I'm not at 7% now, though even if I was I wouldn't post pics on here, as its abit gay I'm more into strength training now, rather than aesthetics. And you can't be strong if your body fat levels are that low
Bruce Lee was a martial arts teacher, who became a movie star, he wasn't a weight lifter. He also didn't have 2-3% body fat, as he'd of been dead. Your body cannot survive at that low a body fat
Didn't see any mention of weight lifting before you just mentioned it. Bruce Lee did die because of his body state in the end. He was strong.
strentgh training what I was talking about involves lifting weights, clearly! Bruce Lee may have been stronger than your average 140 pound guy but he wasn't strong as he didn't train to be strong, he was a martial artist who wanted a lean looking physique for his movie career. Being strong and being able to fight are 2 different things. Though I use the word 'fight' lightly with Bruce Lee as there is no evidence of him having a fight, or competing in any martial arts competitions. So there is no proof he could fight for real. He also wasn't 2-3% body fat, I suggest you do some research as its impossible to get that low, even top bodybuilders never get that low
Clarence Bass the author and bodybuilder was measured in 1977 in Lovelace medical center and his body fat was recorded at 2.4%. 3% or below is considered more or less zero body fat. It's well known that Brucey inspired Lou Ferrgino, Lee Hanley etc as they prepared for body building contests. It's all on the Google I'm sure anyway. Or else all ma books have been lying. Which is possible
Bruce Lee died from an allergic reaction to a drug he took, it had nothing to do with having low body fat! As far as this guy who was at 2.4 in 1977, it's a case of il believe it when I see it. But suprise suprise there are no pictures of it. Top bodybuilders during shows get down to about 4-5% before a show but they are incredibly weak and only stay that low for a couple of days as its so bad for them. That brings me back to the point regarding Bruce Lee being strong, how could he be strong with a 2-3% body fat like you are claiming? As having such a low body fat will make you incredibly weak
Bruce Lee died from taking too much Nepal hash and because he had hardly any body fat, it could not be absorbed
That's like saying if Jimmy Hendrix was 30 stone he'd of survived his overdose on drugs and alcohol. Bruce Lee did not die as a direct result of not having enough body fat, as if he hadn't taken the drugs he'd of been fine
Richard Hughes retiring to Bruce Lee's bodyfat in 3 easy steps. One thing that always surprised me about Bruce Lee was his name ! what is the Bruce all about ? was he the only Bruce in Asia. On the Richard Hughes retiring thread I think I he was a great jockey at his best and his greatest achievement was not becoming Jamie Spencer. When he started out that's exactly who he was as he was a great horseman even then, but had too much confidence and a belief he knew best, which made him make very questionable tactical calls. However' where as Jamie has in my opinion remained essentially the same ( see the Margesson sprinter a couple of weeks back) Hughsie changed. He started to keep things more simple and ceased to be only a hold up ( giving start) jockey and started winning more races. A horse has three stages within it's race, breaking, travelling and racing, Hughsie's strong point is without doubt the travelling stage, which is not to say he cannot ride a start or finish, he does however look effortless on the horse when travelling and his sense of balance is superb, he looks a part of the horse. I would not go as far as to call him an all time great but he was certainly only half a length down from them. On the subject of great Jockeys I only caught the very tail end of Lester Piggott as he had retired, I would say the great jockeys I have seen are Michael Kinane, Kieron Fallon and Ryan Moore, possibly Johnny Murtagh but just as possibly he was a good neck down from those three. I think those three were worth 3 to 5lb advantage on most of their rides. Jamie should still come with a claim of the same however.
