I want to avoid getting sucked into a pissing match, which is the defining characteristic for several discussants on this thread, but 14% fat is not obese.
14% is about right for an off season BB, especially in the winter. 20% is too high, at least for me. I was up to 21% not too long ago. I was eating everything and doing lots of cardio. 7 months ago I ran gh for the first time and after 6 months was @14%, 242 lbs. I then was off for a month (steroids, not gh....I am on 1.5 ius GH for life) and now am on trt. I am 232. I have been watching what I eat a little bit (went from 5k calories/day to 4.5) and got my bf tested again. I was hoping to be 11-12%, but the equipment (very expensive equipment owned by an IFBB pro) said I was 13%. Ran it twice w/ the same results.
I can only conclude that the main difference was water weight when I was on @242, and off @13%.
I am dropping calories a bit for the summer, hoping to be 10-11%.
I can say that 13% is definitely not obese. Abs are visible, a bit of separation in legs etc. 13-14% are perfect off season numbers, if you want to put on any size. 10-12% is a good summer level, although of course 8% will land more trim.
Since there are 2 participants on his thread who are flamers, I am going to not respond to any of their incendiary posts that are sure to follow. Just posting up my opinion on BF.