Body fat % needed to look shit hot

[MASSIVEMONSTER]

What % does one need to get doen to in your opinions to look really good and lean, not comp standard but with great abs and vascular and hard all over? Currenlty at 9% and look good, but thinking like 7% to be looking excellent with no fat around the obliques which is harder to shift.

 

[heavy_duty]

good 10%
hot 9%
shit hot 8%
shit hot with superb genetics 7%
lower than that and you're too obsessed with your looks and probably either don't have kids or you're neglecting your kids LOL

 

[steelmass]

I once got callipered at 6.1% with only 4 visible abs. Later on I got dunked @ 3% with blaring abs.

One of my friends who is very thin skinned got calipered @ 1.2%... so there is alot of variation when it comes to how you measure bf.

 

[heavy_duty]

so true.

 

[the-short-one]

good 10%
hot 9%
shit hot 8%
shit hot with superb genetics 7%
lower than that and you're too obsessed with your looks and probably either don't have kids or you're neglecting your kids LOL

lolol. A great deal of it is owed to genetics. Some guys show abs at higher body fat than others. Same with women. Sassy69 (a moderator on this site) competes and has to get down to 8% to get the look she wants. Other women compete at 10 - 12%.

Your BF is already really low, so you're probably already shit hot. useless without pictures.

 

[64Pilot]

7-8% usually looks pretty damn good... Now that Im older, I really lose a lot of muscle to get down lower. I have to hit it soo hard to get all the abs out.By the time I get that low, my face is 2 damn skinny and sunken in.. Short one is right on when talking about genetics. I know alot of people who get down to a low %, and without AAS(sometimes even with) they just dont look as ripped and vascular.

 

[d_o_c_]

I once got callipered at 6.1% with only 4 visible abs. Later on I got dunked @ 3% with blaring abs.

One of my friends who is very thin skinned got calipered @ 1.2%... so there is alot of variation when it comes to how you measure bf.

1.2%? I'm gonna have to call bullshit.

 

[mlong23]

You could be 7-9% and an ugly skinny guy???

 

[d_o_c_]

Gonna have to call bullshit on the 3% as well.

 

[02gixxersix]

Lots of people get mixed up with bodyfat %'s. I doubtanyone is getting below about 6-7% without being in contest prep mode. I have a good friend who granted has low bodyfat but tested at 4 and change with no abs showing. I would have guessed he was more like 10 or 11 to be honest.