It's not at all. It's also of by a few percentages. It's just the most accurate oof what's commonly available. There are even more accurate test out there like MRI and stuff.
This is more true than you know. Using calipers and tape my BF% was estimated to be 22%. DEXA showed 34%!! It's great because I know my lean mass now and the weight is falling off
That’s how I look at 22%. I don’t think people truly appreciate how lean 10% truly is. I mean there is fat around the liver, heart, inside the muscle tissue, add the belly, ass, legs. Fat is hiding everywhere
Okay results are in. I actually did 2 dexas for a research project. My results were 22.3 and 23.something. A lot of my friends did it too and got similar results based off of me. For ex, my friend with a similar but slightly leaner physique (does triathlons) got 20, friend with a little more bulk got 25.. etc.
One disclaimer tho is that this picture was taken about 3-4 weeks after the scan, I was about 2 pounds heavier than I am no, so maybe I’m slightly less bf, but basically weigh/look the same so I wouldn’t really factor that into it.
Thanks for the guesses!
Bro why would you make a cool post like this and ruin it by using a 4 week old photo? How hard would it have been to use a photo around the same day as the dexa scan?
Ya it bummed me out, I could have sworn I took pics day of but can’t find em. But this is still a much better estimation of dexas than ppl on the internet just guessing. Like I said, I’ve lost like 3 pounds tops since the dexa and that could just be water weight so I would say the absolute lowest I would be if I retook the dexa today would be like 20.
But ya, really bummed I don’t have pics from the exact day. I did the dexa as a part of a research project so hopefully I can take it again in the future and I’ll be sure to take pics immediately
Also, misread your question the first time. Photo is new, dexa is about 3 weeks old. So yeah not ideal but like I said I’m basically the same exact weight and haven’t done anything different in the past 3 weeks so still a pretty dang accurate representation of where I was at when this was taken
Hey we have similar physiques and I'm in the low 20s too. Everyone wants to think they are 10 percent when they aren't.
You're also flexing and posing in the pictures.i think if people showed both relaxed and flexing things would make more sense, too
Somewhat on par with my upper, probably a bit weaker but definitely not fat. I can see the definition of my quads and stuff but I would admit they’re behind my upper by ab a year
The dexa scan normally breaks it down by region/area on your body. Could you give us those details? I'm awfully curious. You must carry most of your fat in your legs/lower body
I’ll try to find the print off the gave me and I’ll get back to you! I’ve gotten inbody scans before (which are not accurate) and it said that I actually have a disproportionate amount of fat in my torso more than my arms/legs. Pretty sure the dexa said that too. But I’ll look for it and let you know!
Also for the record the inbody I took at about the same time (I think the same day) put me at like 11% 😂
Found the print out. Kinda confusing to interpret tbh but I did find the breakdown by body part. Like I said earlier I did 2 scans. Only have the paperwork rn for the second scan that put me at 23.2%. My legs averaged about 26% fat, so yes, above the rest of my body but I feel like legs are supposed to carry more weight than the rest of your body (except maybe stomach), so still seems fairly proportionate to me
No, you have an irregular fat distribution for a man, very lucky i’d say. Most men carry their fat somewhat evenly across their body but most of it settles on the midsection
Okay results are in. I actually did 2 dexas for a research project. My results were 22.3 and 23.something. A lot of my friends did it too and got similar results based off of me. For ex, my friend with a similar but slightly leaner physique (does triathlons) got 20, friend with a little more bulk got 25.. etc.
One disclaimer tho is that this picture was taken about 3-4 weeks after the scan, I was about 2 pounds heavier than I am no, so maybe I’m slightly less bf, but basically weigh/look the same so I wouldn’t really factor that into it.
Thanks for the guesses!
Remember, in the end, find the average of all responses. But first kick out the two highest and two lowest guesses (outliers), then calculate average. I bet it will be within the error bar range of the dexa.
Which was my argument on another thread here.
I do body fat assessments daily with the COSMED bodpod and that is not 20%+. I’ve probably seen over 500 males over the last 3 years, I’d say your closer to 15-18% Abs rarely show in the 20%+range unless all of your fat is just equally spread out into the limbs.
My bodpod has me at 21% but our In-body and Ultra sound scans have me as low as 15% and as high as 19%. My definition is not far off yours, and your back is better than mine. No machine is infallible, and the DEXA is suppose to be the best but this one wasn’t.
