healthy bodyfat?

[beastmaster79]

what is a healthy bodyfat % to maintain?


i want it to be low enough to have good abs and facial definition but not so low that it is unhealthy or unsustainable.

it would help if someone could post a picture of what said bodyfat looks like

thanks

 

[min619]

what you see in magazines is low, 5-6% but those physiques are pharmaceutically enhanced and don't believe a lot of that - those are professional juice heads and each photo was shopped for an hour before it made it into the magazine. 8-10% you will have visible abs. If you can get to 7% you would be very ripped. I would not go any lower for heath reasons.

 

[blinkwatt]

what you see in magazines is low, 5-6% but those physiques are pharmaceutically enhanced and don't believe a lot of that - those are professional juice heads and each photo was shopped for an hour before it made it into the magazine.

You can get down to 2% naturally if you want to. My friend dropped down to 3.5-4% naturally w/o supplementing for his show. Your correct though about the photos,lighting and a lot of photoshopping is put into the pictures.

8-10% you will have visible abs. If you can get to 7% you would be very ripped. I would not go any lower for heath reasons.

You can stay at 6% bodyfat w/o health issues. I've been warned that anything else looks unhealthy and you feel like crap.

 

[beastmaster79]

Dan, that's great progress!

 

[mrRuckus]

everyone's body is different.. mine naturally has been around 7 to 8%, clearly visible 8 pack abs (i'm tall so the top 2 show as well)...

I thought it was the bottom 2 that usually didn't show. Particularly since my top 2 are my biggest and always show even when i'm kinda fat. Hmm. Now i'm gonna have to find out.

 

[Bryce556]

ive been eating well and doing cardio with my weight training, but i dont seem to be getting much definition, how do i lose more body fat? id say im around 14% i want body fat like people off 300

 

[Quiksilver]

Hey bro, poke through the Vault before you ask a question. There are many topics covered in there, and it's my job to keep this forum from becoming redundant.

Bodyfat% Levels....

Cheers.