{"id":239167,"date":"2020-05-29T10:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=239167"},"modified":"2020-05-29T11:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:17:56","slug":"why-lower-your-bodyfat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/29\/why-lower-your-bodyfat\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Lower Your Bodyfat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Towards personal aesthetics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why lower your body fat percentage?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let us not be fooled; a lower body fat percentage is desirable and superior to having a high body fat percentage. For men, around 10% seems ideal, for women around 20%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference between body fat and weight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is not to be ‘over-fat’ (better metric) than being ‘over-weight’.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For example if you’re 5 foot 10 at 200 pounds with 40% body fat, your bodily composition is far different than someone who is 5 foot 10 with 200 pounds of 10% body fat percentage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal for both men and women: lower body fat and body fat percentage, and increase muscle mass. The notion of ‘losing weight<\/a>‘ is the red herring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n