Greg Doucette Is Full Of Sh*t, I Tested My Body Fat Using Science 

He will have a good rebuttal to this.

Apology incoming? 🤓

"Maybe in Bart Kay's world you can break the laws of thermal dynamics: *Blublublublublu*"

@@KeyserSoze23his come back is going to be to talk about Mitch's legs, which he didn't measure and are much leaner than the rest of his body, and massive at the same time.

​@@deltalima6703Bioelectrical impedance analysis is as reliable as a Lada from CCCP.

I agree completely. Mitch brings in a whole new level of data analysis and data driven technique. Not that other guys don’t do it, but they don’t give a breakdown and behind the scenes like Mitch

Issue with dexa scan is the big guys like him can't fit fully on most of the machines from what I understand. I would think water would be one of the most accurate ways from a simple physics standpoint then mri being overall most accurate. Me being the expert that I'm not, would guess 20-25% on Mitch, I think 30% is pretty high. His lower body is really lean for someone in strongman, not like olympia lean, but still, pretty dang lean.

Dexa isn’t even that accurate as based on a model. I’ve had inconsistent results between scans.

Dexa is not fucking accurate at all completely bs

My guess is 23 24%

this is the worse possible test anyone can take.. any other method is closer to accurate.. dude would not be 10 percent fat at 288 thats a joke

Yet bros rely on skin fold which doesn't take much thought to understand how unreliable that is.

@@jimjohnson530 It does take more than 10 iq cells for sure to understand that skin thickness will not screw the results and it seems to be very consistent measurements across all bodytypes

@@eutiger4789 He is talking about visceral fat not skin thickness, obviously. You need to understand the basics before judging the validity of a test.

@@KM-bu5yw this test is very much valid, when you dont take into account the 1% of people who will have a ton of visceral fat(not athletes, alcoholic usually)

Coach Greg came up with a conspiracy theory that Mitch Hooper had been losing bodyfat for this reading. But even at the video where Mitch was estimated by Greg, I would have guessed his bodyfat is in the 25% range.

If he is 20% i must be sub 10%😂

Again, its a percentage of a whole not a measurement of his total overall fat. Do any of you understand that? You think 1/3 of him is fat? You guys are silly.

​@@jimjohnson530wtf are you talking about?

This would be more accurate than the skin test Greg did , this skin caliper didin't even see the skin on his legs .

Hands-feet BIA is okay, but definitely not near the gold standard, especially n=1

These thing are a joke. We had a top of the range Tanita at my gym and for some reason it always said I had a lower body fat than my pt who was close to stage ready at the time. I literally had inches around my waist.

Its not off by 10% Just look at Mitch. Hes not 1/3 fat. No, not ever just no.

They've never seemed to be far off to me. Maybe your forgetting other factors?

Best not say that, you may well bruise his ego even more than Greg did.

I’ve always thought he is 20%, I’ll take this measurement over calipers any day.

The least accurate would be the skin caliper , Mitch has very lean legs and the skin caliper test doesn't account for that

@@uoiuo There is no single "skin caliper test". There are many models incorporating various pinch sites, some including leg measurements. I'm aware that Greg Doucette does not use these.

dude he is so butthurt to act like this greg was closer to accurate than this terrible test. he is probably 26 percent these are almost always significantly off sometimes even off by 10 percent plus

Based on what?

exactly they are wrong bro it tested me at 7 percent and i was 13 percent

Small window ?huge window 🪟

When you say you were “actually….” What is the precious golden standard you are comparing to?

Again, based on what second reading according to which method and what reason do you have to conclude that the later was the correct and the former incorrect?

@@jimjohnson530 Precious golden standars :D Well, i did also caliper and it showed 13% which is closer but visual assessment was around 15% 7% is crazy lean and that machine was waaaay off

I took the Omron impedance handle test and it showed 30.8%. Ughh. It eats at you & makes you want to drown your sorrows with a pizza. I get the WSM's chafing.

Does this comment make you feel superior? Good for you man. It's not like Greg told him to his face that doing a proper test will yield a proper result, and that he should get tested individually.

​@@chrispyy99issa joke chill

Because it was wrong I commented it was wrong and Greg commented saying I was wrong He's not 30% If he looked like that weighing 230lb, then yes he would be 30, as he would have less muscle to weight ratio

Hot take, as someone who has had one of those electrical tests done, they aren't remotely accurate for me, they claim I'm 14-15% meanwhile I'll go shirtless and get called chubby by men and women who don't work out. I'm probably around 22-23% when I was 18 years old I took that test and it claimed 8.3%, I've never had visible abs, and I'm a pretty decently built guy. 5'10 ish, 180-190 lbs most the time, and trust me if I was 180 and 8.3% I'd be nearly ready for amature natural body building show... These tests are pretty iffy, that being said when Greg said 30% I said 25% why/ cause I've worked with a bunch of sleeper builds like Mitchell and they are always soooooooooo much stronger than you think, I refuse to think they are getting that level of power out of the same muscle cross sections as me.

sure but unless you are a strongman a little fat means 15%

Agreed. Look at the winners of physical 100. Several looked soft and pudgy and beat out the models and bodybuilders. Ive been shredded and veiny and I have been husky. I feel and perform better as a beef cake.

