Myths about players bodyfat %

[lefthook00]

Not really, their muscle definition alone makes it hard to compare the fat around the body.

More muscle only helps lower ones bodyfat%. If we are both the same height and both have 20 lbs of fat on us, but I have more muscle, my bodyfat % would be lower than yours.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Post your pic. Or post a pic of someone with a similar physique. Electronic and caliper tests can be off by a lot. Only way to really tell is to get tested in water or in those egg shaped pressure things.

[lefthook00]

[PistonsFan#21]

Not really, their muscle definition makes it hard to compare teh fat around their body. I know people who are around 8% and do not look to be in shape so I can easily believe certain bball players have less than five.

The muscle definition is due to the low bodyfat % ... If you have good muscle mass and low bodyfat% you will look more ripped than someone with the same bodyfat% but with less muscle mass. If you are over 200lbs (like most NBA players) and have less than 5% BF then you would look like one of the guys i posted in the pictures. If you are only 100lbs with the same BF% then you will probably look like a skeleton because you will have almost no muscle mass. Clear enough?

And anyway name me a player you think is under 5% bodyfat just for the laughs.

[50inchvertical]

Is'Mail Muhammad frm Georgia Tech was exactly 6% It was actually a problem because he used to always get dehydrated and cramp up. LeBron was 8% at the draft combine, Collison was 20

[PistonsFan#21]

Total bs bc at 12% I look nothing like that. Besides why are you using body builders for comparision???

Whats your height and weight? If you answer those honestly i could explain to you why you look nothing like the guy in the pic.

And i am using bodybuilders because they are the only people who would go as low as 3% BF (and thats with the help of steroids and having nothing else to think about other than eat right, rest and weight lifting). This is as low as a human being can go and for only a few days.

[CeoTypeDoe619]

Is'Mail Muhammad frm Georgia Tech was exactly 6% It was actually a problem because he used to always get dehydrated and cramp up. LeBron was 8% at the draft combine, Collison was 20

Lie Lebron has never been measured or stepped on a scale.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

The muscle definition is due to the low bodyfat % ... If you have good muscle mass and low bodyfat% you will look more ripped than someone with the same bodyfat% but with less muscle mass. If you are over 200lbs (like most NBA players) and have less than 5% BF then you would look like one of the guys i posted in the pictures. If you are only 100lbs with the same BF% then you will probably look like a skeleton because you will have almost no muscle mass. Clear enough?

And anyway name me a player you think is under 5% bodyfat just for the laughs.

How much body fat do you think he has?

[ILLsmak]

No the most hilarious idea is that less body fat = better.

-Smak

[enayes]

How much body fat do you think he has?

7-8%

[DuMa]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...4&d=1069531013

aint gonna lie. thought that was ray allen at first.

[Dresta]

haha, are you serious, no way is that above 5%.

[gyu]

Aaron Brooks somehow tested for 2.7% body fat:
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Aaron-Brooks-332/

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Aaron_Brooks

[OhNoTimNoSho]

http://www.mensfitness.com/sports_an...ion/70?print=1

Read the link, Ray Allen 4%.

Oh my! How does he stay alive?

[O.J A 6'4Mamba]

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-...0&pos=0&sort=7 they were all taken in the pre draft camp.

Me, personally i measured my BF% by a trainer, IDK what the machine was but i had to hold my arms out in front of me and my thumbs were on a sensor metal thing. It record 5.1% bodyfat take we will leave it as that.