Mark's BF page 2

[Caveman_Sam]

He looks around 8% to me.

[Loneketo]

I can almost guarantee you will never look like Mark Sisson. He has been into high endurance sports, body building, whatever, his whole life. He is seeing his genetic potential, same as you want to see, but sadly we all don't have that genetic potential to look like Mark Sisson. I'd be willing to bet he's never had a time when he didn't have visible abs.

I think for guys like you and me, the best we can hope for is to get rid of visceral fat, get off all meds, and then hit a healthy weight and stay there.

I'd say the only way it would be possible for a formerly chunky middle-aged man to end up like Mark Sisson would be with relentless training and possibly testosterone/steroid/hgh doping. Without that, you'd have to find a doctor who would test you and get your testosterone, thyroid, and cortisol into the upper 90% of ref range and then live in a gym for a couple years.

Don't underestimate yourself like that. It certainly is achievable , but only if you have the will and dedication that will get you there. You need to love being active, which Mark obviously does.

[Damiana]

I agree. It's possible, and I've seen some amazing transformation stories, but you definitely have to be absolutely dedicated to working your body and eating well.

[oxide]

I'd say the only way it would be possible for a formerly chunky middle-aged man to end up like Mark Sisson would be with relentless training and possibly testosterone/steroid/hgh doping.

I dunno, I see a lot of Mark look-a-likes in the Success Stories. Maybe not quite so ripped, but certainly not an impossibility. Tthat said, Mark looks like about a 11%.

[Dirlot]

Work out hard, train hard eat STRICT Primal (no alcohol or dairy either) and it is probably atainable at most ages but the older you are the harder the battle will be.

[otzi]

In Mark's own words: (from the PB Fitness free download)

The Primal Blueprint Fitness strategy will help
you build or maintain lean muscle mass, reduce
your body fat, increase your energy, improve your
strength, agility and power-to-weight ratio, reduce
your risk of getting injured, improve insulin sensitivity,
boost immune function and increase organ
reserve. A major side effect, of course, is that you’ll
look good naked (we affectionately call it “LGN”)!
Not like a greased up, muscle-bound cover boy or
girl...more like a Calvin Klein underwear model,
SI Swimsuit model, Olympic Gymnast, or Linda
Hamilton in Terminator 2: well-muscled and proportioned,
with minimal body fat. No matter what
your family history, you’ll arrive naturally at the
optimum expression of your own unique genetic
makeup. Oh sure, you may vary a few percentage
points in body fat from those with world-class athlete
genetic attributes, but you’ll be able to maintain
your fitness and your new body easily on very
little work, for the rest of your life.

[LauraSB]

I can almost guarantee you will never look like Mark Sisson. He has been into high endurance sports, body building, whatever, his whole life. He is seeing his genetic potential, same as you want to see, but sadly we all don't have that genetic potential to look like Mark Sisson. I'd be willing to bet he's never had a time when he didn't have visible abs.

I think for guys like you and me, the best we can hope for is to get rid of visceral fat, get off all meds, and then hit a healthy weight and stay there.

I'd say the only way it would be possible for a formerly chunky middle-aged man to end up like Mark Sisson would be with relentless training and possibly testosterone/steroid/hgh doping. Without that, you'd have to find a doctor who would test you and get your testosterone, thyroid, and cortisol into the upper 90% of ref range and then live in a gym for a couple years.

I think what's possible has way more to do with genetic potential than life history. My DH (not an athlete, 5'11" and 170lbs) has recently lost 40 lbs, has a rather wimpy weight lifting program and relies too much on cardio. Still, he looks just a decent hard lifting program away from an impressive 6 pack and a Sisson-type body. It's just the shape of his skeleton and the way his muscles are laid on it. He would actually prefer to have a beefier body type, but isn't that always the way?

[otzi]

I think what's possible has way more to do with genetic potential than life history. My DH (not an athlete, 5'11" and 170lbs) has recently lost 40 lbs, has a rather wimpy weight lifting program and relies too much on cardio. Still, he looks just a decent hard lifting program away from an impressive 6 pack and a Sisson-type body. It's just the shape of his skeleton and the way his muscles are laid on it. He would actually prefer to have a beefier body type, but isn't that always the way?

I think this is even clearer when you look at someone who has been a 'stringbean' their whole life, then got skinny-fat laster in life. These guys will never, ever look like Mark Sisson. I think everyone on the planet has a potential to become lean and somewhat muscular, not everyone is going to end up like Mark Sisson.

[Drumroll]

I am on the Autistic spectrum for those of you that haven't seen my previous posts mentioning that. One of the curses of being Autistic is that we tend to be diagnosed with a host of other, related symptoms (ADHD anyone)?

One of the most unknown, but common diagnosis's which many Autistic individuals receive is the diagnoses of "clinically low muscle tone." This diagnoses not only predisposes us on the spectrum to lower levels of muscle mass, but also predisposes us to difficulty in building mass. I have tried and tried again to put on decent amounts of muscle mass but even "newbie gains" are tough for me, a struggle. Now, Autism is largely caused by genetic factors, as are the majority of the symptoms, so I am a big believer in living up to your genetic potential.

You should strive to have the best body and the best mind that your genes will allow you to have. But not all of us can have huge muscles with no body fat. I am extremely lean thanks to the primal blueprint, have been doing primal blueprint fitness regularly, I was working out at the gym for quite some time, and I still didn't see any noticeable gains. For me, I take solace in the fact that I am lean, I am healthy, my inflammation levels have gone down, I am rarely sick anymore, and I seem to have corrected the majority of my hormonal imbalances since I went off the CW way of eating.

Primal has been a huge boon to me overall, but the muscle gains? Not so much. To each their own, but be proud of what you are, and strive live up to your genetic potential.

[egrok]

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Thanks for sharing! I've been wondering what my ballpark bodyfat is. I'd say I'm around 25