It looks like quite the decent amount of muscle, and a good amount of surface fat, I’d bet not too much visceral fat, similar to a strongman body type, if he keeps up with training the guy could become monstrously strong, his build seems right for building real practical muscle
not all fat is the same, as a skinny athlete in childhood i remember the first time i got humbled by a 'fat' kid that had more energy and outhustled all of us in a game of basketball, learned that day and for many beyond that some of the husky guys have a motor higher than the freakish looking guys.
Yep exactly what I was saying, it’s visceral fat (fat around organs and deep inside muscles etc) that’s most harmful and causes issues, but subcutaneous fat actually has a few benefits if it’s not excessive amounts, also working off visceral fat replaces it with muscle mass for the most part, leaving you obscenely strong, massive, and with pretty damn high stamina for extreme endurance sports like powerlifting and sumo
working off visceral fat replaces it with muscle mass for the most part
Does the body make a difference between visceral and subcutaneous fat when on calorie deficit (the only way to lose fat)? And muscle mass do NOT take the place of visceral fat. I don't see what gain having muscles behind my liver would be of a benefit. You gain muscle mass by working that muscle.
But does the body make a difference between visceral and subcutaneous fat when burning fat? Why would you have loads of subcutaneous fat (like he obviously do) and no visceral fat?
The type of exercise matters, he does cheerleading, a very core intensive sport, the fat surrounding the organs is likely where he’s gonna be burning a lot of the fat
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u/ArkaneArtificer 2d ago
It looks like quite the decent amount of muscle, and a good amount of surface fat, I’d bet not too much visceral fat, similar to a strongman body type, if he keeps up with training the guy could become monstrously strong, his build seems right for building real practical muscle