What is your body fat percentage and does it affect your performance?

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Bruno Fratus · Answer

Right now, I'm around 9% of body fat. And we usually measure it with the InBody device. And this number, it's my max. Anything above 9%, I'm just too heavy to swim, too heavy to sprint, I don't feel good about myself, I'm not comfortable by the way I look. And it does make a difference in general because, of course, if your body fat is too high, you're going to be carrying that weight that doesn't really help you swimming, sprinting. Or if your body fat, it's extremely low, you're going to have some trouble absorbing some hormones and with the functionality of your body. So yeah, I think that's it.

James Guy · Answer

Great question. I'm about 13 percent at the minute. I think skinfold. They're not really that important. It's how your body works for you. How you deal with that? Everyone's different Tom Dean low, as it can be, I'm sitting there names of the but all the lads high as it can be, but there's some fast and I'm kind of in between that. So and I'm comfortable, you have to be able to feel comfortable with your body in the water, feel strong, if I'm trying to die. It then in the pool. I feel empty. Don't want to work and want to get the performance. I want out of that swim or session. So you want to be filled enough, but they're not eating too much for the sake of it.

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"What is your body fat percentage and does it affect your performance?"