>>3167

>how do you measure bodyfat?

I have used a couple measurements in the past, the pinch test, measurements, and the bodyfat scale thing where you measure impedance like you said, but to be perfectly honest they were all bullshit. The only true way is water displacement/density. Never did that.

How I do it is simple, I look at series photos like the one in the beginning of this thread, look at myself in the mirror and compare them. Keeping in mind they suck in and flex in these pics, so do I. So when I say I'm 19% I look like that guy who claims he's 19% and several other internet references. Again, not the most accurate but what matters is how you look, how cut you are, how defined you are, period.

After looking at hundreds of shirtless men bc not gay but obsessive about fat, I see that over 20% you start to look doughy, over 22, you got the muffin top, over 25 and you a chubby monkey. You fat pig!

From 16-19 there's a huge difference, you look pretty cut at 16 and smoother but showing 6 without flex at 19. 12-16 you are starting to look top dollar ripped if you're not straight up thin. Under 12 you're unsustainable and probably looking for a competition or whatevs. Under 10 down to 5 you see the individual lines in the muscles and veins everywhere. It's ugly af but also respectable bc that's really really hard to achieve naturally.

I know a lot of nuances between 15 and 22 which is where I've been since 14 before that I was a big o fat person, like moobs and potato country, stayin puffed. Between 18 and 19 I had a brief time at under 10% and I looked like an anorexic crack addict but I was running centuries on the bike every week if not 2x and I could out-enduance anyone. All these pansies stopping multiple times like a bunch of babies, I ate and drank on the road, started with 4L of water and 1000 calories of food and didn't stop for 10 hours. So 10mph average over all kinds of hilly terrain with elevation change of 1000ft and back.

So yeah, I look thin, my abs are barely showing when not flexing, no muscle fiber definition, no veins popping out, just looking beefy without the gut or muffin top. It looks great but I'd like to be a tiny bit less loose in the love handles and I do havd a little pad in front. So 19% now, goal is 17-18% will not be veiny or muscle fibers but flat abs and good lines. Was there in 2016-2017, kinda got depressed, started skipping leg day, got over it, was ok 2019, then covid and gym got weird, like only work outs on appointment and mask everything so fuck that.

Take it for what it's worth.