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Jaywood2010 on 05 April 2013
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nightsurge said:
JayWood2010 said:
nightsurge said:
Yes, if anything, you gotta be in the "Cardio Zone". I find that heart rate zone more accurate at the gym to coincide with higher intensity training and actually better fat burning.

Not that I really need to burn fat lol. All I am doing lately is trying to get extra definition, lean cut muscle for my honeymoon in the next month or so! I've got 4 solid abs, the blasted bottom 2 are the hardest because that is the one place a body naturally stores a bit of fat pooch.

Right now I'm 150-155 pounds with only 6% body fat.

I basically follow the Advocare 24day challenge meal/workout plan, but I use my own supplements rather than their overpriced stuff.


Are you measuring your bf% yourself?  at 6% bf you should have a full 6 pack.  usually 8-12% bf is when you see your 6 pack.  If you truly are at 6% bf I'd recommend doing some ab building routines, although this may require you to take in a little extra calories to build some muscle.  

Either way congrats on the marriage and glad to see you taking care of your body :)

 

It is measured by some handheld device they have at the gym so I have no idea of how accurate that is. How do I measure it myself?

I've always thought that sounded way too low considering I don't look THAT cut/skinny. Every time I've used the device at the gym it was between 4-8%, never above 10.

And I do a considerable amount of ab training so I doubt it is from lack of ab muscle. Probably just the device I was using to measure it is way the heck off lol...

And thanks! I've always been pretty fit and cut looking, but the last few years I stopped working out as much and my metabolism slowed down a tad so I figured I'd better get back into it because I missed my sixpack.

 

Yeah electronic bf scanners have been known to be off.  My guess is that you are around 12-15% bf since you can at least see 4 abs.  

You need Calipers to measure bf%.  Even then it is still hard to do and you will have to do a little math but here is an article on how to measure with calipers. http://www.muscleandstrength.com/tools/how-to-measure-bodyfat-using-calipers.html