Muscle with less bodyfat is more visually pronounced than higher bodyfat and excessively high bodyfat carries cardiometabolic risks.

体脂含量较低的肌肉比体脂含量较高的肌肉在视觉上更明显，过高的体脂会带来心脏代谢的风险。

With knowing about the fat gain predicament, it's clear that bulking becomes increasingly relevant the less bodyfat you have.

随着对脂肪增加困境的了解，很明显，随着身体肌肉的增加，身体脂肪会变得越来越少。

As far as when to stop bulking, remember that you want to avoid a high bodyfat percentage.

至于什么时候停止，只要记住我们需要避免高体脂百分比。

This is a 20.2 to 19.6% bodyfat percentage change in the low protein subjects, and an 18.3 to 15.9% bodyfat change in the high protein group.

低蛋白组的体脂含量在19.6%到20.2%，高蛋白组的体脂含量在15.5%到18.3%。

Around 22% and 28% bodyfat for males and females respectively is probably a good time to stop, but once again, not a hard cap.

男性和女性分别约为 22% 和 28% 的体脂可能是停止的好时机，但同样，不是一个硬性的上限。

If you have goals beyond just physical appearance, like getting stronger, then bodyfat percentage might be a lower priority although, again, it should be managed for your health.

如果你的目标不仅仅是外表，比如变得更强壮，那么体脂百分比可能是一个较低的优先级，尽管，同样的，它应该以你的健康为优先。

With that said, a good time to start thinking about bulking is when you're lower than 15% and 22% bodyfat for males and females respectively.

话虽如此，开始考虑增肌的好时机是男性和女性的体脂分别低于 15% 和 22%。

If your goal is mainly physique-oriented, for anyone new to bulking, I would recommend you consider cutting or maintenance first if you're closer to that 15 and 22% bodyfat.

如果你的目标主要是以体格为导向，对于任何刚开始增肌的人来说，如果你更接近 15% 和 22% 的体脂，我建议你考虑先减脂或保持现状。

Now for any reason you cannot get a good reading of your bodyfat percentage, a somewhat decent alternative is using the listed categories from calculating your body mass index.

无论出于什么原因，你都不能很好地解读你的体脂百分比，一个稍微体面的选择是使用计算你体重指数时列出的类别。

However, if it is abundantly clear that you can benefit from having more muscle and your bodyfat doesn't appear to be an issue, then the mirror might be enough.

然而，很明显你可以从拥有更多肌肉中受益，而身体脂肪对你来说似乎不是问题，那么镜子可能就足够了。

Now BMI isn't perfect, especially the more muscle you have, but for those just starting out, BMI is better than nothing and does have a reasonable correlation to bodyfat percentage.

体重指数并不完美，尤其是如果你拥有较多肌肉，但是对于那些新手来说，有体重指数总比没有好，并且确实与体脂百分比有合理的相关性。