Ideal Body Fat % for tournament players. - Page 3

1337Kira · 03-22-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickson

Soy, you do know those scales are far from accurate, don't you? If you really want to get your bf checked, go to a facility where they have underwater weighing. You literally get weighed underwater so you have to let out as much air as you can. If you weigh 140 lbs. on land and weigh 125 lbs. underwater, you're carrying 15 lbs. of bodyfat. This is considered the most accurate bf test.

True that, once I got 26% body fat, 6% then 13% all right after each other.

saram · 03-22-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by soyizgood

I'm on or below 6% body fat. Ever since I bought that weight scale, I check my body fat 2-3 times a week at work just to make sure I'm in shape.

Body fat is no indication of physical fitness. Try checking your resting heart rate.

saram · 03-22-2008, 04:51 PM

I would say 4-6% is generally pretty good. I know that Ljubicic has stated he lost 8 kilos in one match during the AO a few years ago. Although that was mostly fluids, you can be sure he was drawing on built energy sources such as fat during that match.

J011yroger · 03-22-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by saram

I would say 4-6% is generally pretty good. I know that Ljubicic has stated he lost 8 kilos in one match during the AO a few years ago. Although that was mostly fluids, you can be sure he was drawing on built energy sources such as fat during that match.

My record is loosing 12 lb in a day.

J

Kirko · 03-22-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by J011yroger

Just to throw a number out there, I feel good at around I guess 7-8%

J

you are right,

J011yroger · 03-22-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by -Kap-

This doesn't really contribute to the original post (sorry, J011y!), but with all of the marathon talk, I thought it might be fitting. I caught an episode of Human Body: Pushing the Limits on The Discovery Channel that showed a guy who gained 16 pounds of body fat in order to swim across the English Channel, and after a grueling 14 hours of non-stop swimming, he had dropped 14 of them!

It doesn't apply the same way to the world of tennis, but sometimes, fat is a lot more athletic than you might think.

Are you all restrung and ready for the outdoor season?

J

stormholloway · 03-22-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by saram

I would say 4-6% is generally pretty good. I know that Ljubicic has stated he lost 8 kilos in one match during the AO a few years ago. Although that was mostly fluids, you can be sure he was drawing on built energy sources such as fat during that match.

4-6% body fat is way better than pretty good.

Ljubicic lost 8 kilograms in one match? I doubt that. What is that, 20 pounds?

J011yroger · 03-22-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by stormholloway

4-6% body fat is way better than pretty good.

Ljubicic lost 8 kilograms in one match? I doubt that. What is that, 20 pounds?

17.6

J

stormholloway · 03-22-2008, 07:41 PM

Dunno man, I think the pound has been losing value against the kilogram lately. It be over 20.

J011yroger · 03-22-2008, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by stormholloway

Dunno man, I think the pound has been losing value against the kilogram lately. It be over 20.

Does that mean that Americans are getting lighter, or that the rest of the world is getting heavier?

I mean I need to know, because if I took a trip to canada, and once I crossed the border, none of my pants fit anymore, well, that would just be embarassing.

J

-Kap- · 03-22-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by J011yroger

Are you all restrung and ready for the outdoor season?

J

Almost. My new string just arrived on Friday, and I'm looking to get out there and drop a few body fat percentage points, myself!

J011yroger · 03-22-2008, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by -Kap-

Almost. My new string just arrived on Friday, and I'm looking to get out there and drop a few body fat percentage points, myself!

Sounds good, 2 more weeks and we will be outdoors again!

We will have your hands calloused up and your body slimmed down.

J

stormholloway · 03-22-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by J011yroger

Does that mean that Americans are getting lighter, or that the rest of the world is getting heavier?

I mean I need to know, because if I took a trip to canada, and once I crossed the border, none of my pants fit anymore, well, that would just be embarassing.

J

Your pants won't work over there. You need to get your pants converted.

FedererISBetter · 03-22-2008, 09:27 PM

I am at 8% bodyfat ( still at the process of gaining more mass )... trying to be a little more than just cut..
5'7 low 150s...
I'm a serious tournment player who tries to play as many as I can while still playing for team.

J011yroger · 03-23-2008, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by stormholloway

Your pants won't work over there. You need to get your pants converted.

Oh cool, so having them converted would be cheaper than buying metric pants?

J

ss4adam · 03-23-2008, 06:12 AM

my body fat right now is 2.17%
I'm very fast but i get injured easily so i think just less than 10% would be ideal.

Rickson · 03-23-2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ss4adam

my body fat right now is 2.17%
I'm very fast but i get injured easily so i think just less than 10% would be ideal.

Who measured your bodyfat? The bodyfat fairy? There is no way you can get a 2% reading on any caliper except by an exceptionally incompetent measurer. I'm not saying that you can not be 2% (although it's unlikely), I'm just saying that 2% is not an accurate measurement. If you truly are 2%, you can only find out from being weighed underwater and even then, it won't be completely accurate. You absolutely can not claim 2% bodyfat from any reading other than an underwater dunk.

goober · 03-23-2008, 06:47 AM

This thread is eerily similar to the:

-Mile time thread

-How much can you benchpress thread.

Everybody is ripped and has body % fat less than 10%.

Rickson · 03-23-2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by goober

This thread is eerily similar to the:

-Mile time thread

-How much can you benchpress thread.

Everybody is ripped and has body % fat less than 10%.

The last time I checked, I was just below 1% bodyfat. I sure hope those calipers are accurate!

J011yroger · 03-23-2008, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by goober

This thread is eerily similar to the:

-Mile time thread

-How much can you benchpress thread.

Everybody is ripped and has body % fat less than 10%.

I thought it was like the rest of my threads where I post pictures/video/radar/objective factual results.

For the record I just benched 105 for 3 sets of 10.

Herculean strength, I know. I swear I am not doping

J

03-22-2008, 04:51 PM	#43
saram Legend Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,371	I would say 4-6% is generally pretty good. I know that Ljubicic has stated he lost 8 kilos in one match during the AO a few years ago. Although that was mostly fluids, you can be sure he was drawing on built energy sources such as fat during that match. __________________ my backhand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4nDXV2sbs&feature=channel_page

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