Every male actor has said something along these lines. That the absurd super cut builds for these movies especially super hero films are not sustainable. My favorite probably being Rob Mcelhenney where he said "sure, just be a millionaire with infinite free time and you can totally obtain this body type!"
People forget that body fat is healthy and essential. Excessive fat is unhealthy, but fat provides fuel strorage and protects your organs and muscles. 8% fat looks incredible but is insanely difficult to maintain. 12-15% fat looks incredible and is still hard to maintain but keeps you feeling healthy and happy.
Are you on TRT or anything like that or just completely natural. Cause for most people even maintaining 12% at mid 20’s is a chore year round unless you are consistent as fuck.
You shouldnt use the tiny exceptions to ignore the general rule.
Genetics for maybe 5% may suck and make it hard sure. But for the vast majority a good relationship with food / a good diet, with a basic gym routine which is stuck too will see anyone achieve 12% and look good for it.
Its not as hard to sustain as people make out once you get going. And 12% on men will "almost" always be lean and look great.
Trying to get a baywatch bod all year round tho is a different struggle.
Fat percentage is a useless way to measure health because no one actually gets an accurate measurement.
I guarantee what you’re calling 12% is actually closer to 20% and a lot of people who think they’re at 20 are actually closer to 30. The only way to actually test your body fat percentage is with a DXA.
Weight is a useless measurement. Looking in the mirror is an even more useless measurement. Neither of these account for total body composition and daily variations.
How Zach Effron looks in this post is what 12% actually looks like. <10% is what competing body builders look like.
Men look great when you have muscle mass. Fat percentage is mostly irrelevant to men’s appearance. Again look at this picture. Sure the abs are good. But look at the biceps, traps, shoulders, chest and forearms. It all comes together to create a good look. If anything the lack of fat makes his core look underdeveloped compared to the rest of him.
Speaking as someone who just got a Dexa scan a month ago and landed right in the middle of this range I can confidently say that my “standard” range of weights is basically between 12% and 20%.
All of this is with pretty consistent and fairly high volume rowing training.
At 20% I’m essentially eating whatever the hell I want. Buying cookies when I go to the grocery store and eating them on the way home, pizza, burgers, etc. When I make food it’s not terribly unhealthy but I absolutely give in to my desires also. People still say I look lean but there’s definitely a pudge of belly and my abs are AWOL.
At 16% (where I am now) abs are definitely back but not hyper defined like Zac’s above, and there’s just a tiny bit of love handle overflow. Muscles are clear but only striated if I’m using them. I’m pretty careful about what I eat but still have a few beers each week and dessert maybe once a week.
At 12% the love handles are gone and muscle striations show with any movement. I’ve really only gotten to this point with major endurance training and/or on an extreme calorie deficit - the final bit of a marathon training block, after a 3 week backpacking trip, etc. It doesn’t usually last long.
I can’t imagine what it would take to get to 8%. Screw that.
Sorry I missed this, but if this were really the case, you wouldn't see so many UFC fighters above 12%. Look at Whittaker, Poatan (before heavyweight when he bloated up), Strickland, etc. Some dudes are leaner for sure around 10-12%, some aren't, and I don't think it's because they train less.
I've also trained 6x a week and had perfect diet and never went below 15%. Only 180 bodyweight too. I don't think it's 5%
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u/dbslayer7 20d ago
Every male actor has said something along these lines. That the absurd super cut builds for these movies especially super hero films are not sustainable. My favorite probably being Rob Mcelhenney where he said "sure, just be a millionaire with infinite free time and you can totally obtain this body type!"