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Yes Geronimo, I am certain that I am not mistaken, though I may have exaggerated slightly. It was 5 point something, less than half what my girlfriend at the time was.

A friend of mine was doing a study when he was going to OSU. I seem to recall he weighed me in and out of a tank of water, or measured how much water my body displaced, something like that. I was doing a lot of cycling and weight training at the time. Interesting thing, girl I was dating then was a track athlete that was a shade over 12%, at the beginning of her season. He checked her again at the end of the seaosn and it was closer to 10 and she had quit having her period.


I suppose it is not a precisely measured value. Matter of nutrition, activity and genetics.
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