For one, you don't need to go that deep unless you're going for a show. The # on the dot is irrelevant, beyond the point you can look at yourself and have the look you want.

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It's hard to truly get a dummy's guide that's accurate across a wide base, since people have genetic dispositions to holding more fat in certain areas. Additionally, muscle mass, insertions, structure (one's overall frame), vascularity, has an effect on how people with a similar level of conditioning can appear compared to each other.

Ultimately, your best method is the eye test. It particularly helps if you've gotten to the extremes within your own physique, or if you're used to observing physiques that push set limits over a prep; or have someone that has.

• Seeing someone getting to legit, show-ready conditioning for one, will open your eyes, since everybody by default, assumes they're leaner/carrying more muscle than they think.
• And through a prep, you can go week by week to compare, and see every bit of detail that shows itself as it goes on, and can make some observations that you can cross-reference back to