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Jeff Nippard's "The Ugly Truth About Getting Shredded (Science Explained) " (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by eightequalsequalsd to c/fitness
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Thought this was mindblowing. A lot of it was familiar to me (e.g. women need a certain level of body fat) and some of it I knew as urban legend (e.g. body fat set point theory).

However, he references studies and talks about things men might experience at 5% body fat that I never expected, like extremely low testosterone.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Very interesting. I can identify many of the symptoms he described, and I'd never heard anyone giving a scientific explanation of those. Very important info to know

[–] Sheltac 3 points 1 year ago

People aren’t meant to be at 5% body fat. It comes at no surprise that it’s unhealthy as fuck.

[–] TheGiantKorean 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Many men who claim to be 3 to 5% body fat are really more like 10 to 12%. 5% territory is just not sustainable - men who really go down to those levels do so briefly for bodybuilding shows.