Baron's Journey to Single-Digit Bodyfat

[ESfocus]

You want to do it that's fine, but no health benefit to going under 10% BF from 15%.

 

[southall]

You want to do it that's fine, but no health benefit to going under 10% BF from 15%.

Nice to have a good buffer incase you ever start to let yourself go.

 

[ESfocus]

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/15-negative-effects-having-low-body-fat-percentage

Be cautious don't hurt health going for an arbitrary #

 

[NQurious]

Be cautious don't hurt health going for an arbitrary #

“A body-fat percentage below 5% is regarded as a warning sign of poor health, even in elite athletes,” says Georgie Fear, R.D., author of Lean Habits for Lifelong Weight LossOpens a New Window.. “Male bodybuilders typically go below 5% for competition, but don’t stay there in the off-season.”

If the average male is between 15-20%, then an extremely lean male would likely be where ... 9-10%, right. The health problems seem to come into play at <5% body fat, and I do not think Baron has any intention of going that low.

And not hard to lose visceral fat....that tends to go first when doing a calorie controlled diet.

The body cannot wait to get rid of visceral fat and it is indeed the first to do. The subcutaneous fat (immediately between the skin and the muscle) is the most difficult to lose. In fact, my understanding is that we do not "lose" fat cells, rather we "shrink" them. Once you got them, you do not lose them, if I understand the physiology correctly.

 

[ESfocus]

NQ, this is assuming Baron is accurate in where he is now. He looks lot leaner to me than 15%, just an opinion. Might be good to pay the bucks get an objective measurement, or combine several subjectives to arrive at an avg? The latter can't be sure.

 

[HobbyTrading]

In fact, my understanding is that we do not "lose" fat cells, rather we "shrink" them. Once you got them, you do not lose them, if I understand the physiology correctly.

This is also my understanding. A fat cell is a cell which can contain a minuscule droplet of fat/oil. It is this droplet which gets used, but the empty cell remains. I wonder though what would happen if this "empty cell" gets old: the old cell will be broken down, but will it be replaced with a new cell during the regeneration process? In other words: what happens to these empty fat cells if you keep a low body fat percentage for a prolonged period of time?

 

[volente_00]

That's a pretty good wrist for someone your height, at least partially predicts your muscle thickness.

My wrist is the same as Baron's measurements at 7.25. I've always thought they were small as my bone structure is not large.

 

[volente_00]

Baron are you concerned with injury from being to lean ?

In my personal experience when my body fat has dropped really low I seem to lose strength and become more prone to muscle injury.

 

[ESfocus]

My wrist is the same as Baron's measurements at 7.25. I've always thought they were small as my bone structure is not large.

He is really lean, I'd say somewhere around 10-11%. That's all wrist there...nice wrist for 5'9". That's why he looks so thick, but no too much so...proportionate

 

[Visaria]

He is really lean, I'd say somewhere around 10-11%. That's all wrist there...nice wrist for 5'9". That's why he looks so thick, but no too much so...proportionate

It depends on how body fat percentage is measured. DEXA or DXA tends to be higher by a few percentage points than if you use calipers. I would say Baron is around 15% if he went for a DEXA scan.