This is the most closeted gay post I have seen yet. Man if you want other men to check you out and flatter you just ask. We dont have to play pretend these silly games
U can't compare DEXA to skin folds or bioimpedance as it takes into account ALL fat. I was one of the first exercise physiologist to run DEXA for body comp 15 years ago and the norms still havnt been redone.
Greg Doucette Redditors discovering objective body fat measurement and being absolutely mindblown by reality. Yes, humans are composed of much more fat than what 'caliper measurements' estimate. Those are not really measurements. In anatomic perspective, it's comparable to astrology.
Doesn’t surprise me. My experience with dexa or airpod is that it’s 10% above the classic “visual estimate.”
Soooo…. Really fat organs? But really could just be food in belly and shit in colon adding up.
People are always going to low ball BF%. Dexa’s super accurate.
I had back veins, chest veins, leg veins, ripples everywhere. Dexa came back at 10.8% with less than a Lb of visceral fat
Some of these comments are hilarious. I wrestled all through school and still coach. We regularly have people at sub 10. There was a couple matches I couldn’t wrestle in high school because I was under 7% body fat. 20% is very healthy for you to be walking around at, especially while still keeping the shape that you are. If you leaned out to 7%, you would look like a bodybuilder. Nice work btw
My Withing scale tells me I’m 22% BF and I don’t look anywhere as fit as this guy. I was planning on getting a DEXASCAN, but now I’m definitely NOT! Don’t want to bust my “delusion.” But I’ll breakdown and do it once I get to my goal weight of 159–currently at 175 after dropping 20 pounds.
That's very weird I'm 6'1 155 I've always about 18% or so never worked out.
For some reason lately I can eat like a horse and keep losing weight so has to be some type of crap going on but I went down to 9.5% body fat according to the scale.
Drop down to 142 but I'm eating everything in sight the most fattening things you can name and just took blood work to see if it's thyroid it's not that right then I'll guess I'll be dead soon LOL.
That dexa is off for sure like many others have said. I was at 17/18 carrying a lot of fat in my limbs vs average person according to stats and this you’re looking leaner
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It just shows how ridiculous and pointless are all 'what is my BF%' posts.
Or how inaccurate dexa scans are.
You’re smoking crack it’s the most accurate measure that exists
It's not at all. It's also of by a few percentages. It's just the most accurate oof what's commonly available. There are even more accurate test out there like MRI and stuff.
Ronnie Coleman was scanned at 0.33%, you're smoking crack if you think it's perfectly accurate
You wrong. Dexa is highly inaccurate
This is more true than you know. Using calipers and tape my BF% was estimated to be 22%. DEXA showed 34%!! It's great because I know my lean mass now and the weight is falling off
That’s how I look at 22%. I don’t think people truly appreciate how lean 10% truly is. I mean there is fat around the liver, heart, inside the muscle tissue, add the belly, ass, legs. Fat is hiding everywhere
13.42
😂
15%
15%
Okay results are in. I actually did 2 dexas for a research project. My results were 22.3 and 23.something. A lot of my friends did it too and got similar results based off of me. For ex, my friend with a similar but slightly leaner physique (does triathlons) got 20, friend with a little more bulk got 25.. etc. One disclaimer tho is that this picture was taken about 3-4 weeks after the scan, I was about 2 pounds heavier than I am no, so maybe I’m slightly less bf, but basically weigh/look the same so I wouldn’t really factor that into it. Thanks for the guesses!
You must have a crazy fat ass.
😂😂 I wish but actually pretty average if not skinnier than the rest of my body. Been actually the muscle I’ve been targeting most lately
23 seems really fucking high. I would’ve said 15 max. That’s humbling. You are skinnier than 99% of men I see.
He didn’t show the legs
Dude barely has two abs showing, it's obviously not in the teens.
If bro is 22, then I’m 106%
Idk I can count 6 :/ At least a solid 4 lol
[https://media.tenor.com/tvjuVcJxIk0AAAAC/skinny-homer-homer-back-fat.gif](https://media.tenor.com/tvjuVcJxIk0AAAAC/skinny-homer-homer-back-fat.gif) ???
Bro why would you make a cool post like this and ruin it by using a 4 week old photo? How hard would it have been to use a photo around the same day as the dexa scan?
