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Originally Posted by madlex
That sounds a little bit discouraging. I recently started training for my first half-ironman and was told by more experienced people that I should get my body fat below 10% for that. Had no idea that's very challenging and was kinda hoping that was something that's eventually coming with 10 hours/week+ of cardio. Do I really have to give up candy and ice cream for that?
I mean don’t be discouraged. You don’t need to be sub 10% for that. But when ppl say sub 10% what they have in their head is actually [dexa] 12-14%. People use different methods that are generally much friendlier on the %. It may not sound like much but it gets harder and harder each %. I recently finished my cut and I had all those aspects I listed and I think I may have been legit 10% but prob somewhere a little higher.
But you can get there though, it’s just tough and gets harder the further you go. Nah you don’t gotta give that up, as long as you burn more than consume it’s basically whatever.
I just don’t like Jamie’s odds going from like 40%+ originally to sub 10%. He doesn’t have much muscle mass, so he’s gonna need lesser and lesser calories to keep up the losing. A lot harder mentally when you gotta get on at 1200 vs someone who can shred at 2000.
And then add in another person who’s gotta be mentally determined to get through the pain too.