The average person can certainly be as lean as an athlete.
When we look at the whole scheme of things, your going to find leaner people in the general public (lower than 10-12%) than in the athletic world & at much higher rates. Thats my point. You don’t need to be an athlete. The goal of looking good in your clothes, losing weight etc among the general public can provide higher motivation than running fast/jumping higher.
If the average person wants to be as lean as an athlete, they will be as lean. Its not 1 rule for the general public, 1 rule for athletes. Fat loss runs the same across the board for everybody.
The number is dependent on the person. If an average person wants to go lower than an athlete, then they will go lower.
There are around 180-200 starters in the Tour De France. These guys are lean but your sure to find a higher number of leaner people, just among the female contingent just in LA.
This female contingent certainly know the formula for going low.
Again, your going to find leaner people in the general public (lower than 10-12%) than in the athletic world & at much higher rates.
There is my brother & father who are leaner than 10% (particularly my brother), there not athletes.
What I’m saying is, if an average person wanted to be as low as sub 10% or go as low as an athlete, then they will achieve there goal through a basic routine. Its on the average person to comply.
With a population of average people in the billions vs. 200-300 in a combine, that would not be hard to believe.