Body fat metabolism is a strange thing, affects different people in different ways. Knew one or two of these body-builder types in the past, most of my friends and colleagues hardly had the time for it. One guy, religiously took the protein powder his body-builder trainers advised, and in short time got a kidney stone which had to be removed by surgery. Before this, I did notice he had this strange way of walking with his arms sort of away from his body, like a gorilla? Other than that, he was a pretty normal fellow; just wanted to be muscular, I guess. I really don't know if BB enthusiasts want to look fit and healthy, or to look tough? If it's the latter, it just doesn't work that way. The toughest guys I ever knew were war veterans, the two toughest being ex. U.S. marines from the Korean War, and next in line a couple of Viet Nam vets. Now, they didn't need no body building, they were naturally strong, muscular as hell, and ****ing mean when the occasion warranted. Thank goodness, all, except one, were very good friends of mine. I managed to avoid getting done in by the exception; man he was one mean bar steward, I can tell you!
A body builder or weight lifter will be a lot stronger than a guy who doesn't lift weights. This is just obvious Swanhills as they train their muscles to grow bigger or stronger 3-5 times a week. That doesn't necessarily make them tougher, assuming by tough you mean being able to fight better than other guys. A martial arts fighter will always beat a guy who can't fight with loads of muscle, but if you add muscle to a trained martial arts fighter then he will become even tougher. Muscle can help most sportsman, if you add muscle to a golfer who's perfected his technique then he'll drive the ball further. It's the same with adding muscle to a trained fighter, he'll hit harder! You don't see any top boxers or MMA fighters with weedy little physiques! So muscle does play a role in being tough, even if it's only a secondary role. When I first started training I did it to improve my physique, though I'm not to concerned about that these days, as I've been settled with my mrs now a few years, so I'm not to bothered about impressing any women. I do it more now because I enjoy the challenge of trying to lift heavier weights and improve my personal bests at various lifts. It is also great for relieving stress, when you come back from the gym after a hard workout you feel great. Working out naturally increases testosterone levels which makes us men feel happier, and more confident. So there are plenty of benefits to it. I certainly don't do it to try to look tough. if I wanted to look tough I'd shave my head, get loads of tattoos and buy a Staffordshire bull terrier to walk down the street with. I don't drink those protein shakes either, I just eat a lot of chicken, the drinks aren't as effective as proper meat. Most people just buy the shakes as they work out a lot cheaper than buying proper sources of protein, and they take a lot less time to prepare
This is what I would love the morning line to be about - Nick Luck starts talking about Golden Hawn taking on his elders and five minutes later it's about Mike Tyson, then they begin to talk about Glorious Goodwood and then five minutes later it's about protein shakes.
I don't really agree that the more muscle you have the tougher you are and the bit about MMA fighters and Boxers. There's been plenty of fighters who have had plenty of muscle and looked good but have been poor fighters and much weaker than their 'smaller' opponents. It's actually quite common in both sports that when a fighter is concentrating on lifting weights and getting the pyhsique they are usually the lesser fighter as they don't have the stamina, conditioning, speed, movement, timing etc that the proper fighter has
I used to eat Turkey when I was really worried about aesthetics, as it's slightly leaner than Chicken, but Turkey really does taste like crap, and as I'm not as worried about gaining a little fat these days, il keep with Chicken as it tastes a lot better. I used to eat chilled turkey breasts from the fridge all the time, and every packet was like a bush tucker trial forcing it down
You are mis reading what I am saying, I realise that there are plenty of examples of less muscular MMA fighters beating more muscular ones. Though that only normally comes around in the heavyweight division as the weight range is so vast, from 205 to 265 pounds. However if you have 2 fighters of similar ability and you magically add more muscle to one of them, the one with the muscle will win. I realise skill is very important, but size and strength shouldn't be underestimated. There is a reason why they have weight category's in combat sports, and that's because if your allowed to be heavier, then you can add more muscle which in turn will mean you will have an advantage over your opponent as you'll be more powerful. Anderson Silva is considered the greatest pound for pound MMA fighter of all time, and he was a middleweight, so he weighed 185 pounds. And whilst he'd have a lot more skill than a 265 pound heavyweight, he would get anhialated by any of the top boys as they'd be far to powerful for him
