Had the opportunity to go to Texas Tech & get tested at arguably North America's premiere body composition facility. We did every single test (BIA, BodPod, DEXA) and weirdly enough, it appears most influencers are completely wrong about Body Fat. Let's learn why it could be the most important metric...but also why it shouldn't be your focus.

Really appreciate this video! Definitely shows how complicated body fat percentage actually is. Nice reminder that my body fat scale isn’t accurate beyond telling me relative movement.

Interesting video. Thank you, Omar.

It's important to note that lower-body fat is healthier than upper-body. So Omar, that means you should be tracking your APOB, insulin resistance and anything else your doctor says. Take care!

Great video Surfclam!

I don't think people realize how huge 4.8 standard deviations is lmao

Body fat percentage for most people is a vanity metric. As mentioned in the video, waist measurements are a great way of tracking change. And most important is just using your eyes and a mirror. If you’re happy with how you’re looking, why care about what percentage that is (especially since it is unlikely to even be accurate).

All I know is my body fat % is "yes" 😭

Alex looks phenomenal honestly, and he's grown both intellectually and physically throughout these years

Yea that's the one thing with just eyeballing where even some of the more reasonable/seasoned fitness professionals can still be quite off. If you can get within 2% on either end you're really good at it tbh

Wow I haven't watched the video yet but what a well thought out title

This (and the podcast ep on the topic) is fascinating. Myself my gym provides InBody and frankly I’m not tied to the numbers in one reading - but the overall trend over multiple readings over time all tell a story of my body fat reducing and my muscle mass increasing (slowly 😭 but it’s night and day from the first reading!) Ps the Area 51 bit with bug-eyed Alien Omarion truly sent me to mars 😂

Feet blurred? What is this cruel censorship.

Cool video!!!! Great information!!!!

Bro's made of adamantium

Bro got examined by Johnny Sins

I care more about looking swole in a skin tight T shirt with massive pecs, delts and arms overpowering everyone elses in any situation rather than having a six pack you only see occasionally. I like cruising around 15ish percent give or take.

You can do any test & it'll give you a number, now it might not be 100% accurate. But I will argue that it's useful to have a starting number as that'll help you see if you're making progress. If you're trying to lean down, it'll show you if the number has dropped & by how much compared to the starting point, & vice versa for bulking. How much weight you've gained relative to how much higher the percentage went up by

Just what I was looking for

Poor Alex in the thumbnail, he knows he ain't 5.8% bodyfat 😬

I'm lucky to have a wellness center at work (gym + a lot of other stuff). They have a couple of the Inbody 570 systems (BIA measurement). Got my first one about 2 weeks ago. I don't necessarily believe that I'm 12.5%. Maybe I am, but it's not super relevant. We'll see how things look every couple of months while I do a slow bulk. I still heavily gauge my progress on how I'm doing on my lifts and a few size measurements, but this is another tool to see how I'm doing. I've got ~40# of dry lean mass, and I'd like to add 10# to that over the next several years. We'll see! 💪

'No feet pics' then shows feet up close. (I have an aversion to them.) Very informative video.

daaaaamn boi, you DENSE

At the end of the day the eyeball method is the best one, simply because it doesn't matter at all what bodyfat % you are, but what bodyfat % YOU LOOK. Dr. Helms looks shredded out of his mind. If he claims 6-7%, well he looks like it. Same with muscle mass. It doesn't much how much you have, but how much you look like you have. Objectively speaking, Phil Heath was nowhere NEAR as muscular as other guys on that stage with him. But due to his insertions he looked like he had more.

Good video, what are your opinions on skinfold measurements?

But does your old video of using the US Navy calculator as a 'free and easy' method for tracking trends over time still act as the best non-gym performance indicator?

Hydration radically impacts these test.

If you are good with skinfold calipers they can be surprisingly accurate, and of course very accessible. BIA analysis is way too influenced by hydration to be accurate. Most are useless, especially people I see doing them mid-workout when electrolytes have been depleted.