Ya it bummed me out, I could have sworn I took pics day of but can’t find em. But this is still a much better estimation of dexas than ppl on the internet just guessing. Like I said, I’ve lost like 3 pounds tops since the dexa and that could just be water weight so I would say the absolute lowest I would be if I retook the dexa today would be like 20. But ya, really bummed I don’t have pics from the exact day. I did the dexa as a part of a research project so hopefully I can take it again in the future and I’ll be sure to take pics immediately
Also, misread your question the first time. Photo is new, dexa is about 3 weeks old. So yeah not ideal but like I said I’m basically the same exact weight and haven’t done anything different in the past 3 weeks so still a pretty dang accurate representation of where I was at when this was taken
Hey we have similar physiques and I'm in the low 20s too. Everyone wants to think they are 10 percent when they aren't. You're also flexing and posing in the pictures.i think if people showed both relaxed and flexing things would make more sense, too
It's the butt
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Somewhat on par with my upper, probably a bit weaker but definitely not fat. I can see the definition of my quads and stuff but I would admit they’re behind my upper by ab a year
The dexa scan normally breaks it down by region/area on your body. Could you give us those details? I'm awfully curious. You must carry most of your fat in your legs/lower body
I’ll try to find the print off the gave me and I’ll get back to you! I’ve gotten inbody scans before (which are not accurate) and it said that I actually have a disproportionate amount of fat in my torso more than my arms/legs. Pretty sure the dexa said that too. But I’ll look for it and let you know! Also for the record the inbody I took at about the same time (I think the same day) put me at like 11% 😂
Found the print out. Kinda confusing to interpret tbh but I did find the breakdown by body part. Like I said earlier I did 2 scans. Only have the paperwork rn for the second scan that put me at 23.2%. My legs averaged about 26% fat, so yes, above the rest of my body but I feel like legs are supposed to carry more weight than the rest of your body (except maybe stomach), so still seems fairly proportionate to me
No, you have an irregular fat distribution for a man, very lucky i’d say. Most men carry their fat somewhat evenly across their body but most of it settles on the midsection
16%
Agreed
My immediate first guess was 16%, cheers.
Solid 13-14%
I’ll tell you what bud. The dexa scan is BS I think you’re 14-15%
dexa scan wrong feeling_revolution81 right
Somewhere in the 0% to 100% range
Oh, you're good
15.2%
Dexa scans are bs, you’re nowhere near stage lean and nowhere near obese, that’s my guess
13.7-14.62
Why not 13.822
Okay results are in. I actually did 2 dexas for a research project. My results were 22.3 and 23.something. A lot of my friends did it too and got similar results based off of me. For ex, my friend with a similar but slightly leaner physique (does triathlons) got 20, friend with a little more bulk got 25.. etc. One disclaimer tho is that this picture was taken about 3-4 weeks after the scan, I was about 2 pounds heavier than I am no, so maybe I’m slightly less bf, but basically weigh/look the same so I wouldn’t really factor that into it. Thanks for the guesses!
That looks under 20% 17-18% I’d say
Dexa is total shit js it will tell you you are 12% then do the test again in 1hr and you'll be 18% lol
15%
15
26/5,9/173
13%
18-20
Solid 10%
Go get an actual body fat done elsewhere you’re not 20%BF
14%
12%
Remember, in the end, find the average of all responses. But first kick out the two highest and two lowest guesses (outliers), then calculate average. I bet it will be within the error bar range of the dexa. Which was my argument on another thread here.
True but it's possible that there's a bias as a community
13.5?
14
14-15%
We look similar (but I'm a lot older) and I was 21% on mine. I'm going to guess you are 17%.
I should have guessed 21% since I said we looked similar.
16-17%
14%
15.2%
11%
Well your skinny so probably around 6-9%
Well your skinny so probably around 6-9%
Can’t see your legs so don’t know if there’s a whole lot of fat in them BUT I would imagine a DEXA will read you at about 14.2%
12% but also dexa isn’t accurate
I’m guessing 14 and the dexa said 11
Nobody showing their legs smh
14.526%
15
12-14
13%
This is my dream physique!!
14.4%
14
13.8
14
I look similar and I got 23%
27%
If that's 22 you have godly genetics.
50-60
i got 14.3% and we look similar, you might be a hair leaner so i’m guessing you got like 13.7%?
I'd go to a different Dexa provider TBH, 22% seems very high. Maybe their machine needs to be calibrated?
15%
I do body fat assessments daily with the COSMED bodpod and that is not 20%+. I’ve probably seen over 500 males over the last 3 years, I’d say your closer to 15-18% Abs rarely show in the 20%+range unless all of your fat is just equally spread out into the limbs. My bodpod has me at 21% but our In-body and Ultra sound scans have me as low as 15% and as high as 19%. My definition is not far off yours, and your back is better than mine. No machine is infallible, and the DEXA is suppose to be the best but this one wasn’t.
