "healthy" body fat % a person can have is 3% is this true? and that a person shouldnt mantain low bodyfats like 3 or 4 for a long time, this has me worried since my first comp is going to be in like 2 months :S

If those are your current pictures, you're probably more like 7-10% fat; not 4.5%. People tend to under-estimate body fat. 3-4 is low and unhealthy. Where you are right now is probably just fine.

[DKH8]

Yesterday i got my body fat % measured, and i got 4.5% bf, i got excited about but ive started reading some more about body fat and through my "research" i read that the lowest "healthy" body fat % a person can have is 3% is this true? and that a person shouldnt mantain low bodyfats like 3 or 4 for a long time, this has me worried since my first comp is going to be in like 2 months :S


Looking at your pics that say april 14th 2010 you are maybe at 9-10% b/f. Essential fat for a male is 2-4% meaning any lower and you would be dead. 4-6% is having striations, veins , separation showing everywhere. Just curious but who told you and how did calculate that b/f %?

[vikthor]

Looking at your pics that say april 14th 2010 you are maybe at 9-10% b/f. Essential fat for a male is 2-4% meaning any lower and you would be dead. 4-6% is having striations, veins , separation showing everywhere. Just curious but who told you and how did calculate that b/f %?

honestly i dont think i am at such a low body fat %, but im saying this because my trainer checked my bodyfat and thats what i got, still im gonna keep my diet and hopefully i dont look unhealthy for the time of my comp

the test was with a bodyfat caliper, and he took measurements from my chest, waist and legs

[zcholla]

First off, Calipers can be very far off if the the person who is doing them isnt very skilled and experienced. Also a 3-site test is just stupid, they are very innacurate and really do not give a good example of ones BF. If you want a true reading find somewhere that you can do hydrostatic weighing, or just get a few different people (who are experienced) to do you BF with a 7 site caliper test. Then you can get a pretty good average out of those numbers. Your definitely not below 7% right now. So dont worry about your health. With 8 weeks to go until your show your going to be fine, keep dieting and when you can see striations in your glutes and hams then you may be round 4%. Keep training hard!! Keep Dieting HARD!