Unhealthy Body Fat Levels- Lecture by Mike Israetel

How much bodyfat will really start to impinge on your health to a noticeable extent? And if there's such a thing as too little bodyfat, what are those values? Dr. Mike weighs in!

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[incurableromantic]

I honestly can't believe I've just had a 30 minute consultation with a medical professional, who clearly and simply told me everything I need to know about this subject, for free, and without even me having to leave my room. Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing.

Thanks

[cindykurneck]

I know this vid is old, but thank you! I just hit 28.2% body fat, down from 37.5% 10 months ago and this video made me very happy. LOL. I was thinking that I'd like to get down to 25% but I'm in no hurry to do so. I have begun to try to put on muscle now, and want rid of the viceral fat. thank you for this, thank you for so many things.

[harrison_caton]

I treat these like actual lectures, I pull out a notepad and take notes everytime!!!

[Give_Me_Rent]

If I had this guy as a college professor I would never miss a day of class

[nynerlevin]

man, this guy even blinks with a full range of motion

[LittleJulio.]

I can’t learn without the analogies!!
Thanks yet again Dr. Mike

[lhoffmom]

The RP ebooks helped me tremendously with my weight loss, nutrition, and strength training. Thank you Dr. Mike and RP! Hit my goal weight in May '18 and maintaining for the last 4 months.

[ClouduSan]

"OMG OMG I'M OVER THE BODY FAT LIMIT, let's do beach body super XTREME HaRdCoRe ZFX 3000" 16:44, man that's why I love Mike's videos LMAO

[azulsimmons]

Mike needs to have his shirt off sitting on a throne with an axe while he delivers these lectures in pseudo-barbaric language. Mike, what is best in life. Mike answers, "Lift heavy weights, have huge muscles, and hear the lamentation of your competitors."

[wcked]

Man, there's a lot of high level content this channel pushes out for free!

[NathanMulder]

Since me and my mates have applied your advice, we have made substantial improvements. We thank you good sir!

[blondebomber-qouy]

Hell, I appreciate female biology being included in Dr Mike's videos at all. It seems less in his newer videos but he at least gives us the math to convert the male numbers to our own which is a rare thing in the lifting community.

[Yololololollol]

Dr. Mike is "fundamentally" the best!

[sorrisocdo]

I used to think there is no lower range, since all the studies showed that all what happens is not getting further benefit. I tried to maintain 8% BF a few years ago. When I got there, my testosteron was 18 nmol/L (=520 ng/dL), and after a few months of maintaining, even when I increased my calories to maintenance, my hunger was getting worse and worse, also, I saw that I was quickly losing muscle, libido and I was constantly depressed. So I went back for another bloodtest and I was shocked... According to the studies, my testosteron should have been increased, yet it was 8 nmol/L (=230 ng/dL). When I got back to 14-15% bodyfat (I couldn't even prevent gaining fat, since I could not build muscle, all the surplus was used up as fat), after a few months of maintenance luckly my hormon levels were close back to their starting point. Since that, I've never tried cutting down to single digit again, and I'm happly gaining muscle between 10-15% BF.

[balladbargen]

Wow, how much healthier, Dr. Mike seems in here

[imsorrythankyouplease]

I’ve been struggling with body dysmorphia. Putting off my diet-break for months. The hunger came. The plateau came. I wanted to get LEAN ASAP. I was mentally torturing myself everyday I ate in a 200 calorie surplus.
But I f doctor Mike says I’m lean enough, that means more to me than the dozens of hours spent looking in the mirror pinching skin folds. Thanks for the video.

[ResistanceQuest]

How come you're always pulling a funny face in the thumbnails? It cracks me up!! Great info Doc, thanks as usual

[MrAnhedonic]

To talk for this long on this topic with some dense second to knowledge nugget ration is a real display of your knowledge on the subejct. Thank you for sharing this!

[pinosantilli]

This fella is right on the money guys and gals...please listen carefully! Great job Mike!

[Daniel_Zalman]

Mike, you're a great guy and you provide really high quality information. I really respect that. Удачи!