opinion and bodyfat

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:40:32 GMT

Yeah, i think im at a pretty good spot size wise, I have been doing more sports/martial arts things lately and im more concerned with just strength and fitness as opposed to size right now. Though my goal is to stay around this % of BF.

I recently picked up Lacrosse, boxing again and BJJ. And I run around 3-4 miles 4-5 times a week, so yeah. I was cutting for awhile but I was actually gaining weight while getting leaner. I have been up around 210, I was 209 in the avatar pic. I think naturally I probably wont get much bigger at this % of BF. Though on this deficit, my strength has also jumped through the roof, been pulling new PR's constantly.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (IBendBarbells)

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:25:31 GMT

Yeah I am def not 5%. More like 8%

Look pretty good Nmoney, You are pretty lean man. Quads look great btw. Back looks pretty awsome also. What's the future goals anyways? Just gonna focus on strength now?

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:41:13 GMT

haha, man have I come quite a long way. Kind of funny looking back at all this now. Strength and LBM.

Good times.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:53:27 GMT

yeah I have before.

I just meant its getting to the point to where im sick of worrying what little I do about aesthetics. This is an OLLLLLDDDD thread, lol. I was just updating it for my own reflection mostly.

I want to really get back into focusing on speed, strength and increasing my lifts.

And my web cam is horrible, i was just looking, all graining and crap. lol.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (steveninthematrix)

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:53:08 GMT

strength .....

power is defined as speed+strength...

which is why many recommend heavy volume dynamic work; ever done any?

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:23:45 GMT

Updating for fun,

I actually feel like I hit a big wall lately with strength, and for the life of me I can not get bellow 200 pounds unless I drop water weight...it is ridiculous.

I dont know what % I am here, but I am weighing in at 203. The week after I took these I ended up flushing water out to try to drop water weight and I actually got to 199..lol...

I think all the drastic changes are gone for me, I think I look the same, just a little more defined and less BF. I took 3 pics, 2 poses 1 semi relaxed and just threw them all into one jpeg.

comments, insight, advice, complaints are all welcome. This is a pretty old thread, haha.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Soccerking3000)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:02:17 GMT

Nm0ney34

Thanks SK, I appreciate it. Why I ask other people what there opinion is, its usually a little more insightful and "real" to hear from other people.

Im terrible at guessing BF myself so...

so if im around 12-10 I will probably try cutting down for another month or 2 and see where I am at. then hopefully bump up the calories.

you'll notice significant changes with the last few %'s thats when everything just starts to pop out. As for how long you should cut if you are 205 pounds and lets say 10% (for numbers sake) you have 20.5#'s of fat to get to 8% you only need to lose about 4 pounds of fat so a month should be more than enough

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:36:13 GMT

Thanks SK, I appreciate it. Why I ask other people what there opinion is, its usually a little more insightful and "real" to hear from other people.

Im terrible at guessing BF myself so...

so if im around 12-10 I will probably try cutting down for another month or 2 and see where I am at. then hopefully bump up the calories.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (snatchula)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:19:30 GMT

Yeah it seems people estimate a lower BF score on DBB than I'd usually guess, for themselves and for others. But testing is so inconsistent. A while back I was getting 7% on my calipers and 13% on a machine. Meh. It's just a number anyway. All that really matters is whether or not you're satisfied with the way you look.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Soccerking3000)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:54:46 GMT

I would say you are around 10-12% and IBB you look to be around 7-9% definitely not ~5% (lacking the striation accompanied with that bodyfat %)

my avatar picture i was at around 8.5% if i remember correctly (and that was done via caliper and hydrostatic testing).

Re:opinion and bodyfat (snatchula)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:12:04 GMT

My guess is that you're around 10%. So hard to tell. What are your BF tests showing? You're right, this does look a lot better than what you were doing before. I always wondered why you sucked up your gut rather than just giving it a normal flex. I kinda figured your BF% just wasn't quite there yet.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:33:00 GMT

I just took these, I take some every thursday to see where im at and I think these show my progress a little bit better. These are exactly at 205 apparently. So apparently I need to drop more to get to my BF% goal, so Ill see where things are at 200 when I get there.

its funny though because technically the only thing that has changed is 2 lb's from before form 207 to 205...not really much physically has changed accept for I figured out how to flex my ab's and really make the top two stand out.

its weird because I thought I knew how to flex my ab's...but apparently I didnt, or maybe I did...who cares, either way they look much better this way...rofl...

