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How did we get to comparing 5% with 2% The essential body fat percentage in males is 2% to 5%. I thought the initial argument was if an individual could reach 2% bodyfat without getting seriously ill or dying? It was. If you lose bodyfat, or gain muscle mass, does your weight stay constant? Mine does not. Therefore, you have to look at what would happen when an individual at a certain bodyweight drops a percentage point. No, this is wrong. A body builder does not maintain weight while altering body composition. Weight is not a constant. You cannot compare a 300lb man to one weighing 120 lbs..it's apples and oranges and whether or not they are twins is meaningless. It is not apples and oranges. It is essential body fat. Bone marrow, connective tissue and organs. Do you have more bone marrow when you gain weight? I am saying each fully developed adult has a constant essential body fat in lbs, kilos, whatever. Not a fixed percentage. Furthermore, you cannot gain muscle mass without gaining fat mass. Really? I must be impossible, because I have dropped my bodyfat percentage while maintaining my body weight. What do you think visceral fat is? It's the fat wrapped around your organs. It's what causes a beer belly, for example. Your entire body composition changes the larger or smaller you get. The stress on the organs of a 300 lb man is considerably more than that of a 120 lb individual. These are all common sense basics when discussing basic physiology, easily researched online if you took the time. Thank you for pointing this out in an informative and non-condescending manner. Your whole point this entire time was that essential body fat is a function of body weight and is not static? Thank you Chlorine, I learned a lot from this discussion. In the future, you can be sure I will never bother you with another argument.

How did we get to comparing 5% with 2% The essential body fat percentage in males is 2% to 5%. I thought the initial argument was if an individual could reach 2% bodyfat without getting seriously ill or dying? It was. If you lose bodyfat, or gain muscle mass, does your weight stay constant? Mine does not. Therefore, you have to look at what would happen when an individual at a certain bodyweight drops a percentage point. No, this is wrong. A body builder does not maintain weight while altering body composition. Weight is not a constant. You cannot compare a 300lb man to one weighing 120 lbs..it's apples and oranges and whether or not they are twins is meaningless. It is not apples and oranges. It is essential body fat. Bone marrow, connective tissue and organs. Do you have more bone marrow when you gain weight? I am saying each fully developed adult has a constant essential body fat in lbs, kilos, whatever. Not a fixed percentage. Furthermore, you cannot gain muscle mass without gaining fat mass. Really? I must be impossible, because I have dropped my bodyfat percentage while maintaining my body weight. What do you think visceral fat is? It's the fat wrapped around your organs. It's what causes a beer belly, for example. Your entire body composition changes the larger or smaller you get. The stress on the organs of a 300 lb man is considerably more than that of a 120 lb individual. These are all common sense basics when discussing basic physiology, easily researched online if you took the time. Thank you for pointing this out in an informative and non-condescending manner. Your whole point this entire time was that essential body fat is a function of body weight and is not static? Thank you Chlorine, I learned a lot from this discussion. In the future, you can be sure I will never bother you with another argument.