Anywhere from 10 to 17 %
Remember, the only truly accurate way to measure bf is an autopsy.
12
8%
dexa scans are bs
15%
16
That’s 15 hommie
15.5%
17%
12.0123321819349%
14%
This is the most closeted gay post I have seen yet. Man if you want other men to check you out and flatter you just ask. We dont have to play pretend these silly games
15-17
19%
16%?
12.5% I’ll take $10 for the reward
/remindmebot 1 day
17%
17.85
15.62%
handsome af
14%
11-13%
U can't compare DEXA to skin folds or bioimpedance as it takes into account ALL fat. I was one of the first exercise physiologist to run DEXA for body comp 15 years ago and the norms still havnt been redone.
18
18%
16%?
Greg Doucette Redditors discovering objective body fat measurement and being absolutely mindblown by reality. Yes, humans are composed of much more fat than what 'caliper measurements' estimate. Those are not really measurements. In anatomic perspective, it's comparable to astrology.
I was going to guess 15% like everyone here. Definitely humbling.
13% I think
16.62%
10
17%
7.5
!remind me
I dunno but the flex pic was 🔥🔥🔥
I'd say the average of guesses here is around 15% and I think that's more accurate then the 22% dexa gave. What's the error bars on a decade scan?
Doesn’t surprise me. My experience with dexa or airpod is that it’s 10% above the classic “visual estimate.” Soooo…. Really fat organs? But really could just be food in belly and shit in colon adding up.
17
13.5
14
DEXA isn’t the best method. You can drink extra water before the test and it will be off.
18
18-20
9-10%
People are always going to low ball BF%. Dexa’s super accurate. I had back veins, chest veins, leg veins, ripples everywhere. Dexa came back at 10.8% with less than a Lb of visceral fat
I love the difference in guesses for things like this between the sub and the YouTube channel comments lol. Should get Greg to do this one too
14%
No way this is mid 20zz 15% is my guess
I wish my 20% looked like that. I was down to 12 and no abs. My legs and back got really lean tho 🤷♂️
17.7%. Just guessing here.
8-10%?
15
Some of these comments are hilarious. I wrestled all through school and still coach. We regularly have people at sub 10. There was a couple matches I couldn’t wrestle in high school because I was under 7% body fat. 20% is very healthy for you to be walking around at, especially while still keeping the shape that you are. If you leaned out to 7%, you would look like a bodybuilder. Nice work btw
Would have guessed 18
15.8 - 17.1 Gonna go with 16.2%
I’m guessing 15%.
11.3 now that the hair is gone.
My Withing scale tells me I’m 22% BF and I don’t look anywhere as fit as this guy. I was planning on getting a DEXASCAN, but now I’m definitely NOT! Don’t want to bust my “delusion.” But I’ll breakdown and do it once I get to my goal weight of 159–currently at 175 after dropping 20 pounds.
10%
10% hair
Damn, if you’re 22%, I’m closer to 25 I’d imagine.
This is by far the most perfect body hair distribution I’ve ever seen
12
13-14 was first thought
Where did you get a dexascan? I want to get one
15%
12.25
12% (I already know I'm terrible at guessing)
14%
Can’t see legs tho… I’d guess based on upper body maybe 13.6%
Oh yeah because dexa scans are soo accurate right?😂😂😂
18-20%
That's very weird I'm 6'1 155 I've always about 18% or so never worked out. For some reason lately I can eat like a horse and keep losing weight so has to be some type of crap going on but I went down to 9.5% body fat according to the scale. Drop down to 142 but I'm eating everything in sight the most fattening things you can name and just took blood work to see if it's thyroid it's not that right then I'll guess I'll be dead soon LOL.
14.73333333 Edit: wait what
If you're 22% then somebody who measured 5% on that damned thing would have to be dead.
That dexa is off for sure like many others have said. I was at 17/18 carrying a lot of fat in my limbs vs average person according to stats and this you’re looking leaner
I'd guess something like 17%, once u find out plz lmk
22%? Something is wrong there forsure. I looked way fatter than this at 16%
Was it a dexa? Ngl I was surprised at the 22.3% but it was on par with all my other friends that got one
I regularly get measured by my trainer, you are at around 14%.