You can train for performance and still work on your body composition. They're not opposites. But the internet has most hybrid athletes either obsessing over a specific body fat number or ignoring body composition entirely. 

In this episode, I break down what the research actually says about body fat ranges for performance, share the numbers from my own 15-week cut (including what happened to my strength, my runs, and my blood pressure), and explain why your ideal body fat percentage is more individual than any chart can tell you.

In this episode:

• Why working on body composition is training for performance, not training for aesthetics, and where that line gets blurry for hybrid athletes
• The research-backed body fat ranges for men and women across tactical, OCR, HYROX, and concurrent training populations
• Why even a DEXA scan has an error rate, and what that means for how seriously you should take any single number
• What happened when I dropped 15 pounds over 15 weeks while keeping my strength and improving my run performance
• The real reason chasing a lower body fat percentage might be making your performance worse, not better
• How body dysmorphia and edited influencer photos distort what "lean enough" looks like for people who train in a hybrid style
• When to stop cutting and why the answer has more to do with how you feel and perform than what any percentage says

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