How fat are you?

Quote from RichSohn:

I notice traders don't get much excercise...simply sitting in front of a computer all day.

So, here's the big question: How fat are you?
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boy this thread is really informative and worthwhile
richsohnnnnn .... get your ass over to peter lugers and get me a sandwich or your fired
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ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! :D

i can't stop laughing at this! :D
 
Quote from Corso482:

Ok, you guys seem to know a lot about fitness, so maybe you can solve this mystery for me:

I and two other friends got our body fat measured at the gym. Out of the 3 of us, I'm easistly the skinnest looking. I'm 5'9'' 160lbs. The other guy was about 5'10'', 180 lbs. pot belly and all. The other guy was about 5'8'', 180 lbs. pot belly and all. Granted, these two other guys weren't that bad shape, they both worked out quite a bit, they just ate like pigs so they have some fat on top the muscle.

Anyway, I also work out. But my body fat was the highest out of all of theirs. I don't remember the exact number, but it was WAY higher than both the other guys'.

How could that be?
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i was thinking about this today and i remembered your post. it's a great question. i'll explain it...

weight and body composition are very important. by that i mean, the body fat % can be misleading when comparing 2 or more people that have different amounts of lean (fat free) mass relative to overall weight.

as you add muscle, but keep the same amount of pounds of fat, the body fat % will drop, although the pounds of fat may stay the same.

examples....

you start at 150 lb. and you have 20 lb. of fat. your body fat % is 13.3%.

now say you gained 30 lb. of muscle (you weigh 180 lb.) and still have 20 lb. of fat. your body fat % dropped to 11.1% although you did not lose any fat.

so you can see that what your body weight is composed of can make body fat % misleading. in the above example, you could have 2 people with the same amount of pounds of fat, but since one person has more lean mass, their body fat % is lower.

in your specific case, you could appear less fat than your friends, but maybe your friends have more lean mass relative to total body weight than you do. because of this, your body fat % could be higher than theirs, although they may look fatter.
 
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