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Is this what you are claiming: - person has an essential body fat X (in lbs, not %) - person gains weight - person's essential body fat increases from X to X + Y - person looses weight - person's essential body fat stays X + Y No need to make it so complicated. It is what I said it was: a percentage of your total bodyweight. So 2% of whatever you weigh. This statement really irks me: "The McArdle quote is a pretty common one that you see debated on forums everywhere, as it is widely available on google books preview and is from an old physiology text." I quoted a source that is easily accessible and published 2 years ago, then you criticize it for being easily accessible, claim it is old, and then cite articles that are no newer than 15 yeas old to refute it. The most recent citation was "Superior fatigue resistance of elite black South African distance runners" wasn't a study about body fat. Sorry you feel I was attacking the age of the study, that really wasn't the case (although just to correct you, the book you quoted is about 15 years old. It's a reprint). I am simply stating that a random grab from a book you found online is not irrefutable evidence to support your stance and that there are studies which show otherwise. I also provided ample studies for you to research if you like, but apparently that isn't enough? The study on fatigue resistance in South African runners actually goes into detail on bodyfat percentages and such. I can't help you if you don't have access beyond the abstract, that is something you will have to pay for. I also find it funny how you make no mention of any of the other studies and just zero in on one you disagree with. I am not trying to prove or disprove funkyfish's statement. I just asked if it was mathematically have a 2% body fat, with the assumption that the person is still alive.You did more than ask. You pretty much claimed that it was possible and provided zero evidence beyond a quote from one book quoting one study. By all means, if you have more to back up your statements, feel free to post them. I am not afraid of being proven wrong..I just like cold hard facts.

Is this what you are claiming: - person has an essential body fat X (in lbs, not %) - person gains weight - person's essential body fat increases from X to X + Y - person looses weight - person's essential body fat stays X + Y No need to make it so complicated. It is what I said it was: a percentage of your total bodyweight. So 2% of whatever you weigh. This statement really irks me: "The McArdle quote is a pretty common one that you see debated on forums everywhere, as it is widely available on google books preview and is from an old physiology text." I quoted a source that is easily accessible and published 2 years ago, then you criticize it for being easily accessible, claim it is old, and then cite articles that are no newer than 15 yeas old to refute it. The most recent citation was "Superior fatigue resistance of elite black South African distance runners" wasn't a study about body fat. Sorry you feel I was attacking the age of the study, that really wasn't the case (although just to correct you, the book you quoted is about 15 years old. It's a reprint). I am simply stating that a random grab from a book you found online is not irrefutable evidence to support your stance and that there are studies which show otherwise. I also provided ample studies for you to research if you like, but apparently that isn't enough? The study on fatigue resistance in South African runners actually goes into detail on bodyfat percentages and such. I can't help you if you don't have access beyond the abstract, that is something you will have to pay for. I also find it funny how you make no mention of any of the other studies and just zero in on one you disagree with. I am not trying to prove or disprove funkyfish's statement. I just asked if it was mathematically have a 2% body fat, with the assumption that the person is still alive.You did more than ask. You pretty much claimed that it was possible and provided zero evidence beyond a quote from one book quoting one study. By all means, if you have more to back up your statements, feel free to post them. I am not afraid of being proven wrong..I just like cold hard facts.