How Much Body Fat is Healthy – Take the Mirror Test
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so guys stay lean
Most men that reach age 100 are 5 feet or even smaller. Everyone will shrink somewhat after age 75-80 or so. How tall you are matters more then what most people want to believe. Everyone want to be tall these days. Not understanding it actually accelerates ageing big time. It’s probably also a big factor why women generally live longer.
Overall, the average height in men around the world is 5 feet 7.5 inches. It doesn’t surprise me then that most men reaching 100 years old are around that height in the statistics.
If you counted the centenarians only in Scandinavia or Holland, where men by average are taller than the rest of the world, i would guess that the statistics would look different.
Maybe it’s because average height for people born 100+ years ago was really small?
What does “how tall you are” have to do with body composition? The two are not essentially related?
@@madbadtrad7746 You’re right. But the weight in relation to height does matter. I formulated it wrong.
“Most men that reach age 100 are 5 feet or even smaller”
Source?
Is VO2max not correlated to all cause mortality in women then? I mean, if VO2max is calculated based on your body wheight and you have higher % body fat you should likely have less muscles at the same wheight. Should that not impact your cardiovascular fitness? Or can you be 35% fat and still have a really high VO2max?
I’m a girl with a gym-body, our bodies retain a degree of fat regardless of how much we diet or exercise. 🤷🏻♀️
its not possible to retain fat if you stay in a calorie deficit. Its diff for women though. I suggest reading/listening to ‘Period Power by Maisie Hill. Great womens health book 🙂
@@jrm8206 If you are in a calorie deficit and the body wants to preserve fat stores (or just natural softness, lots of women with perfect bikini bodies technically have fat but there’s no unwanted fat) the body can retain water in those areas, slow the metabolism, start consuming muscle or brain tissue. The body can reach a plateau of fat loss when it still has visible stores of unwanted fat, so it’s understandable that someone with a perfect bikini body wanting to be dry/hard/shredded may be blocked from that by body actions (fine because most people don’t want women to look dry and hard.)
Yes. I’m familiar with calorie deficit, I do that but I still have a subtle lower tummy pooch – it’s not terrible, it’s just annoying.
*giggling*
@@TLW369 Aha, Leg raises to hip up & stomach vacuums is the awnser to that 🙂
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Oh, cool!
Thank youuu.
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Great video. I agree that the most important factor for health and longevity is staying lean. For men, it’s good to be 15% or less and for women, 25% or less. The mirror test is great. Another easy way to calculate the body fat percentage is to use the US Navy method. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t allow me to post links, but you can easily find the calculator on the web. It just needs a few body measurements and it’s pretty accurate.
My excess skin makes it very hard to tell what the deal is
Why did we not learn stuff like this in school Bio class?
4:45 “The lowest risk for men is below 85 cm or 33 inches”
Actually, according to the graph the lowest risk for healthy non-smoking males is a waist circumference of 92-97 cm (36-38 inches).
Menno Henselmans in the thumbnail? Instant click. Instant Like.
I’m glad he covered the differences between men and women. I’d add, though, that when women have low body fat and also low weight, they risk osteoporosis at some level.
lol, the shot of christian bale in the machinist at 96 lbs.
I remember when that came out you had to see it just to see how emaciated bale looked. He said he got that low eating one can of tuna and an apple a day for like 6 weeks. The director forced him stop the diet before principal filming finished.
That seems like a lot of food considering that he became skin and bones!
@@zbridgjpxupzm That’s less than 200 calories a day though.
That’s a severe diet to do EVERY DAY for someone who probably eats at least 2,500 calories a day when he’s looking jacked. Probably more.
No, six months
@@lovatof1 6 months of what? what are you responding to?
Honestly I am surprised the life expectancy gap between men and women is not larger, being male seems pretty bad for general survival:
– Majority of suicides are men
– Majority of homicide victims are men
– Majority of war casualties are men
– Men visit the hospital less often
– Men are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke
– Men are more likely to overdose on drugs
– Men tend to be taller and being taller has been shown to lower life span
– Men are less likely to care about loosing weight
– Etc
And most of these are skewed by a very large margin. Although there are some contradictions such as grip strength being associated with longevity, bone density, etc. So who knows.
More fights
More rough or dangerous sports
Less likely to ask for help when they need it, and less likely to get it when they ask
When homeless, they qualify for less
When young especially, they tend to drive more recklessly
They drive more miles on average
In the past, they were more likely to be exposed to bad weather, as vehicles before cars were often open. Or they just rode horses.
Of course, in the past, none of that can come close to the dangers of giving birth. I just recently calculated the average ages of my ancestors (down to the days), and the guys had a big advantage, way back. GG-Grandparents: guys = 78.14 years, gals = 40.69 years. G-Grandparents: guys = 78.08 years (no change), gals = 74.21 years (big jump). Grandparents: guys = 94.05 years, gals = 85.43 years.
Of course, my plan is to blow that out of the water and live ridiculously long.
GREAT video. Very informative. Thank you!
If a person is too lean (not enough adipose tissue) as in Siim’s selfie, the body will not produce enough adiponectin which is a critical hormone that helps control insulin. A person should be lean enough to see the centerline down from the chest to the belly but six pack should NOT be visible. Siim should know this.
Based on mirror test I’m at 15%, a good position to be at. Thanks for the video.
Suggestion for video on air quality health in what to avoid. 4th of July fireworks day and after how air quality is toxic which most dont know about.
I had some health issues that resulted in me being underweight and I feel much better now, and look better overall, but I do miss that perfect muscle tone (as a woman)
people over 100 yrs in Sardinia, Ikaria, and Okinawa are not lean at all, they live a stress free life, have lots of social life, perform a lot of easy exercising (walking, gardening, etc…), and eat natural foods of their region in moderation.
Looking good Siim ! 👍