So I can’t sleep, it’s 5:30 am and I already wrote most of this out in response to a specific person, so let’s make a post.
Loseit is heavily – sometimes single-mindedly – focused on weight loss, the number on the scale, and how to make it go down. (If you frequent r/fitness or r/xxfitness you might already know what I’m about to say). I am going to propose you think of a different number to guide your health journey – and that is your body fat percentage. In my own personal experience, I got so focused on dropping the weight quickly that when I got down to my goal I was still pretty unhappy with how my body looked. One part of that was body dysmorphia, but the other was that I was focusing too much on weight loss instead of fat loss.
Caring about your body fat percentage and the amount of muscle you carry can make a big difference in how you feel aesthetically. For example: image of same body fat percentage on bodies with different muscle size/hypertrophy/tone. I don’t think many people want to end up skinny-fat like I did – it was one of the biggest things that drove me into lifting.
Basic medical chart – found a more recent slight variation of this chart
10-12% is essential, aka you’re probably going to die soon if you try to maintain this for long
12-20% is an athletic range which most would find difficult to maintain
I was looking for exactly this. Thanks for the breakdown.
Thanks for sharing, I’m definitely adding this to my next cycle.
Great content. How would you adjust this for a 4-day split?
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