@@geraldfisher6475 this is very false. underneath 10% is considered to be a critical danger zone where hormone regulation is nonexistent and your body kicks into survival mode, beginning to consume your muscles to keep you alive. when talking about health, there aren't magical points where things suddenly shift drastically, they are scalar. meaning that if sub 10% is critical potentially life threatening, you need to have significantly higher than that to have healthy hormone regulation and actual energy storage. 15% is likely the lowest possible safe level for certain outlier individuals, and for the average person 20-30% is "healthy". under 20%, humans demonstrate higher death rates from cardiovascular disease, which in the past led to the false conclusion that carrying more fat meant you were at higher risk of heart disease due to survivorship bias. similar to how when the US military started using steel helmets, head injuries went way up, but that was because more people were surviving being shot in the head. medical practice has not kept up with modern medical science, as most people in the field got their degrees decades ago and their education has since been made largely irrelevant. so many people, even prominent people, in the field of medicine are operating on an outdated set of standards that were set before we knew that lead and asbestos were harmful to humans.

like the lady said, Mitch has highest lean body mass she has ever seen - so I don't think you two are comparable.

Because you said so

@@jimjohnson530 yes I've used it several times. It sucks

But this is also a big man, fat is gonna me distributed differently. But based on his face and midsection, he looks around higher 20’s or 30. Also the smaller person u are the more dramatic an increase of BMI will seem and impact. A 4’11 person at 200 is wayy different (in a bad way) than a 5’11 at 300.. even tho both are around 40 bmi.. its harder to move that weight at that size. So him being that big with a 30 bmi makes sense. Im currently training to build stength and im 235 at 5’10. But im not fat. I havent done a fancy test just the one at my physician and im around 40% bmi. Which is odd considering bench 225 for 3 reps. Im fit but i build a lot of muscle. That thst all impacts ur score is my secondary point stating he looks like a 30 %

Nonsense. I'm 20% and not even remotely as fat as Mitch is here. He is not under 25%, there's just no chance.

You seem to struggle with percentage versus lbs of fat.

@Rogue My faith in humanity is restored. Thank you. The entire comment section is folks not understanding total body fat vs percentage. 1/5 even 1/4 of him as fat is believable (but a stretch). 1/3 of his body being fat is not believable. He has tremendous muscle mass.

@@jimjohnson530 massive dry muscle weight as well. When we understand muscle composition. Moose is certainly the new breed of strongman.

Relies heavily on the last few digits of the clock reading no doubt.

Exactly. Not even DEXA is proper measurement.

Yup, tried it once and it showed 7%bf. I was under 15%bf at that time actually

True though the handheld readers are even worse.

@@fakename5015 handheld ones are awful lol

@@a.k2156 the only way it would be remotely accurate is if you used the scan as a constant to track your own personal progress. And eliminate as many other variables as possible like taking the test at the same time of day with the same amount of water and same amount of food taken in each time. Other than that I wouldn’t use them for anything

@@adamstacharowski5231 Totally agreed. Only problem is that if you would drop from 15%bf to sub 10%bf. If the machine is reading 15% as 7% then it would show ur dead by the time you reach 10% :D Pretty useless peace of kit in most cases but you can use it as a scale

(Machine got lucky, lol)

I'm guessing caliper method is designed for people of normal weight - people below 265 range. Similar to how BMI is also designed for normal, average people - but it doesn't work at all for people, for example, who are tall.

Theres no way he is 30% Thats for sure.

High 20’s at least.

i'm 5'11, 260lbs. years ago, when i was homeless and starving, i went to the doctor and got weighed at 185lbs. the doctor told me that was a healthy weight for me, so i lifted up my shirt and showed my very visible ribcage. down to skin and bones i still weighed the high end of average. i had lost 50lbs in three months due to starvation and dehydration. if that is what it took for my body to drop below 200lbs, then i don't see how conventional methods of measuring lean mass vs body fat would possibly work for people built like me.

The caliper is nonsense from the get go, because Greg only applied it to three parts of the body. I'd be way better if you applied it to more parts, in particular on the legs.

​@@ghosthero0806yeah, that sounds like complete nonsense. At that height/weight you didn't have visible ribcage unless you are literally a cartoon character.

Yeah no it's wrong he's not 20 percent, that doesn't even make sense

This was meant as sarcasm clearly, but those bioimpedence are pretty garbage compared to the other available methods

This machine machine is useless though, like it or not

all methods are inaccurate in some way, they're estimates.

Keep grinding bro, I was in your shoes not long ago at like 31% bf. Now I'm sitting at roughly 15% and couldn't be happier! You won't regret it at the end.

@@ANTERIORcsthank you. It’s definitely not easy. If it was everyone would be shredded.

@@hardway1746 Definitely not. Consistency is key. It's okay to fall off every now and then, just don't overdo it when you do.

Eat less, move more and you will go down.

Focus on natural testosterone, sleep, good nutrition. Don't deprive your body of nutrition, this will make you lose muscle mass. Best to eat normal amount of calories, eat nutritious food (clean food), and life a balanced lifestyle.

Thats the part many miss. Its a percentage of a whole and while athletes like Mitch have way more fat than most, they also have a tremendous amount of lean muscle and total mass. Hes not achieving record lifts with fat.

@@jimjohnson530 Yeah nobody doubts his athletic ability. But those "sand on this conductive plate and hold the handles" machines are not accurate. A rough estimate at best. I'm guessing Mitch knows that and just wanted a clickbait title. Can't blame him. youtube is full of morons and that's how you get views unfortunately.

I dont think you understand how this all works. Its okay though most people dont.

@@jimjohnson530 And you think you know better? So in your opinion he is at 20%? haha

He’s said it’s genetic.