What is my estimated BF?

[Nat2Syn]

Picture here. 5'11 195-200lbs Ectomorph currently on a dirty bulk

https://thinksteroids.com/community...or-the-last-12-months.134370423/#post-1444467

I was thinking 18%-20%. Please remember I am flexing my stomach. If I wasn't flexing a gut would appear. Just to add ab's are probably my worst genetic trait. Even at a very low BF my ab's are very small. I have never actually worked them out specifically until recently, because I have always hated the burning sensation.

I am planning to cut to 10-12% BF before my first ever cycle. So I am guessing I would have to lose atleast 25lbs before I cycle.

 

[Skull]

Here bro. This is deff not exact but it will give you a rough estimate of where you are currently at.
http://cdn.muscleforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/body-fat-percentage-men-1.jpg

 

[Nat2Syn]

Here bro. This is deff not exact but it will give you a rough estimate of where you are currently at.
http://cdn.muscleforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/body-fat-percentage-men-1.jpg

yeah I have seen a ton of these, I guess I am right. Probably around 20% BF, because I have a gut from this dirty bulk. But at same time most of my fats are stored in my stomach, so hard to determine.

 

[RodgerThat]

you can buy a manual caliber for like 12 bucks it will get you withen a 4% range for sure. fancier electronic ones run around 60-150 bucks but will get you around 2 % range and bod pod is the best google it to see whos local to you and has one.

 

[weighted chinup]

16-18.

 

[Nat2Syn]

16-18.

Now that I think about it, I think you're right on the money. thanks

 

[Millard]

you can buy a manual caliber for like 12 bucks it will get you withen a 4% range for sure. fancier electronic ones run around 60-150 bucks but will get you around 2 % range and bod pod is the best google it to see whos local to you and has one.

I really like the manual bodyfat calipers but only care about abdominal skinfolds, its change over time and the direction of the change. The visual pictorial guides to bodyfat percentages assumes a relatively even bodyfat distribution. There a lot of people for which that does not apply.

 

[CensoredBoardsSuck]

I really like the manual bodyfat calipers but only care about abdominal skinfolds, its change over time and the direction of the change.

So you're not using calipers to determine BF%, just changes in abdominal skinfold thickness? I like that idea. It's simple and eliminates a lot of the inaccuracy of bf% measurements.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

I really like the manual bodyfat calipers but only care about abdominal skinfolds, its change over time and the direction of the change. The visual pictorial guides to bodyfat percentages assumes a relatively even bodyfat distribution. There a lot of people for which that does not apply.

Tell me about it...all my damn bf is in the abdominal region. If it wasn't for that I'd look like big MB

 

[Millard]

So you're not using calipers to determine BF%, just changes in abdominal skinfold thickness? I like that idea. It's simple and eliminates a lot of the inaccuracy of bf% measurements.

Yes. It simple and the most direct way of measuring what I want to know. I don't really care about BF%. Abdominal skinfolds and the scale tell me everything I need to know.

 

[Millard]

Tell me about it...all my damn bf is in the abdominal region. If it wasn't for that I'd look like big MB

Yeah, but we always look awesome in a tank top!

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Yeah, but we always look awesome in a tank top!

And a diaphragm full of air

 

[Michael Scally MD]

ZFG

[F]ucking [F]at!!!