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I'd suggest that 14-15% bodyfat is athletically lean.

One can add mass without adding fat.

Look at my before & after photos.

I'm a ways from where I want to be from a strength perspective, ...

I have no idea what percentage bodyfat I'm at.

Last week, the POS electronic gizmo at my employer's health fair said I was 20.7%.
Me, I'd love to know where those 34 pounds of fat are, 'cause I...

Both of these guys weigh 168 lbs.
The second guy is 3 months older.

The first guy couldn't do a single pull-up.
The second guy can do 4 pull-ups, followed by 4 chin-ups,
and can lift...

I've read the term "strict form' regarding pull-ups.

If memory serves, conventional wisdom regarding strict form is that you start from full-hang, then up, and back down to a full (or perilously...

9000 cals a day isn't that hard eating healthy food, if the opportunity presents itself. ;)

I don't 'plug-in' when I work out -- at my gym, there's some lo-fi 70's MOR typically playing.
This morning, i found Little Feat's Dixie Chicken particularly welcome.

Agreed. Did the pyramid thing this a.m. -- 1,2,3,2,1.

As a newbie of 49, at home at the start of the summer, I used 5-lb. dumbbells. I had (and have) no desire to injure myself. Now, at the gym, I use 20 to 45-lb. dumbbells, depending on the exercise....

Hmmm.
Better change my target to 25.

Hmmm again.
In fairness, I think that there are many non-iron folks who care about fitness. It's just that many of them only care about (or only advert...

Okay -
Thanks much, y'all.-
We'll toss out the 350 as an outlier.
So I'll shoot for 20 as my target.
Did a whopping 3 the other day,
(but I couldn't do any at the start
of the summer).
At...

After a ruptured disc, surgery, and 18 months of relative inactivity, my cholesterol spiked at 214. Through the following regimen of exercise and diet, I lost 12 pounds (180 --> 168) and lowered my...

Greetings -

I was wondering ...

How many pull-ups do you think the average 50-year-old American male can do?

And how many pull-ups do you think a fit 50-year-old male should be able to do?...

So you *might* have lost a bit of muscle as well as fat & water.

If lower body fat percentage is critical to you (for a competition or such), then I'd suggest keeping a written log of calories (as...

A couple thoughts --
i) keep in mind that a significant percentage of initial weight loss can be water
ii) if you're not significantly overweight (and you look to me to be a healthy weight), 2...

20-22

Over 20%, so the numbers aren't important.
Start resistance training & lose weight.

11-12%.

And, DUDE!!, learn to compress your photos.
Posting an image that size is WRONG!

Google irfanview. And learn how to use it.

An estimate would be welcome.
5'11", ~165 lbs.
http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/img/user_images/growable/2010/10/09/29377442/progresspic/1HLuCljnbp7s5GpIEDCBUsnEPDyOAK597.jpeg
(And, no, I'm not...

high teens.

Looks to me like a modest improvement -- say .5 to 1%.

I'd wager 15-17% overall.