What Body Fat % is fat to you?

[Michael-5]

JayWood2010 said:

Michael-5 said:

yay, me posting builtlean is finally paying off XD lol jk

You souind like you are an ectomorph.  Basically means you have a high metabolism and you store most of your fat in your belly.  The bad thing is it is harder to gain muscle being an ectomporph.  The good news is that you can lose weight quicker.  i also think ectomorphs tend to have a better looking body if they achieve it through hard work.  

You are likely around 12-14% bf if you cant see your bottom abs.  If you are lower than that and still cant see them try defining them through ab training.

Quite the opposite, I actually have a very slow metabolism, but I dunno where I store my fat, I have a bit all over, maybe a bit more in the stomach, but that's typical for all men.

To give you an idea of how little I eat in order to maintain my figure, my girlfriend weights 100lb, I weight 160lb......I eat less then her on a typical day. If I eat red meat or junk food, that fat stays on me for about a week. I'm trying to change my diet, I want to eat more food, so I'm eating more veggies, and less carbs.

I think I'm about 13%. GF also has an ab outline, she's probably 17-18% judging by the pictures above

Well if you have a slow metabolism and are at around 14% you are doing a great job XD  It is called an endomph btw (maybe).You should be able to gain muscle very easily though.  You could be a mesomorph or something in between as well (endo-meso).  You can read an article for the three body types if you want and judge yourself.  It does benifit to  know what body type you are so you can tailor a routine and diet around it.  Example would be that ectomorphs and endomorphs need different rest times, rep ranges, etc

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html

I always thought I was a Mesomorph  because I have that V shape. I'm not super fat, or super skinny. Maybe I am part endomorph and just had a good diet since I was a kid, I apparently was very fat <5 years old.

I don't gain muscle easily, but I do gain strength pretty easily. I can outlift many of my friends, yet I have no bulk, and I'm smaller then most of my friends.

Also, I'm familiar with high school bio lol, I know what the different body structures are, and they are only a general classification.

Anyway, this thread makes me happy, makes me motivated to loose weight, which I'm fairly capable of controlling, and I'm no longer in fear of becoming too skinny.