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ThisCat said:So I had a friend tell me that when your at a lower BF% your body has a harder time fighting off things like colds and other illness.Is this true? if so. why??
Maybe if your 4% or lower. Not at a normal % like 8-12.
LVTitan
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yeah most of the last 7-8 years i've been around 2%, and people always told me that that was not healthy, although i rarely got sick, and i always felt good. i actually felt better then than i do now, which is probably closer to 4% but i havent been taking care myself the last few months....DiamondCutCows said:
shamrock11
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The problem with being around for and below is not really a get sick or not get sick issue, but rather a protection issue. When you get your body fat down very low like that you make it easy to injury your kidneyes b/c your body fat is all you have to protect them. You have no muscles that stretch around there so when you get that low all you really have over them is just your skin.
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UA_Iron
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LVTitan said:
2% huh...
LVTitan
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yes.. 2% and if you knew me or met me you wouldn't be rolling your eyes.UA_Iron said:2% huh...
i'm not trying to brag, i wish it were higher myself a little bit, but i've ALWAYS BEEN around 2% my entire life. it's gone up a little bit with gear use, but i've never ever ever been over 5% since my first breath.
are you skeptical, or just jealous ?
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UA_Iron
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your pic doesnt look like 2%, it looks closer to 5%. If you were 2% we'd be able to see your lymphatic systems, haha.
anything lower than 5 is too hard to maintain year round regardless of what you think you're at.
Go get tested hydrostatically, post the results, I call BS.
anything lower than 5 is too hard to maintain year round regardless of what you think you're at.
Go get tested hydrostatically, post the results, I call BS.
Mythicalbeing
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My wife has got a natural super lean build too...and she was told she wasn't "as healthy as she could be..."
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ThisCat said:So I had a friend tell me that when your at a lower BF% your body has a harder time fighting off things like colds and other illness.
Anytime you cut your BF% down so drastic your immune system will have a harder time fending off illness and infection. It's part of the game, son.
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athlete.03
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DIVISION said:Anytime you cut your BF% down so drastic your immune system will have a harder time fending off illness and infection. It's part of the game, son.
DIV
Pretty much. The idea at work here is the bottom line of immunology: homeostasis. There's an optimal "set point" for your own personal bodyfat %. Go too far below OR above that and you'll have a suppressed immune response. The latter is usually of much more concern. M'kay...
Catch Wrestler
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I don't mean to be disrespectful or anything,and don't want to cause any flaming,but you look to me from your picture that you've got hardly any muscle on you at all.So I wouldn't wont my BF level to be that low if it meant having that little amount of muscle.Can't anybody else see this or am I the only one who can see it??
mrplunkey
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No offense, but you'd be dead at 2%. Let's say you weigh 160 lbs (just a guess). Two percent of that is 3.6 lbs -- you probably have at least 2-3 lbs of "fat" distributed in nervous tissue throughout your body.LVTitan said:
Get in a water tank... a buddy going wild with calipers on you won't get the job done.
HollywoodX
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LVTitan said:
hey bro, there is no ways you were @ 2% for 8 years, lmao.
@ 2% you would be able to see straitions in your penis! thats not good for 8 years....
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roidpuple
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how did you get your fat tested??? .. if i was 2% body fat
my face would look like a skeleton.. i would also think you woule be able so see every little vien in your body... it does not make since....
.... so how did you get tested?? ....Skin Fold Caliper ??
my face would look like a skeleton.. i would also think you woule be able so see every little vien in your body... it does not make since....
.... so how did you get tested?? ....Skin Fold Caliper ??
Tux
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Yeah I'll have to agree, 2% just isn't possible to still be alive. Just the visceral fat padding your organs enough to keep you alive is about 3%. If you get below that you wouldn't live long. Even freakishly ripped top-level Mr. O competitors are only just under 4%, and they don't stay there for long.
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The Shadow
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LVTitan said:
2%??
LMFAO
right.....
congrats - you would be dead
LVTitan
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as i said, it's closer to 4% now, and yes , you can see every vein in my body.
as for the pic, yeah i lost 30lbs of muscle since last november (long story) so there is nothing impressive about it, you're right. i was maybe 135lbs in that pic.
and after having my blood work done last month, yeah maybe it is slightly unhealthy to be at a superlow bf, since my WBC was so low, it was barely on the chart, doc said it was almost dangerously low. so my immune system may be at risk.
and yes, for many years i did look almost like a skeleton i was so skinny, almost see thru.. so dont start talking shit if you dont know me. most of you seem to be talking shit cause your BF is higher than you want it to be, am i giving you guys a hard time ? so mine is lower than i'd like, it's not that im trying to brag, i'd like to have more and you guys would like to have less. aren't we all here because we are trying to get our bodies where we want them?
you wanna get BF tested, bring ur fat asses to vegas we'll get it done together...
as for the pic, yeah i lost 30lbs of muscle since last november (long story) so there is nothing impressive about it, you're right. i was maybe 135lbs in that pic.
and after having my blood work done last month, yeah maybe it is slightly unhealthy to be at a superlow bf, since my WBC was so low, it was barely on the chart, doc said it was almost dangerously low. so my immune system may be at risk.
and yes, for many years i did look almost like a skeleton i was so skinny, almost see thru.. so dont start talking shit if you dont know me. most of you seem to be talking shit cause your BF is higher than you want it to be, am i giving you guys a hard time ? so mine is lower than i'd like, it's not that im trying to brag, i'd like to have more and you guys would like to have less. aren't we all here because we are trying to get our bodies where we want them?
you wanna get BF tested, bring ur fat asses to vegas we'll get it done together...
