SHINee member Minho (Choi Min-ho) showed off a healthy condition with just 10% body fat.
On the 13th, a video titled "Shocking body condition of someone who doesn't follow a diet. Releasing Minho's physical exam results" was posted on Minho's personal YouTube channel. The released video shows Minho meeting and receiving a consultation from Dr. Woo Chang-yoon, a doctor famous as a member of the YouTube channel "Doctor Friends."
Minho said, "I did not exercise intensely for a month. I lost my driving force. With SHINee concerts, variety shows and my daily life being shown on YouTube, it was not easy to find time to manage my body, and I thought it might be time for some reflection," explaining the reason he visited the hospital for an accurate physical measurement.
Having never had a precise body measurement aside from an InBody, Minho said, "Body fat has gone up. My weight went down, though," expressing surprise at his bodily changes. Contrary to concerns, he displayed excellent physical conditions at 183cm tall and weighing 70.4kg.
Looking at Minho's body analysis, Woo Chang-yoon said, "The abdomen is really thin. Also, the thickness difference between both legs isn't that large. We say it's fine if the thickness difference between both legs is under 1cm, but Minho has a 0.2cm difference. Very balanced legs," expressing amazement.
He also explained, "The body fat shown on InBody differs by about 4% from what you see on DEXA. InBody measurements are 3-4% lower. On DEXA, Minho's body fat percentage is 10%, which is just right."
In particular, he said, "We evaluate the location of fat and the absolute weight of limb muscles, and visceral fat is extremely low. It's to the point where it can't be measured. I've rarely seen such a body among men. The amount of visceral fat is negligible, which is truly physiological visceral fat. It's just enough fat attached to protect the intestines, which is metabolically very healthy. He is a body that very effectively mobilizes fat. Even the small amount of fat he has is metabolically active fat," expressing astonishment.
In fact, Minho's muscle mass was in the top 30%, and his grip strength was in the top 25%. Woo Chang-yoon praised, "He has a very ideal male body type. Broad shoulders and chest, a thin lower abdomen, thick thighs and thin calves—an ideal inverted triangle shape," and, "His physique is very attractive."
However, he warned about Minho's diet. Because Minho said, "I hardly eat breakfast and eat lunch and dinner, but I don't follow a diet. Yesterday I had pizza for lunch and buckwheat noodles for dinner," indicating he relied on carbohydrates as his primary energy source. In response, Woo Chang-yoon advised, "Carbohydrates are basically an energy source. But protein cannot be produced. Eating a lot of carbohydrates means muscle breakdown is less, but when rebuilding occurs there is no protein to make it. So muscle growth would be less than expected given the amount of exercise. So have protein without carbs—eat two eggs at each meal," he advised.
Regarding Minho's physical condition, Woo Chang-yoon also emphasized, "We usually aim for a score of 65, but he scored 69. I've hardly seen that. It's a number that's perfect for longevity." <
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