10% Body Fat Is TOO LEAN (For Most Men) 

You doing a great job

I got your free program and coincidentaly started almost a month ago with a trainer for 7 visits in the gym. Between our trainings I've tried to go by your program and it's been amazing! Thank you so much for doing this so well as you do this, Sean! We appreciate your efforts and help you provide us!

Hi Sean, what would you say is the best body fat percentage to optimally build muscle while staying healthy?

Excellent video. And a very important message. May I suggest doing a video of people at the estimated 12 to 15% body fat to give a visual on what it looks like approximately?

@@chadeazy he literally talked about optimal body fat in the video... watch it fully

Right I’m at 19% Bf I don’t wanna be the leanest person on earth I just love my leanness I’m at right now.

Shredded asf bro

Lol I am 15

Wow very shredded

I'm at 35 bruh😂 beat that!

Hey, it's Greg! Hey Greg.

Did you reconcile with Sean, Greg?

@@smallpenis266 Most men at 15% have abs though. The healthiest and most sustainable range for most men is 12-18%. Of course there are outliers on both ends, but it's a generalization. He is pretty much saying that if your abs aren't showing then you have a substantial amount of fat that can still be lost. His phrasing could have been a bit better though.

@@phoenixDARKprince i mean are guess i agree you worded that really good

Every time Greg comments, I read it in his voice.

That's Eddie Hall rn :d

@@anlmaral1762dude Eddie hall has like 30 percent body fat and you can still see his abs. Crazy

Thank goodness you are out of that harmful mindset. Hope you are having a great time fulfilling a balanced life.

@@MADEbySOUL it’s a process.

Man same here I’ve done that and looking back I got to a point that I actually started to look older… very weird

That's literally all my hobbies anyway

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Ehh Tomic and sean collab is something that should happen, even though neither does collab videos 🤣

I honestly only care about how I look in pictures. People envy every part of my life, but the people I know in person don't feel to far beneath me

15% is too high my man. :/

@@allisthemoist2244 Wat? LOL

@@ramonbriones4487 too high for who? Bodybuilders? Because a lot of people would look great at 15 percent

I agree with you. Probably one of the top channels in fitness and weight loss category. Because he is honest with us it would be less unreal expectations and so less people fail and quit their fitness goals. I wish him even more success in his endeavors.

hes a real one

I wish I'd seen this 5 years ago. Really wish I'd seen this then. Normally I've always been a larger build guy (85-90kg 175cm). Through injury I had gained quite a bit of weight. 5 years ago, I decided to start losing weight and get fit and shredded. What transpired was an obsession to hit 10% bf. I was spending 3 hours in the gym every single day excessive exercising with substantial calorie reduction. I was expending 2200-2800 whilst maintaining an intake of 1600-1800. Felt like I was permanently stuck on 15% so I'd exercise harder and eat even less. As a result, I was constantly getting injured and then working through injury (stupidly) to try and achieve 10%. Added to this I was hungry and miserable all the time. Angry all the time and I absolutely felt like smashing mirrors every time I looked at myself in the mirror. I'd stand on the scales 3 times a day dreading what the readings would be and then sit and obsess over it endlessly. I'd starve myself before I stood on the scales and even would "fast" just to show fat losses to myself. One week I simultaneously injured my shoulder, knee and achilles so badly (I still feel it today) that made me fall off a mental cliff. What transpired was that I absolutely caved and gave in and started junk eating excessively. To the point where I now have long term health problems. 🤦. I've started eating right again and doing exercise but some days I feel like again I'm falling into the trap again. Just yesterday I nearly fainted as I hadn't eaten enough so I've taken it easy today. It's a mess. I hope I can get it right and just break off from this obsession.

I’m a Gen Z guy (22 years old) who is into fitness and in terms of my generation’s social media standards: You’re considered fat or “chubby” if you aren’t 12% body fat or less. I watch this video regularly to combat the distorted fitness expectations I, and so many other people my age have. For example, I’m 15% body fat like you and have a visible 6 pack, yet I still see myself as a little “flabby”because I don’t have a “shredded” 6 pack with almost no fat on my lower abdomen. It’s gotten pretty ridiculous, which is why PED use is so rampant amongst fitness influencers my age sadly,

I'm 43 and at 10 to 12 percent all the time. I've bulked up to 20% but gained very little extra muscle. At 10% I look jacked vascular cut up with a six pack. But tbh I think I look better at around 15% but I don't eat enough for the amount of training I do

I just turned 23 went from 30% body fat to just under 20% while losing about 40 pounds this year and I still feel fat

Naturally? What percentage did you reach naturally? If natural, what were your macros?

