Split: Body Fat Discussion

[bucknut11]

there was quote from his coach on rivals saying something to the effect of: "he is built like a rock, his body fat is about 2%".........i may be off on the paraphrasing, but the 2% is exactly what he said

2% is wrong. The general rule is that anything under 5% is unhealthy. My All-American cross country friends are barely a shade under 5% (4.7 or so) and they run 80+ miles per week. No way he's got half as much fat as they do.

 

[KevinBuck]

2% is completely possible--didn't Marlon Kerner have 0.5% body fat?

 

[strohs]

Wasnt Eddie down around 2% in his prime??

 

[AKAK]

2% is completely possible--didn't Marlon Kerner have 0.5% body fat?

2% is the low end of where you want to be... below that... and you may not have enough fat to literally cushion your organs, regulate your body temerature and store energy.

Kerner may ahe tested once at .5... but i would doubt the accuracy (More precsion) of the test.. and its not something you'd want to maintain.

Even 6% is still pretty damn low.

 

[Alan]

wonder what the average % is for this site? i can guarantee you i am in double digits....

 

[AKAK]

If I had to guess...

I'd say I'm somewhere between.... oh lets say 2% on the low end and.... 32% on the high end... somewhere in there....

 

[Alan]

is that 2% in your cankles and 32% at the waist...

 

[AKAK]

Dude- I'm not the new head coach of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

 

[RugbyBuck]

Excellent. Baron von Majerus.

 

[AKAK]

[voice heard from AKAK's PC echoing through the INternet]


"PREPARE TO DEFIBULATE"


CLEAR!

 

[The KSB]

I've found that the best way to keep bodyfat concerns to a minimum is to follow the Belushi diet. Train hard and eat little chocolate donuts

 

[Thump]

I've found that the best way to keep bodyfat concerns to a minimum is to follow the Belushi diet. Train hard and eat little chocolate donuts

KSB,

That was a great SNL ad. Right up there with Schmitz Gay, Colon Blow, and Nerf Crotch Rockets.

 

[MistriBuck]

i'm not saying whether or not the guy has 2% body fat, and if it is possible or not, but in comparing to your cross country friends, they run, and they run alot, but they don't build muscle the way Wells does, and needless to say building muscle will burn fat faster..........i'd have to think you can only burn so much fat by simply running, at some point to get to the ultra low levels you've got to do some serious weight training

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

I have known of two people that ever measured under 5% ... the one was a distance runner... and it actually caused big problems... I'm not a doctor and didn't sleep at the Holiday Inn Express... but the body gets fuel from three places.. 1) the food in your stomach 2) fat and 3) muscle.. once you burn thru food and fat the only thing left is muscle... deductive reasoning will tell you that if the athlete (who burns at a much higher rate than average) has too low body fat, his body must start into muscle to get the fuel it needs... and obviously performance starts to suffer greatly... so if anyone were to be at 2%, that better be where they are AFTER a workout... because if it's BEFORE the workout or sporting event, forget about the 4th quarter...

I avoid this problem by keeping my body fat around 30..

PS From what I understand, the only true way to get a correct reading is in a water tank.. not the calipers most gyms use...

Folanator probably knows this topic in spades... and can correct me where I'm wrong... BrutusBase too...

 

[daddyphatsacs]

I hear that low body fat is bad for you, so I keep it up by drinking plenty of beer.

Keep in mind that I conducted this study myself.