I come from a history having extremely low body fat percentage. I was a national level bodybuilder up until about 7 years ago and have coached hundreds of bodybuilders. The entire goal for a bodybuilder is to reduce their bodyfat as low as possible to increase the amount of muscular definition that can be seen.
I have noticed a few things when reducing body fat into the "essential" amount of fat that is needed. No matter the level of calories I have noticed an increase in illness, decrease in immune system strength and increased risk of overall injury.
Unless you are a genetic freak it takes extreme measures for someone to maintain a very low body fat percentage and remember anything that requires extreme measures results in extreme outcomes. Too low of body fat is not healthy and I have seen things as mentioned above and in the previous post time and time again when body fat is too low.
Many of my clients will maintain low (ripped) conditions and be completely fine but when the condition gets too low (shredded condition) I notice the illness, immune support and other issues happen. Like everything else there is a fine line between being in shape and unhealthy lean for most.
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