@@varunkamal91 I guess below 10%, visible 8-pack. I ate 1800 calories a day, 60% carbs/30% protein/10%fat. And yes, that's only about 20g of fat per day. Again, this is NOT the way to do it and you will wreck your body.

@@Kekkeyu Well at least you didn't starve yourself anorexic without eating enough protein. That's quiet a bit of protein.

How to know if you've wrecked your nervous system

What do u mean by your cns crash? Like your brain stopped working?

It's not that it can't happen , just that it may not be sustainable

agreed maurice

Good for you.

Also comes down to genetics. Some people are more able to lean up than others if they have a near perfect fat distribution. I on the other hand store the majority of my fat around my waste and lower stomach so even with the rest of me looking reasonable shredded, that one area is near impossible to get rid of completely without the rest of me looking like I haven't eaten in a month and feeling like crap.

@@Art-AI-and-beyond you can do it if you really put your mind to it and took your time.

0.33 it was negative numbers

@@MonkeyBarsEveryday nah it was -2

my man was channeling dark energy

And he has an accounting degree.

I mean he's very clearly saying that's just what the measurement device stated. Considering those things can be pretty inaccurate I totally believe it actually said negative

Relax man as if it's insane. It's about 4 weeks dieting from 12% big deal. Maintaining it is only hard if you don't have any fitness and refuse to do cardio. If you're fitness up and therefor you're capable and willing to do cardio you can eat well and keep your 10%.

I don't know what to think I got 11% just from diet and training without cardio, from 84kg 20% to 73,3kg 11% 170cm tall very easily

@@karwoski91 great job! For most it isn't "easy". I'd say you're motivated and quite consistent

@@EngineeredBody Yeah, I did follow the diet, it took me three months, well I think I can be at 8/9% without much sides I've been always lean before I started lifting, then I fucked up a bit doing dirty bulk.

@@karwoski91 interesting. I think we underestimate the effect "time" has on us. We can do any kind of cut or bulk, but it still takes time , meaning we can always adjust fire

I wonder if there's some connection, it's almost like social media boosts the most extreme views and influencers from different camps feed off of controversy

@@noneofurbusiness906 yes and on all topics not just fitness... Humans were NOT ready for social media

I’d rather have abs than be fat tbh

@@gaythugsmatter7029 abs are a sign of godliness 😂

@@gaythugsmatter7029 Not my point. I am talking about having body dysmorphia on one side and being delusional on the other.

Tristan Lee wasn't doing that much cardio and he stayed leaner for 2 years

@@adoboFosho tristan lee is on gear

​@@adoboFoshoTristan is using trenssistance.

The leaner you are the more you need to eat filling foods

You weren't hungry all the time from being 9.3%, but from exercising so much and not having proper nutrition. Your activity level is very extreme and you were eating 1500 calories. Which is less than most BMR levels for most guys. You were just starving yourself. I maintained a 9-10% physique by just playing sports 3x a week and going to the gym 5 times a week. I ate around maintenance or a little higher on match days. Footballers (soccer players) have very lean physiques too. If you just ate a bit more then you would have felt better.

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12-13 is a pretty good look anyway

I’m at 10 and I still can’t see my abs

@@harutosunaa3881 you're not 10. I guarantee you, unless your body is storing all 10% in your stomach, you are likely way higher than 10.

@@user-kz9rz8ui1c The bodyfat device shows I’m at 10%

@@harutosunaa3881 I have a friend who is visibly fat and got 11% on the test on a scale that is supposedly supposed to measure bf. I wouldn't trust bf scale readers.

Really relate to this buddy. Same thing... Only thinking about food and the things I wish I could at least try! Been around 5-7% for a couple of years! It's long drive affected my mood, performance in training and ultimately, my body functioning. I think I needed this. Did you find a way out, yourself?

​@@MartinoNottswhat about your sex drive?

You actually wanna become a God or human? There is a reason why you watch his videos. And that’s not to become human.

​@@iche9373Cringe

I am 51 and I am probably between 14 and 17%. Perfectly happy with that. I am on a 2200cal a day diet. This allows me to eat enough and have a glass of wine and still look and feel great. I feel fit and truthfully can probably out workout (whatever that means)people half my age.

@@FitAfter50 Nice!

I’m 40 and feeling the same, the effort to go lower is just not worth it!

