Fighters body fat

[HIMBOB]

I am guessing its a diet thing.

I am sure they each train enough but need to eat less calories to lose the fat.

Also it is my belief that people who cut weight a lot or basically go through extended periods of not eating tend to struggle losing the last few Kgs. I know a few girls how have had eating disorders when younger and really struggle to drop weight later, due to the body really wanting to keep that energy storage incase the not eating starts again.

This aint science, not by a long shot, but its how I see it.

 

[Vagitarian]

I'm not trying to lecture you was just pointing out the differences. In fact you were the one who was judging the other guy on his weight, which by martial arts standard is actually a good fight weight for his height.

Just thought I point that out.

thing is, his complaint was that he's not ripped at 155 and has high body fat. That means he lacks lean mass. Not judging, just pointing out a fact.

He tried to assert that he has muscle. 5 foot 10 and high body fat means he obviously doesnt.

And my diction isnt the best. I think I meant something more like telling or trying to argue.

 

[aRtFuL]

thing is, his complaint was that he's not ripped at 155 and has high body fat. That means he lacks lean mass. Not judging, just pointing out a fact.

Not everyone is ripped (in terms of looks) even if they are heavily trained.

You have to train for aesthetics to get the aesthetics.

Since he seems to do martial arts, you usually don't concentrate on aesthetics in martial arts. Most MMA/kickboxing/boxing guys you see don't even look that defined - they look practical.

So it might be a fact but there is a conditional factor to it. Not as simple as that.

And my diction isnt the best. I think I meant something more like telling or trying to argue.

That's okay

 

[fightdonttweet]

Why can't I? There's kids as I said that walk around with 6 pacs while drinking beer and eating pizza and never been in a gym in their life. Meanwhile there's people who train all day everyday with perfect diets and never see their abs in their life. How can you say that's not genetics? I'm not saying oh if you're born inferior give up and use that as a scapegoat for not doing anything athletically involved in your life.

That kid you saw walking around eating pizza more than likely does go to the gym. He also likely doesn't do nearly as much exercise as you. The dude probably only does bench and curls. And you'll scoff at him for that but ironically thats why he looks better than you do.

All that running and swimming and training you're doing is accomplishing nothing towards your muscle size. In fact its hurting it severely. The reason you have no muscle on you is because you are doing literally the opposite of what a person should do to put on muscle.

If you're skinny fat and refuse to bulk, don't complain about genetics. It's your own fault.

 

[Vagitarian]

Not everyone is ripped (in terms of looks) even if they are heavily trained.

You have to train for aesthetics to get the aesthetics.

Since he seems to do martial arts, you usually don't concentrate on aesthetics in martial arts. Most MMA/kickboxing/boxing guys you see don't even look that defined - they look practical.

So it might be a fact but there is a conditional factor to it. Not as simple as that.

Yes, but he tried to assert that he has a lot muscle. 5 foot 10 and 155 with high body fat meand he doesnt. I was just saying he doesnt have muscle.

 

[fightdonttweet]

Yes, but he tried to assert that he has a lot muscle. 5 foot 10 and 155 with high body fat meand he doesnt. I was just saying he doesnt have muscle.

Exactly. The guy calls himself skinny fat. That literally means he doesn't have enough muscle.

 

[aRtFuL]

Yes, but he tried to assert that he has a lot muscle. 5 foot 10 and 155 with high body fat meand he doesnt. I was just saying he doesnt have muscle.

Personally I'm pretty open minded either way. I'll take him at his word for it because it doesn't matter to me personally and I don't care to find out (don't want to see photo of a naked guy ).

But I won't be surprised personally I've seen a lot of different body types in training.

 

[GGNORE]

How much body fat do fighters typically have when they fight? Need to know where I'll be in a year... ;]

 

[MarleyLynx]

Personally I'm pretty open minded either way. I'll take him at his word for it because it doesn't matter to me personally and I don't care to find out (don't want to see photo of a naked guy ).

