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Im 2.8% bf, is this possible?

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I am a fitness model therefore I have to maintain a low bf % year round. I went earlier and got tested with calipers just for shits and giggles. I was thinking 5 or 6% at the most. The first test was 3.3% and the second was lower. It averaged out to be 2.8%. My lower abs are still lagging however. Surely that test isn't all that accurate. I was tested with digital calipers. What do you guy's think? Bam
 
well bam. all i have to say is damn!
do you get a cold often? lol j/p Congrats on being one cut mofo!

Later
-IronMind
 
Dunno bout digital calipers. But with normal calipers I tested 3.6% ...a few weeka ago, getting ready for first comp. The readings were 5or6mm abs....1mm chest....6or7mm thigh.
I could see someone being lower but my abs and obliques were ripped..I'm talking veins running from lower ab to chest.
 
there are so many different formulas to get bodyfay %
its really a bias test, i would really use it only for tracking progress for fat loss
let the same person check everysingle time , and the most acurate formula is a 9 site test pec,scapula,bi,tri,iliac,ab,kidney,thigh, and calve.
the lowest i have ever seen i an amature bodybuilder was 5.8% and he won the masters national as a middleweight.....striated glutes and low back...freaky
 
I only trust hydrostatic so far.
 
Its not possible to be that low for a female. So how do you stay ripped all year round?
 
I have to agree with hydro PROBABLY being the most accurate. However, when I am getting ready for a show, the best way to measure body fat is simply by looking in the mirror. Since YOU will most likely be your hardest critic. It is a whole lot cheaper as well. Good luck in your show. Which one are you going to do, by the way?
 
your abs are lagging at 2.8% BF??? are you natty? thats an almost impossible BF for women to maintain w/o AAS... I think the calipers are off (the error rate is +/- 5%).

Get dunked.
 
Nope, not possible. You would be dead. Calipers are a joke. I've tested at 3.7% before when bulking, had no abs and small love handles. LoL
 
Calipers don't take into account the documented variance in skin thickness among different ethnicities. They also depend on the skill of the person doing the measuring. Most people have 2-3% bodyfat around their internal organs so 2.8% would be virtually fat-free. You can't be anywhere near that level and still be lacking abdominal definition.
 
edmass said:
Dunno bout digital calipers. But with normal calipers I tested 3.6% ...a few weeka ago, getting ready for first comp. The readings were 5or6mm abs....1mm chest....6or7mm thigh.
I could see someone being lower but my abs and obliques were ripped..I'm talking veins running from lower ab to chest.
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yes pictures please . i'm 3.2% with hydro.................... oh well i'm still fat compared to you :beer:
 
The Jackson-Pollock 7 point test is apparently a new standard for bf testing. I had mine done in water and through the 7 point and the readings were within .5%
 
I tested mine a week out from my show and it was 2.7%. Some of my sites were 1 mm. I don't really think it was that low, I just don't think it could be. The calipers weren't digital. It was done by a guy who has done it many times. It hurt like hell when he was pinching because there wasn't much to grab.
 
bump...has anyone heard of the "body pod"..if so, how accurate is it?it looks like an egg, mork form mork, and is supposed to be pretty good?
 
Body Pod.......Yep I know a sports med doctor who has one, and he claims it as accurate as hydro ?? I went in 3 week ago and will be going next monday to see my progress.
 
well it is possible...flex wheeler was "seen palo" (misspelled) at the olympia in the mid 90's...that means 0%.
for a female, im unsure however, i know for a fact he was stated at this "seen palo" during the olympia..somewhere around 93-95 mr.o contest.
 
Lee Priest says that almost every pro competing are in the 5% range on contest day...and that people claiming to be 2 or 3% are fooling themselves...But I guess it sounds good...Its funny to look at pictures and see guys with fat on their glutes and say they are 5%(shaking head)
 
I made a post about this somewhere yesterday but I used to run a hydro tank and tested thousands of people, mostly serious athletes even bodybuilders and never had below 5%
 
letsrun4it said:
I made a post about this somewhere yesterday but I used to run a hydro tank and tested thousands of people, mostly serious athletes even bodybuilders and never had below 5%
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I played 4 years of D1 college football... and the MOST RIPPED guys on my team were low 4% at best. I never have seen anyone lower than that.

At my best, I was just above 6%. :Chef:
 
edmass said:
Dunno bout digital calipers. But with normal calipers I tested 3.6% ...a few weeka ago, getting ready for first comp. The readings were 5or6mm abs....1mm chest....6or7mm thigh.
I could see someone being lower but my abs and obliques were ripped..I'm talking veins running from lower ab to chest.
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nah thats off...my digital calipers measured 4mm for chest, 4 for abs, 4 for legs...so the same total as you and im 6 days out and id guess im 6% maybe just a tad lower...but shredded just holding a little water and depleted as heck. veins in lower abs usually happens when youre 7% and or under...you sound about the same bodyfat wise as me...it said i was around 3.6% also from what i remember...and according to the visceral fat statement of 2.8% around internal organs means if i was holding .8% extra bodyfat on my external layer itd probably be as thin as the fat on the topside of my hand (virtually nothing...1/2mm). Dorian yates once said you know youre truly shredded when the fat all over your whole body is as thin as that on top of your hand...eh...not quite there yet...maybe with a little more time in the game..lol :artist:
 
promet1 said:
Body Pod.......Yep I know a sports med doctor who has one, and he claims it as accurate as hydro ?? I went in 3 week ago and will be going next monday to see my progress.
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The bod-pod is almost as accurate as hydrostatic. It uses the same principles. It measures the displacement of the air inside the "pod" just as the hydrostatic measures the displacement of the H20.

D= m/v

They know your mass, find your volume, and then calculate density. They use calculations and variables based on race, sex, ect to find BF.

Hope this helps.
 
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