What is an ideal body fat% for young lean males?
I am 25 year old male, 67cm in height, 74kg in weight, and have approximately 8% body fat. The 8% figure comes from a 9-point caliper test, while the less accurate 4-point caliper test measures me at 9% and the much less accurate navy body fat test has me at 13%. Ideally I will be getting a hydrostatic pool test soon, but for now I feel 8% is accurate enough.
I wish to still lose some body fat, as I am so very close to my ideal physique, but I feel that I am almost encroaching on my essential body fats. As you can probably guess, the majority of my pinch sites were about as lean as can be, but the abdominals still have a ways to go. Since I am not a bodybuilder/competitor, I have no reason or desire to ride the line of bare-minimum bf%, but instead would prefer to have a reserve padding on top of my essential fats. Given this, about where should I be maintaining my BF% levels?
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Generally, anything under 5% is difficult to maintain for extended periods of time and requires a fairly attentive focus on diet. When you start getting down into the 3% and lower ranges, it's unhealthy to maintain that for a long time.
At 8%, especially if you aren't cutting weight for any competitions or other athletic events, I would think that you are lean enough as it is, and that visually you won't notice that much difference between an 8% and a 5% BF.
And just as an aside, 10 hours a week of training of any type does not qualify as a sedentary lifestyle. I would term your down time as recovery, not sedentary.
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