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Do you have any links/sources which suggest of inaccuracies?.

Where are you pulling the %'s from?.

Can you not use Google?

Hit NUMBER ONE for "skinfold calipers inaccuracy low bodyfat"

Real world example of the standard Jackson & Pollock formula being calibrated for non-athletes causing an estimate of 3.7% for an athlete at approximately 10%:

http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/bodyfatcalipers.html

Body fat calipers measure skinfolds to calculate how much subcutaneous fat (fat under the skin) a person has. The examiner then puts the numbers into an equation to predict body density and body fat percentage. The point to remember is... Body fat calipers do not measure your body fat percentage directly. The result? There is a great deal of room for errors to creep in.

i dno, my friend eddie (who was in my dunk vids), was "striated" at all times, just insanely lean, ripped to shreds, at 145-150 lb bodyweight/6'0 in shoes.. pretty sure he was at least 6% at all times.

some people are ridiculously lean.

You know how i looked some years ago. Skinfold caliper gave me 3,3% bf, bioimpedance just said "error". I surely wasn't 3,3% bf!

What most people think is 5% is more like 10%bf in reality.

Hey Lyle...


 


Original Link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/18/olympic-100m-hero-usain-bolt-powered-by-chicken-nuggets-and-yams-115875-20702431/


The secret weapon behind sprint sensation Usain Bolt's incredible Olympic 100metres triumph has been revealed as . . . a diet of chicken nuggets and yams.

Bolt became the fastest human ever when he won gold smashing his own world record in an unforgettable showboating performance.

Jamaican Bolt, 21, was so far ahead of his rivals he coolly slowed up in the last 30 metres, looked over his shoulder and beat his chest Tarzan-style before crossing the line.

And experts were last asking how fast the man dubbed Lightning Bolt could run if he decided to go hell-for-leather until the finish line.

After the race Bolt gave the credit for his incredible stamina not to a scientific high-protein regime meticulously planned by a team of dieticians - but plenty of chicken nuggets.

He said: "I woke around 11am and decided to watch some TV and had some nuggets.

"Then I slept for a couple of hours more. Then I got some more nuggets and came to the track." Bolt's diet is typical of his laidback attitude summed up by the slogan on his nation's yellow and green strip that reads "Jamaica - No Problem."

As the athletes lined up for Saturday's 100metres, most looked tense.

But the reggae-loving Bolt did a little dance then fired an imaginary arrow into the crowd as his name was announced.

He said afterwards: "I like to to do that for the crowd. I just love dancing.

"You have to enjoy yourself to stay relaxed. When I made that gesture going over the line, I was just having fun. That is just me. I didn't even know I'd beaten the record until after the lap of honour."

Millions watched Bolt's triumph on TV. And no one was cheering him on harder than dad Wellesley back home in the quiet village of Sherwood Content. Yesterday proud Wellesley insisted his son's path to gold had been powered by a regular diet of yams when he was a boy.

He said Bolt, who is also hoping for Olympic gold in the 200metres and the 100 metres relay, loved the starchy vegetable as a child and insisted it helped build up his 6ft 5ins frame.

Wellesley insists he had no doubt his son would triumph in Beijing on Saturday. He said: "Once he got going I knew they were not gonna catch him."

Experts are convinced Bolt will dominate sprinting for a decade - and believe he will run even faster than the 9.69 that shaved three hundredths of a second off his previous world record.

Scott Drawer, UK Sport's head of research, said: "Usain has a very different body to that of traditional 100m sprinters. It's rare to see someone so tall.

"It means he is a lot slower out of the blocks but once he is up to speed his long legs and his superior stride length is a very important factor that gives him a major advantage. He's got a huge amount of natural talent and you could tell he could have run even faster in that race.

"It remains to be seen how many more tenths of a second he will shave off his own record. It's hard to say just how fast he can go."

Who here believes Casey Combest was on the juice throughout his time in the 100m?.

If so, what makes you believe that?.

I find it interesting that nobody thinks Casey Combest was juiced?.

Would that observation/realisation be based more towards his body type (ectomorph) as opposed to a more endomorph/muscular body type?.

If Bruce Lee was a sprinter, with the way his body is developed, would you say he would have been juiced?.

The reason I ask is, I'm not going to be building muscle if peoples' perception of being juiced relates solely to mass/bulk which leads to almost certain guilt of juice use.

Take into account, there deadlifting, squatting, bench, strength #'s etc aren't great?.

Bolt's #'s aren't great.

Very interesting.

i HOPE bolt isn't juiced, but i also don't really think he is juiced.. he could have used ped's during his down period between 400m and 100m, but nothing has been proven.. alot of his teammates get busted but he remains clean.. he'd have to fail something or have some people close to him start throwing out accusations, none of which has happened.

casey combest is a "spring" who is extremely strong.. has nothing to do with his physique.. he just has insane bounce, sure he could have been on juice but no one has come out saying he was, he didn't fail anything, etc.. you can't get that kind of bounce with juice, it's natural ability.

I'd say Bruce Lee juiced regardless of him not being a sprinter.

Remember Rashard Lewis?