bservation and question about true bodyfat percentages

**dirkmcgirk** · 03-31-2015, 08:31 PM

When i was playing football in high school and college I always was fascinated by how some folks had such low bodyfat. I have never been fat and i have never been skinny, but i remember having teammates that had what i thought at the time to be 2,4,6 and 8 percent bodyfat LOL boy was i wrong. Looking back on it even the most ripped dudes at the time were no lower than about 10% bf. This leads me to my next question, what is the lowest presumably natural bodyfat percentage you have ever known a guy to have??

**Khazima** · 03-31-2015, 09:51 PM

In real life i've probably never seen someone far below a true 15%. Most peoples 12% is more like a true 15% which is in actual fact an real 18% lol.

I was watching a documentary and the bloke was taking a bodpod test, looked what a lot of people would call 10% and was 18%. People don't realise how truly shredded 10% really is.

**tarmyg** · 04-01-2015, 03:24 AM

This also very genetic. You will find people on this very forum with <10% body fat that still have fat in the lower back that will simply not go away or still have love handles, small but still there.

**NACH3** · 04-01-2015, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by tarmyg

This also very genetic. You will find people on this very forum with <10% body fat that still have fat in the lower back that will simply not go away or still have love handles, small but still there.

^^ genetics too! Yeah some people(myself included hold bf over certain parts moreso than others) so they can be 12% overall but still have some more bf in some areas...

Since I've gotten 4 ventral hernia repairs they cut right through my ab wall(directly in the middle where your abs are brought together) I have zero muscle in that spot but will still get the bricks on each side...

Sux but those are the cards I was delt... No reason to get pissed about it... Lol