For the past few weeks I have been promising a detailed look at body fat percentage and calculation. In particular there has been a wide interest in seeing comparison of body fat numbers through the visual realm. Do to this, and my ability to take things to the extreme, I ended up compiling the ultimate body fat percentage video. This video is 38 minutes (I assure you it flies by) of solid information that takes you from “intro” to “advanced” understanding pretty quickly in a visual sense.
I should explain that this video originally was 61 minutes long. I cut out a lot of information that I didn’t feel was too relevant. I may do another one that explains more of the technical aspects if the need arises or is requested. However, for the time being, this is by far the best I have personally yet to see for visual explanation.
In this video you will see Male and Female body fat percentage estimations by picture and understand why I have given the estimations I have. It is for entertainment purposes only, but it is pretty educated and I feel those in the “know” will have little to argue to my estimations.
I hope you enjoy my hard work and obsession of the week. If you enjoy it leave me a comment and/or pass it around. Perhaps the New York Times would like to see it in order to have a better understanding of body fat percentage amongst our populations.
Enjoy the video! *Note you have to turn the speakers up, this is an audio/video*
PS-If you want to learn how to decrease that body fat percentage best, go here.
Hi Leigh,
I just found your site through Roni’s weigh-in and I have to say WOW! I love your site and the video was awesome. I am feeling more realistic and focused on what my actual goal is and not focusing so much on the numbers. Thanks
Hi there,
I just became a paying customer today and have been downloading and listening to your stuff…chapter 1 and 2 and watching this video as I make buckwheat pancakes in the kitchen….lol…..i guess for now I at the top end of the body fat scale so I’ve a long way to go….but I just wanna say that I love your sarcastic get-real approach to all this….it kinda makes me chuckle as I absorb all the info……and as an informed teacher and avid life long student myself, I know that laughter is a guaranteed assurance for information retention so you go girl….keep the chuckles flying as you teach me more. I’m already somewhat impressed and I’ve note even started….just wanna add too that I’m a casualty of the EODD program.
[...] look like on males. I do not currently have any pictures of females to share right now, however Leigh Peele posted on this topic a while [...]
This video makes me question my numbers according to the gym scales… My body fat is apparently 35% (according to gym scales) which I am obviously trying to reduce however I can honestly say that I look like your 25% girl Leigh… Hmmmm… food for thought.
[...] implants and body fat readings (Body fat video) Lean mass gain limits Harris Benedict Formula good? (Activity episode, I think) How much protein [...]
Leigh, thanks so much for this. I’m morbidly obese and had an eating disorder. I’m done with the eating disorder recovery and have been working on my physical restoration since January 2009. I’m working with a trainer 3x a week and am doing cardio (both steady state and HIIT) every day. I’m training hard and have lost 9% body fat and gained 14 pounds LBM. Obviously I’m too high of a fat percentage do to calipers, etc, and I have a body fat scale that actually gives me the same reading as the Navy Formula (measure neck, waist, abdomen, hips) and both gave me 68% when I started. I know these measurements could be (and probably are) off… and I am tracking trends, but my question is…. can a woman be 67% body fat? I just want to know if it is possible? (I an 5′4″ and was 255 pounds when I started…) I appreciate your answer!
Leigh, Just checked out your site and this article. Great job on showing the different percentages of BF. I’m no expert and feel like you are probably pretty close on most. I do have to wonder about the women at 18%, 21% and 25%. Now I think the woman at 21% is beautiful and looks lean and slender, yet has nice curves. The woman at 18% to me seems the same really, yet looks like she is probably most likely taller with longer legs, etc., I would imagine. They both seem around the same BF% to me. Now the woman at 25% is definitely getting some bulges and showing fat in place that shouldn’t be there. In comparison she looks very average. Now, I find it hard to believe 4% BF would make that big of a difference. Is perhaps the woman at 25% maybe not even higher and the woman at 21% perhaps lower? It seems like one way or another that there has to be more than 4% difference between them, or else the one at 21% is distributed in this case much better than the one at 25%. This also goes to show how differently men and women carry fat. A guy at 21% BF could look pretty chunky and average, where a woman at the same BF might look fantastic. Seems like a guy has to have almost half the bf% of a woman to have a similar lean appearance. Oh have to say, think your pretty cute as well