A guide to knowing body fat percentages

[the big 1]

Lots of members including myself are always wanting to know what there Body Fat is, here are some pictures of various body fats so you can judge it for yourself...


3 to 4 %



the first is 7 %, the second is 10 % and the third is 14 - 15 %


first we have 20 %, the 25 %, and then 30 %

i hope this helps everyone with knowing there bodyfat

and finally, low as it gets...IMO...

[ModelInProgress]

Do you happen to have a similar visual comparison for females? (I think that women are alot more likely to misjudge body fat).

[gbrice75]

^^^ i'm interested to see this as well...

[FireGuy]

Do you happen to have a similar visual comparison for females? (I think that women are alot more likely to misjudge body fat).

I have quite a few pictures of females at different BF%. I will have to put a pictorial together sometime. I have body comped hundreds of them and have found +6% is usually pretty accurate. In other words a man at 12% will have a very similiar conditioning look as a female at 18%. The +6% tends to go down the leaner they get (5% man=10% woman) and goes up the more fat they carry.

[goose]

I have quite a few pictures of females at different BF%. I will have to put a pictorial together sometime. I have body comped hundreds of them and have found +6% is usually pretty accurate. In other words a man at 12% will have a very similiar conditioning look as a female at 18%. The +6% tends to go down the leaner they get (5% man=10% woman) and goes up the more fat they carry.

Whats the lowest BF% have you seen in a female?

[FireGuy]

Here is a pic of MrsFire at her show last month. This was an "honest" 10.1%. (She is 2nd from the left)The gal to her right was actually a bit leaner. Not so noticable in this shot but she had more seperation in her quads and was probably high 9's.

[FireGuy]

This may be the leanest/dryest I have ever seen a female achieve. I would bet Iris is sitting at 5% or less here.

[awesome1]

Fireguy I think you posted this a while back...this is a good reference to stages of body fat:

objectifying states of muscularity http://www.podarco.com/fitness/content/view/65/96/

[FireGuy]

^^Yep, need to put something like that together myself on females.