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Body Fat Calculator
Nothing upsets me more then to see an bodybuilder come into a
contest fat and out of shape. Its almost like he said I will forget about the
last year of training
let me eat cake!
Below I have body fat calculator, now of course they are not
perfect, some times they measure a little too low or too high but they give you an idea of where you are with
relation to your diet.
Female
Graph show the ideal body fat levels for women the colored area is for female
bodybuilders. Red of course is a no-no blue is better and Green is idea, you
will notice that the lowest body fat is orange which indicates the body fat
levels are going the wrong way health wise.
Sad as it may sound I have seen women who actually thought it
was attractive to have outrageously low body fat levels. not only is this
unhealthy it ugly. I have also notice this more in natural contest than
non-drug tested contest. low body fat is like the steroid for the natural
bodybuilder.
|
Obese BFL |
Moderate BFL |
Optimal BFL |
Low BFL |
|
30% ↑ |
23-30% |
19-22% |
14-18% |
17%
↑
Stay off Stage |
12-16%
4-6 Weeks Out |
9-11%
2-3 weeks out |
7-9%
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Men
Men are able to get much lower levels of body fat than women,
and I personally feel as long as all of your body function are working
correctly you should get a low as possible. NOT!
in the 70's and 80's bodybuilders got as cut as possible and
still stayed in shape. it was not like today where you see guy falling out of
contest because they are cramping after using way to many diuretics to get the
water out their bodies. Back in the day they got cut from diet! Imagine
that!
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Obese BFL |
Moderate BFL |
Optimal BFL |
Low BFL |
| 22% ↑ |
18-20% |
11-17% |
6-10% |
13% ↑
8-16 weeks out |
10-13%
4-6 weeks Out |
6-9&
2-3 weeks out |
2.5-5%
On Target |
You will notice that as you lose more body fat it actually
becomes easier to lose body fat!
Please don't just use this as a fun thing to know, use it as a
way to measure you progress throughout you
contest preparations. OH did I say use the mirror as the real authority on
what you look like?
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Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and a shield, the
Lord will give grace and glory. No good thing will
he withhold from them that walk uprightly
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