Quote (Crestron @ 22 Jun 2016 18:02)

Me again, sorry for spam haha but this week was kind of special for me.

Got contacted by an independent show-biz woman who runs her own musicals/plays/theatrics. She needed a muscular guy that they could film flexing/posing shirtless for a thirty second commercial that will be broadcast/displayed in cinemas nationwide for two weeks.


First time I've ever done anything like that, absolutely zero experience in modelling, filming, or even posing/flexing. Never have I ever posed without looking at a mirror. So was a bit uncomfortable, but I think the result was pretty good despite the circumstances.


commercial will be available around November.


two pictures from that day, in the bathroom between the sets, half-natty lighting right there (yes I used a filter for one of the pictures, bcos Instagram reasons)

Started getting veins under my armpit, chest and now I got a thick one running down my obliques... Am I single digit yet? :(

https://s31.postimg.org/osml4y8cr/IMG_20160622_235231.jpg
https://s32.postimg.org/czvpqk5th/IMG_20160622_235401.jpg


Doesn't look so good on computer as it does on phone :p the mirror was so damn tiny and so far away from the half-natty spot on lighting so I had to zoom in a lot.. hence blurry, but whatever :)

Quote (noob_whacker @ Jun 23 2016 12:42am)

id guess 9 or 10 %

maybe a bit more idk. random guess

but nice work

post the video on here when u can?

maybe find it on youtube

Quote (RewtheBrave @ Jun 23 2016 05:33am)

have you checked the "simple" tests on bodybuilding.com to add to the range of ideas you've tried?

also, consider investing in a fat analyzer, i.e., a handheld device as opposed to a scale. it's the familiar idea of shooting a current through the body and checking what's water and what's solid. i use one of those and you can get them for $20. accuracy varies , as with caliper testing and all the skinfold/tape/scale measures.

i assume that the fancy scales aren't 100% accurate, either. they just get to claim they have the best science and instrumentation because they're fancy.

i've also heard of some annoyingly complex methods of testing fat % by subtracting it from bone and fluid mass, which is next to impossible. it's a crapshoot.

where i'd cautiously estimate that you're a little under 10%, you've seen results around 5-6% and you've guessed you're @ 9-10%.

if all else fails i think the way to go is to look at a bunch of images that project the body fat % of the people in the images, just because that will be the perception people will have anyway. of course, most of the image sets i've seen really aren't spectacular, just because they vary a fair amount, and in several images i've seen, people who clearly have more bodyfat are listed as having less fat than people who clearly have more.

a reason why i don't trust any method but prefer the idea that a spectrum of results gives a plausible clue :P

Quote (Crestron @ 23 Jun 2016 15:20)

Well I've tried my caliper using a 3 site and 7 site method (5.4%) . The former is used with Bodybuilding.com's formula.

Last time I tested a body analyzer was last year, where I measured 7.2%... but that's when the calipers measured around 8%

Looking for a free test again.. they charge you like $70 each time here.. but they hand them out for free from time to time.

Quote (RewtheBrave @ Jun 23 2016 10:16pm)

free >

In the end it's always somewhat unknown. Time of day and fluid intake can mess with results. I am sure you concentrate more on the look of your physique than an actual % :)

I generally avoid worrying about % bf, although I have nothing to lose/gain from it, either.

Quote (CMBurns @ Jun 23 2016 02:36pm)

You forgot to pose with a spoon or a jsp tag.

Quote (tommyd323 @ Jul 17 2016 11:19am)

http://imgur.com/xMMZcOJ.jpg
http://imgur.com/G4wSO5C.jpg
http://imgur.com/4o0braR.jpg
Getting swole yet?

Quote (KCCO @ Jul 17 2016 10:26am)

Wow, gotta say bud you filled out, that back tho

Good shit