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Hi Jordan,
First, thanks for all the information you provide, both here and on the SS forums. It's tremendous. However, even after reading through it, I can't quite figure out out what your general dietary recommendations are for someone who is both underweight and has a high body fat percentage.
In your TBAB article, you say bodyfat is probably too high if it exceeds 20%, and on the forums you mention you'd like people to be (very, very roughly) in the ballpark of 15%.
I'm coming back to lifting after a year-ish layoff and lots of weight loss, and am 5'10", 155 pounds, and male. However, my bodyfat seem to be in the low 20s, judging from DEXA-verified reference pictures I've found online. I have no muscle definition, a little paunch, noticeable fat on my lower back and arms, and so on. No doubt this has a lot to do with being undermuscled and this sort of estimation is wildly inaccurate, but in any case I would bet you money that I'm no lower than 19-20%.
Small and skinny people need to gain weight, and large and fat people need to lose it, but what should a small and fat person be doing? I fear if I gain weight I'll end up even sloppier, so recently I've been eating at a slight deficit and keeping protein high.
What would your recommendation be regarding gaining, losing, or maintaining weight if I care more about body composition than absolute strength gains? Further, would you recommend adding some conditioning?
Thanks!
First, thanks for all the information you provide, both here and on the SS forums. It's tremendous. However, even after reading through it, I can't quite figure out out what your general dietary recommendations are for someone who is both underweight and has a high body fat percentage.
In your TBAB article, you say bodyfat is probably too high if it exceeds 20%, and on the forums you mention you'd like people to be (very, very roughly) in the ballpark of 15%.
I'm coming back to lifting after a year-ish layoff and lots of weight loss, and am 5'10", 155 pounds, and male. However, my bodyfat seem to be in the low 20s, judging from DEXA-verified reference pictures I've found online. I have no muscle definition, a little paunch, noticeable fat on my lower back and arms, and so on. No doubt this has a lot to do with being undermuscled and this sort of estimation is wildly inaccurate, but in any case I would bet you money that I'm no lower than 19-20%.
Small and skinny people need to gain weight, and large and fat people need to lose it, but what should a small and fat person be doing? I fear if I gain weight I'll end up even sloppier, so recently I've been eating at a slight deficit and keeping protein high.
What would your recommendation be regarding gaining, losing, or maintaining weight if I care more about body composition than absolute strength gains? Further, would you recommend adding some conditioning?
Thanks!
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