Omar

Thought this video would help me figure out what my Bf% is... now I have even less of an idea lol

What do you do with skewed body fat % test that says you have less fat than you do? At best it just implies that you can drop less "extra" weight than you actually can.

I don't care my actual bf% number. Just what I look like in the mirror. I do track my lifting numbers and those are going up. I don't know my weight or actual bf% but I'm probably around 185/20%

DEXA is the most accurate test we have, maybe whole body MRI is comparable but very expensive, and there are also errors and artifacts involved there. I think those that discredit DEXA like coach Greg are not taking into consideration where body fat is stored. Most of us who are experienced know what 5-7% bodyfat looks like, lower end is stage ready Olympia and higher end stage ready natural, all of whom should have deep muscle separation everywhere and have striated glutes. Anything under 5% is likely BS, men need 3-5% just to be alive. It's the 8-15% range where there is the most variability it seems. I store most of my fat in my lower back and glutes but have leaner quads, front torso, and arms. What really skews the perspective is guys who are kind of lean and got measured with calipers for sports, claiming 5% when they're really 12%. Unless you're really into bodybuilding, it's unlikely you have much of a grasp on this topic.

i need to know why feet were blurred 🤔

I think the cheaper home scales that do bf percent are not accurate at all

> why you should not care about body fat? As +30 body fat, you definitely peaked my interest

I only care about seeing my abs in the summer when it's beach time😁😏

Video was a total miss. It must presumed dexa was accurate because it gave a specific result per area.

I’m built like you Omar. I will have veins in my quads and upper arms with flabs.

The blurred feet 😂😂

what yall think spongebobs bodyfat is

Forever bulking. I take my shirt off 1 week a year. Just tryna be huge

Whyd you blur out his feet? Lmao Savin the goods for feetfinder subs or what? 💀🤣🤣🤣

I look nothing like Dr helms, but my renpho scale says I'm 17% 🤷‍♀️

Its time to get on the juice this man still doesn’t look like he lift after all these years

Bodybuilder/more shredded or not, obviously Omar is more “jacked” than Eric. Eric’s not much bigger than me.

If there is no way to confirm body fat % for sure and all methods to measure it are estimates, how can you say if someone (or a measurement tool) is accurate or inaccurate? After all, if someone drinks 2kg of water, they've just become leaner because their LBM is higher.

Did Omar used to have a speech impediment?

hi omar.

Omar, why are your feet blurred?

Interesting video. I personally use the measuring tape around the navel + the scale as my guide.

Next time a normy self assesses their body fat, imma send em this video. Thanks, Omar!

What is your height?

6:47 I don't know, training at lower weight classes with restrictive calories is really difficult, you really can't just focus on the gross lean mass and it's not actually how the muscle works in practice. Real mass expansion is water weight and improving control through the nervous system to provide the energy and force to hold a bigger frame and muscle forms. The volume of the glycogen stores are some of the most important parts for bodybuilding in my opinion.

Omar "Horseneck" Isuf

I keep it simple. I eat more protein? I lift more weight. I want more muscle? I eat more. I’m getting fat? I eat less and eat more protein.

Im the King of Bodyfat

Waiting for a certain parrot to make a video about Omars BF to sell a cook book. 😂

Makes me wonder what is the bodyfat of the people at my gym who claim to be 5% body fat.

By watching this video your body fat % automatically increases by 5%. Now roll your d20

For 100% accuracy I subject myself to the "whogivesashit" test.

At the end of the day, who cares, it's what you look like, not what the numbers say.

How old are you these days Omar?

Too much error to take it really seriously, but it's a cool measurement at least.

bro made a whole video and told me nothing

Eric Helms creepy smile replay buttons: 2:39 5:31 7:38 10:52 Your nightmares, are welcome.

According to Greg Doucette you can easily gain 40lbs of muscle if you're willing to put a bit of effort in it Omar 😅

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Men should be 10-13% Women 15-20%, for optimal hormone health