LVTitan said:as i said, it's closer to 4% now, and yes , you can see every vein in my body.
as for the pic, yeah i lost 30lbs of muscle since last november (long story) so there is nothing impressive about it, you're right. i was maybe 135lbs in that pic.
and after having my blood work done last month, yeah maybe it is slightly unhealthy to be at a superlow bf, since my WBC was so low, it was barely on the chart, doc said it was almost dangerously low. so my immune system may be at risk.
and yes, for many years i did look almost like a skeleton i was so skinny, almost see thru.. so dont start talking shit if you dont know me. most of you seem to be talking shit cause your BF is higher than you want it to be, am i giving you guys a hard time ? so mine is lower than i'd like, it's not that im trying to brag, i'd like to have more and you guys would like to have less. aren't we all here because we are trying to get our bodies where we want them?
you wanna get BF tested, bring ur fat asses to vegas we'll get it done together...
I'm not even close 4%.....
I just think that it's hilarious how you said 4% and kids bombed ya'.....
Never seen so much bullshit jealousy and contempt in all my life.
Don't stress, TitaNugga.......live your life, shake off the haterz....
DIV
Tux
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Bro it's not that we're all fat and jealous believe me. It's just that, medically speaking, 2% bodyfat simply isn't humanly POSSIBLE. For humans, the minimum bodyfat you can have and still be alive is about 3%, and that's with only the visceral fat padding your organs. You could have a SKINFOLD measurement of 1-2% sure, but you'll have a little more internally that brings your total bodyfat into the 4-5% range I'm betting. Unless you got your bf tested in a hydrostatic tank, then i'm sorry you were never 2%. Nothing against you bro, you're just claiming something that's not physically possible... at least not yet. Skinfold test, yes you could 2%, hydrostatic, no.
Tux
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Well, as skinny as he is, dude I'm not jealous! I used to be like that myself, I was 5'5", 112lbs when I graduated high school. Sure I was lean as hell too, but I wasn't 2% and I wouldn't ever want to be. Except for competitions, I'd much rather be in the 8-10% range actually, my body just feels better there. LvTitan, if you got hydrostatically tested at 2% I'll consider it, but if your results are based on skinfold tests I'll have to stick to my guns and hold that 2% just isn't possible, but you are damn lean bro.
LVTitan
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no i've never had it done hydrostatically, so i wont swear to the 2% that way. but trust me there is no way in hell it's over 5. when i graduated high schoo, and all the way until a few years ago, i was 5 7" and never got over 118lbs, i mostly stayed around 110-113lbs...
yo division my bro, i'm not even stressin nugga, just laughin it off, cause i know where i've been and what i can get back to now that my head is out of my ass..
cant wait till june10 !! then we'll see some hatin !!
yo division my bro, i'm not even stressin nugga, just laughin it off, cause i know where i've been and what i can get back to now that my head is out of my ass..
cant wait till june10 !! then we'll see some hatin !!
HollywoodX
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roidpuple said:
testing when you get that low would be done in water...
genarr, you can get as low as 2%, but that is on this ice of dying.
HollywoodX
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LVTitan said:
hey bro, i think this is all a misconception. tit, i think you may have thought you were a lil lower than you were. maybe 4% and now your 6.
ass for all you other pussies, stop crying, and just say, i dont think you were @ 2% like i did.
btw tit, i was actually 105 5 years ago, so i got ya beat. i had you beat then, and ill have you beat in june
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roidpuple
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HollywoodX said:
that was my point... why would anyone want to be 2% anyway...
why would any one be jelouse of that ..... " I have not problem getting my body fat right where i want it... .... it is al about " is it possible or not.. and i just cant see it.. i am happy as hell from 6-8 % i would not ever want to be lower... my face starts tooking to skinny.... yucky...
plus it was never like he was pragging about having 2% anyway...
LVTitan
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thank you. no i wasnt braggin i just know it's too low to be considered 'healthy'roidpuple said:
and hollywood, trust me i'm no where near 6%, you can still see my fucking ribs when i put my arms over my head... i'll eat my hat if it's bordering even 5% i know it's less than khemix and he's under 5% himself.
bicepts101
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cheddar is better
ghettostudmuffin
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Kinda hard to see how someone could be jealous of a guy weighing a whole buck 35, even at 2% or whatever.
bicepts101
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Have a drink on me, BabyBi...
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