I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are about Fat Free Mass Index? I was checking it out the other day and found it somewhat depressing. According to the page I was reading, a natural individual cannot expect to exceed a FFMI of 25.
I think it is a given that adding on extra fat mass would allow one to carry more fat free mass. Thoughts about that?
For what it's worth, based on my current weight and overestimating by bodyfat as 20% gave me a result of 25.5 (pretty sure I'm around 18% max since my abs are still slightly visible, though perhaps I simply have a lot of visceral fat...) which is pretty disappointing because I'm nowhere near as big as I would like to be.
I'm curious where some of the rest of the users here sit at FFMI. You can use this page: Fat Free Mass Index to find out. Obviously if you way underestimate or way overestimate bodyfat percentage then your FFMI wil be skewed. Also, I did some reading of an article by Lyle about it as well: Fat-Free Mass Index in Users and NonUsers of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids – Research Review
Basically the gist of it from what I got was that I, personally, cannot diet down naturally or I will lose probably a pretty significant amount of my lean mass, and that I won't get much more muscular than I am now unless I accept even more fat gain. This does jive with my experience this last year. I've frequently hit a ceiling of how much I could gain when I get around the 230 lb mark, and once I let myself become fatter, I suddenly started gaining more muscle and more strength. Probably, I was at or very near my natural limit of lean mass I could carry at a relatively decent bodyfat (read <15%)
Anyone else coming upon this issue?
I think it is a given that adding on extra fat mass would allow one to carry more fat free mass. Thoughts about that?
For what it's worth, based on my current weight and overestimating by bodyfat as 20% gave me a result of 25.5 (pretty sure I'm around 18% max since my abs are still slightly visible, though perhaps I simply have a lot of visceral fat...) which is pretty disappointing because I'm nowhere near as big as I would like to be.
I'm curious where some of the rest of the users here sit at FFMI. You can use this page: Fat Free Mass Index to find out. Obviously if you way underestimate or way overestimate bodyfat percentage then your FFMI wil be skewed. Also, I did some reading of an article by Lyle about it as well: Fat-Free Mass Index in Users and NonUsers of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids – Research Review
Basically the gist of it from what I got was that I, personally, cannot diet down naturally or I will lose probably a pretty significant amount of my lean mass, and that I won't get much more muscular than I am now unless I accept even more fat gain. This does jive with my experience this last year. I've frequently hit a ceiling of how much I could gain when I get around the 230 lb mark, and once I let myself become fatter, I suddenly started gaining more muscle and more strength. Probably, I was at or very near my natural limit of lean mass I could carry at a relatively decent bodyfat (read <15%)
Anyone else coming upon this issue?
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