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:18:32 GMT

Its funny you say that because I am playing safety right now in my flag football league, it comes naturally to me and I like it. Receiver is still a passion though, I guess Ill see how things go...hell I may not even make it, lol.

as for JMBS's post, what I will be doing soon will mimic a program used for football a little more then the 5x5 programs I am used to, as for everything else they usually do a good amount of plyometrics and sprints/cardio. Which is what I started to do awhile ago and am going to be focusing on now much more.

I mean if I make it on for something I make it, if not its not like im banking on this or anything. Its simply a goal that im trying to accomplish.

I just know how important speed and strength are, and lowering my bodyfat has helped me so much with my agility and speed. So this is sort of clashing 2 goals...1.) im doing it to make myself faster and quicker 2.) I want to be strong and fairly lean, Im not really in it for the bulky look but I want people to look at me and think of an athlete. but then I also want to be able to back up the looks with performance...make sense?

anyway thanks guys

Re:opinion and bodyfat (connelly)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:40:14 GMT

I'd put you around 12% right now, you look pretty lean with just a little extra stomach fat..basicly where I am right now and i'm at 13, although for some reason I think you are a little leaner than 13..not a great guesser though. For some reason I think you should play safety, size could be an issue at OLB, there are some HUGE ass dudes playing D1.. you played semi pro WR right? That would be an option, speed isn't as important as you would think, if you can consistantly run sub 4.6 and have pretty good route running/hands you could be great as a receiver, possibily tight end except your a little small, safety seems like a really good choice to me, but I would focus more on speed/strength than size for safety atm..seem a little different build than most HB's. But i'm not going to tell you you can't do something because of your size, i'm standing at 5'8" trying to go D1, so that would kinda be hypocritical..although hopefully I can grow a few more inches. BTW OLB is such a fun position, so if you think you can that would be a really fun position to play, I love it.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (JMBS)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:31:05 GMT

N$,
Have you explored whether there are any good sports training (football specific) forums out there? Do you think your balance of resistance training compared to field drills or whatever they're called is typical of a football player or do you perhaps spend more time in the gym than they do? What's a typical player's day like, and are you duplicating that? Did you play in high school?

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:13:46 GMT

lol...thanks guys.

I have gotten much faster and agile since I dropped some weight, my knee's are still bothering me some due to my cleats. I just bought some shock absorbing insoles to help.

Once I get to 10% I want to set a timeline for myself to get to around 8% or so so I can then adjust my diet back around.

I dont think im at 10% yet, why I wanted some opinions im usually terrible at guessing my own bodyfat and other people are better judges then yourself most of the time anyway.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (cody)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:13 GMT

YOu are looking beastly bro. And thanks for compound article. It is working wonder for me too :). but its quite risky too ;).

Re:opinion and bodyfat (basketball4life)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:39:05 GMT

Dude, you are ripped. Try it out!!

Like the man said, you cut to 200, you would be total BEAST! :O

Re:opinion and bodyfat (Nm0ney34)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:36:24 GMT

man I had my post all written out and it got messed up because of the error you get when posting pics on a mac...

so here it is again

I just want to see what you all think I am at now, been about a month, while not a huge amount of time. I have dropped quite a bit of weight and wanted some more opinions, I want to see how close I am to 10% you guys think I am.

also please throw in a crtiique of what you think I need to work on, besides traps...because I know they are lagging. And while its not an immediate goal for me to "bodybuild" up lagging parts for asthetic purposes, it would be nice to know what other people feel I should work on for a later time.

One pic is taken at night in a diff room/lighting and one immediately in the morning, same webcam. The one at night was on a no carb day, one in the morning is after a moderate carb day if that matters at all.

Trying to get a feel for where I am at now so I can estimate exactly how long I need to "cut" further before I bump my calories up some to a more maintenance level and really focus on power and speed.

Thanks guys.

Re:opinion and bodyfat (IBendBarbells)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:34:26 GMT

Naturally. But I always eat pretty clean.. I spend alot of time in the kitchen.

That's pretty good man! It just sucks cause sometimes you got to lose alot more then you expected though.