Is this 21 percent bf?

[Rusty]

This is my buddy. He one of those all natural dudes. He recently got a deca scan and it said he was 21% bf. On a seven point calibration test he is supposedly 10 ish. He asked me to ask my “roid buddies” what their thought are. So tell me what you think.

 

[John]

What the hell is all natural.

 

[John]

How tall and weight

 

[Rusty]

Ya he is a freak. Great genetics. His diet is very disciplined and he has been working out for twenty plus years. Everyone claims he uses roids mostly because they are jealous

 

[Rusty]

5’9”. 200ish

 

[Rusty]

What would you guess his BF to be

 

[Mossy1985]

I’d say 12-15%.

 

[Aude_Aliquid_Dignu]

I’m 19% bf and have similar mid section definitions.

Dexa is up to 3.5% variance.

 

[John]

15 around there

 

[Poppy]

I’m with everyone else ~15%

 

[Neuro]

Definitely not 10ish. I feel confident he’s above 15. But outside of that no idea.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Would have to see legs but 15 is probably around right

 

[Kad1]

I’d say 15 ish

 

[Rusty]

Thanks everyone for your input. Seems like 15 percent ish is the general opinion.

 

[kingkonggainz]

I’d say he’s definitely under 15 myself would say 12% if need be

 

[Poppy]

This is @Neuro he has vascularity just about every where. He walks around close 10% bf

 

[Aude_Aliquid_Dignu]

Could visceral fat (in lieu of subcutaneous fat) be the variable where the empirical data and the eye don’t agree??

 

[Rusty]

That is a very good question. I’d like to hear opinions/information

 

[BBSQ5]

DEXA is considered gold standard these days (even though I know other research facilities have access to various scientific machines that are supposed to be more accurate).

Wife and I do DEXA close to every 8 weeks and it does make a slight difference with visceral, android, gynoid, etc. Of he had a real analysis given after by someone, they would explain to him the differences of overall BF% versus visceral, android, etc. on the print out and I am guessing he is weighing heavily on the overall BF% given!

I would say he is close to 15/16% overall and obviously may have less fat around midsection, which is why you pay attention to gynoid and android.

My overall BF fluctuates slightly when I’m maintaining, so I focus on the areas versus overall.

 

[Rusty]

That’s good info. Thank you