But I won't be surprised personally I've seen a lot of different body types in training.

So... you don't want my nudes?

 

[fightdonttweet]

Personally I'm pretty open minded either way. I'll take him at his word for it because it doesn't matter to me personally and I don't care to find out (don't want to see photo of a naked guy ).

But I won't be surprised personally I've seen a lot of different body types in training.

He stated he was skinny fat already.

 

[aRtFuL]

So... you don't want my nudes?

Not unless your name is Charlize Theron mate

 

[omawho402]

Not unless your name is Charlize Theron mate

hell ya g haha

 

[dildos]

It's fighting, not bodybuilding. I'll be sure to tell Cormier that despite his undefeated record, there's a Chilean Metallica fan that thinks he needs to drop some weight. I'm sure he'll get right on it.

haha im in stitches !!

 

[Black Gi]

Heavy weights don't generally have to do major weight cuts like some fighters in the lower weight classes do.

The lighter guys will have had years of perfecting there method of cutting fat whilst maintaining as much lean tissue as possible.

 

[in the liver]

its just a silly male fantasy that the best fighter will be thick, solid and tight. it comes from watching jacked dudes in cartoons like lion-o and he man, and watching acting movies where bodybuilders put on oil and shoot guns.

fedor was a chubby, anderson silva looks smooth and lanky, roy nelson knocks guys out all the time, tank abbot used to smash guys back in the day.

this guys won worlds strongest man 4 times...

i guess he'd have won it every single time if he had ripped abs

 

[grimballer]

How is possible Mark Mu

 

[cevo]

well, i might think losing fat is important thing in a pro athlete, how is possible they just dont care?

Fat (weight) helps a lot in wrestling/grappling, and requires less energy than muscle. Cormier and Cain have that body type on PURPOSE. Also, replacing fat with muscle takes a lot of time and everybody doesn't have the genes for it. The reason we don't see this in the lighter weight classes is beacuse there's a weight limit of 10-15 lbs.

Nelson is just a lazy fuck though.

 

[ticho123]

Well, DC for example was never THAT fat. He has an incredible amount of muscle under that layer of fat. Hes a naturally thick as shit guy. Built like a brick shithouse.

As for Nelson, I think its just a part of his identity. I think he not only embrases being fat, but intentionally eats a lot to try and stay fat. I think he likes being known as that hilariously fat white guy that kicks ass.

and then there are guys like Cain that just have shit genetics. Cain could take a year off to do nothing but lift and eat steroid like candy, and hed still look like sloppy garbage despite being in tremendous shape carsio wise.

Well, shit genetics is a bit harsh...

I mean the guy may not look like a Calvin Klein model, but he is incredibly fast, seems strong enough and has amazing cardio for a HW

 

[jstnslby]

My whole life i played sports was fairly athletic, but could never get abs. Took a job outside this summer, cut out fast food, and now have a six pack at the age of 27. I'm 5 10 175. Best shape of my life. I always stopped drinking and using drugs. I'm sure that helped. But for the entire tome of my life before now, no matter what i did i couldn't get abs. I figured genetics, however my recent changes make.me think different

 

[aus101]

Fat (weight) helps a lot in wrestling/grappling, and requires less energy than muscle. Cormier and Cain have that body type on PURPOSE. Also, replacing fat with muscle takes a lot of time and everybody doesn't have the genes for it. The reason we don't see this in the lighter weight classes is beacuse there's a weight limit of 10-15 lbs.

Nelson is just a lazy fuck though.

Fat doesn't require less energy than muscle, that's stupid. Why do you think every weightclass below HW has ripped fighters? The more fat you have the more you retain muscle, so heavyweights will not bother cutting excess fat as it will only weaken them. It's not because they want the weight the fat gives them but don't want it to be muscle because it takes more energy, lol. Fighters want maximum muscle but also maximum endurance, and they balance the two (as endurance training is catabolic and eats muscle).