I'm 56, and judging from the charts online, I'm somewhere between 16-18% BF overall. Super fit with "hazy"abs. Put on 12 pounds of muscle over the last 3 years when I added some weight training to my routine and ate a lot of beef. Which is really good considering my base level fitness was 35 years of surfing everyday. But I'm clearly at my max for lean mass at 162 pounds and 5'10". Even when I was lifting hard from age 15 to 25, I tapped out at 165. Never going to be "big" and that's just fine. In middle age, maintain is gaining. In winter time I'm eating about 3400 calories as cold water surfing burns a lot of calories. The bar is so low for middle aged men, that if you're just not fat, you have an elite physique. You forget that fact if your view is shaped by instagram and youtube fitness stuff. Go to Walmart or the mall and see what the general population looks like in their 50's.

@@lifeisbetterwithj yup. I was an endurance athlete for years started lifting maybe 1.5 years ago now. I races at 155 pounds now I am about 170 and happy as shit 🙂. Not worth not eating and living a better life.

Yes, i worked as a roofer for half a year and i just could not eat enough to keep a healthy weight. I don't miss the dust in my nose and ring in my ears from all the noise cutting tiles, but i do miss all the moving around all day, sitting behind a desk all day is just not as nice. Also, the view was a lot better on the roof, watching the sun come up over your city and seeing live go by downstairs does make you feel like you're on top of the world. Damn i need to get back...

It’s tough man, I was 5’11 135lbs very lean. Even though that gave me an eating disorder and messed up my hormones. Part of me still misses the definition and tight skin. It’s hard to find that balance but we’ll get there

In clothes you will look better at 15% than at 9% anyway.

@@Da-Creams You can’t permanently mess up your hormones just take solace in that. Bad diets and workouts can be fixed with good diets and good workouts. It just takes time so don’t stop with either of them, it won’t happen overnight.

@@student99bg But the shirt off with 9% compared to 15% is night and day

@@bigbosslive69 Yes but that's not how people will see you unless when you go to the beach. I was told by many people that I looked smaller and weaker when I was around 10% body fat. I was asked have I stopped exercising and what not all while looking the best that I have ever looked when shirtless.

Totally agree! I feel so much better at 15-20%

You might be lower than 27.5%

27.5% is extremely fat unless you have a LOT of muscle mass underneath.

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Why do it?

What about your sex drive?

Allow me to add my two cents to this: Please be aware, that you are setting quite high goals, here. Maybe absolutely attainable (if you're doing things right), but you are also aiming quite high.

15% is where I always maintained athletically. Although since turning 50 I shot up to 22% and my body is arguing with me about losing 15-20 lbs.

@@RC-ic1co Between the age of 20 to 60 your metabolism stays exactly the same according to new studies, the recent for gain weight can be connected to changing lifestyles, therefore it's just as easy for someone at 45 to get below 15% body fat as someone at 20.

​@@albin4323if by "metabolism" you mean caloric utilization then maybe, however, there is so much more to it besides calories. And it's substantially more difficult to get to 15% body fat when you in your 40s compared to your 20s. Things like hormones, mitochondrial function, etc - it all matters and that doesn't get "better" with age, unfortunately.

I am at 22% at 41, and it's not easy to lose those stubborn 7%. I can't do it for quite a while (without resorting to a significant caloric restriction which I don't want to do). And I don't even look fat, I look "regular". Strength-wise I may be a bit ahead of my peers, I can do 18 pull ups now. But that body fat just doesn't want to go, it's dead set on some number and it stays there.

I’m also 14% body fat Last year I was 20-23% body fat so I’ve definitely made a lot of progress in my fitness journey but I’d love to be 12% year round for the look. However I’m finding it extremely difficult to get leaner than this. Even at this body fat percentage I’m noticing significant hunger especially at night. I feel like I just have bad genetics which is why getting to 12% is so hard for me while it’s not that hard for most other guys. Is my situation common?

I had this exact experience myself. Cut way too early after starting lifting (like four months in) and became obsessed with looking shredded, but I looked so goofy because I didn't have the muscle mass to support that leanness. Not to mention, it's so much easier to diet the more muscle you have, it actually becomes kind of hard to eat 3-4k+ calories, so dieting in the 2-3k range is so pleasant. The fullness you get from being in maintenance or in a surplus is also so nice, it makes you look huge especially when you have a pump. You can sit around a pretty high body fat and still have definition and abs supposing your muscle mass is just high enough. Moderate bulking really is where it's at, it's where there's the most progression in the gym, feel and look great, and life is just a really good time. Being 10% is so unenjoyable that I don't understand these people that sacrifice so much happiness for something that doesn't even look good to the vast majority of the population.

Don't settle for mediocre. This is not a feel good time. Same age 15%. I don't know about you but I'm trying to leave some people in the dust. While watching this I accept the positives in spite of the negatives, I will not settle for average or a little bit above it. If your just looking to stay fit more power to ya