OT: Body fat %

[Beatles_1]

WR/DB < 6%
LB/TE/RB < 8%
OL/DL <12%

Then again it all depends on the frame. 6'8 300lb OT could be 10% but that would be tough to maintain.

This is not even close. At the NFL combine they did a Bodpod analysis of average BF% by position.

WR and DB were just under 10%.

LB, QB, TE, and RB were in the 12-15 range

DL about 19% and OL 24%

https://in-thinair.com/2016/05/03/the-nfl-body-part-2-body-fat-percentage/

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Calipers are inaccurate

I would call them a qualitative estimation.lol

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I would call them a qualitative estimation.lol

Was it Special K (or Product 19) that had the commercial about "can you pinch more than an inch"?

The methodology may have been primitive, but it allowed people to qualitatively estimate.

 

[Bender]

I told my doctor the same thing. He said nice try, fat ***.

That was pretty good, man.

 

[TrueFloridian]

I'm not a physiologist but I have read a few things with the hopes of keeping my own slovenly body in shape, and yes 13% would seem too low for an OT. Less than 18% you should start seeing abs, don't think I've seen that on an OL.

There’s not a chance in **** a male is seeing abs at 18%. At minimum 14% for this with lucky genetics. Most people have to get at or below 10%. You MIGHT be able to there at 12% at middle age but that’s still very rare.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I told my doctor the same thing. He said nice try, fat ***.

Comma placement is key.

 

[Maskoff407]

To get it rolling (and out of every other practise thread from here to eternity):

What do you think is a healthy/can-be-maintained body fat percentage for each position? 13% for an olineman (Zion) seems too low

Zion said he’s at about 16. So which means he could be at 17. Not sure where y’all getting 13%

 

[JD08]

Comma placement is key.

Let's eat Grandma!

 

[UMinati]

You need a perfect mix of fat and lean.

 

[90scane]

This is not even close. At the NFL combine they did a Bodpod analysis of average BF% by position.

WR and DB were just under 10%.

LB, QB, TE, and RB were in the 12-15 range

DL about 19% and OL 24%

https://in-thinair.com/2016/05/03/the-nfl-body-part-2-body-fat-percentage/

I was saying the lowest percentage and even that varies by body type. The numbers you are posting are the averages.

 

[theibisrules]

Quick question what's the body fat composition of @Paranos chicks?

 

[DTP]

Anything under 20% would be very lean for an offensive lineman. I found a study that had average measurements for players at the NFL combine from 2006-2013. The average OL at the combine was 6’5” 313lbs with just under 25% body fat. By comparison, the leanest average position was WR with an average body fat percentage of 9.4%

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Quick question what's the body fat composition of @Paranos chicks?

110%

 

[SpikeUM]

Of course I am reading this thread about body fat while waiting to receive my order of two dozen bagels with Lox and cream cheese from a NYC deli.....

 

[Coach Macho]

Me while reading a thread on body fat percentage.

 

[Bender]

Quick question what's the body fat composition of @Paranos chicks?

 

[Rellyrell]

You need a perfect mix of fat and lean.
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This is the type of body fat % I can get behind...............literally

 

[The Sphinx]

 

[BeachCanes]

Don't forget that Zion is not a typical lineman. He came in around 240 or 250. (As an aside, I saw him on campus when he had just arrived and I thought he was an oversized linebacker.) He's probably leaner than most lineman. I suspect that he's likely above 13% b/c he's likely had to eat plenty to get up to the 312 he's listed at, but it's not entirely impossible either.

(If any of you remember Darryl Gardener on the Fins, he was massive at 290 or 300+ and likely under 10%. Granted, he was likely on stuff but it's possible. IIRC, he became a professional bodybuilder after his playing days ended.)

Him and Tim Bowens were beasts in the middle.

 

[blushrts]

You need a perfect mix of fat and lean.
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this wins the thread...