Does Body Fat Make You Stronger? (Science Explained) No Stone Unturned
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For a long time, strongman was a sport dominated by giants. But here I am, standing at 6'3" and 325lbs, rewriting what it means to be the world's strongest man, proving that it's not about being the biggest; it's about being the best.
Welcome to Episode 5 of "No Stone Unturned," where we delve into the evolving world of strongman, challenging the very essence of what was once believed to be a sport for giants.
We're tearing down the stereotypes, challenging the norms, and showing that being a strongman is about more than just sheer size. It's about strategy, training, and pushing the boundaries of what's believed to be possible.
At the end of each video, I'm going to provide a score based on three crucial aspects: Personal Enjoyment, The Scientific Evidence, and The Practicality for the Average Athlete. You'll be able to compare it to the other dimensions of this series.
I hope you enjoy and please share your thoughts in the comments.
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Studies Cited;
Body Composition and Maximal Strength of Powerlifters: A Descriptive Quantitative and Longitudinal Study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37637...
The relationship between body composition measured by DEXA and maximal strength in classic powerlifting
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31663...
INFLUENCE OF FAT PERCENTAGE ON THE STRENGTH OF MEN TRAINED.
go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7...
A Study on the Correlation Between the Body Mass Index (BMI), the Body Fat Percentage, the Handgrip Strength and the Handgrip Endurance in Underweight, Normal Weight and Overweight Adolescents
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Body fat and risk of all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
www.nature.com/articles/s4136...
The BMI, fat percentage and total cholesterol of athletes
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Mortality and health-related habits in 900 Finnish former elite athletes and their brothers
bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/2/89....
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00:00 Introduction
01:56 What Is Body Fat's Role In Strength?
03:47 Greg Doucette's Body Fat Assessment
09:27 My Journey With Body Composition Changes
14:15 What the Evidence Says About Body Composition
21:02 My Scores and Ratings - Спорт
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Just a little guy at 6'3" & 320 lbs 😂
I'm a midget at 5'10
Zydrunas Savickas is the same height weighing 385 lb, so 320 in strongman, that is a small ass dude.
@@buddawgim none existed at 5’8.5, and coincidentally here in south tx, some even think im a bit tall… tbh im average id say
6ft+,183cm+ plus isn't short...I would know. 320lbs 140kg plus isnt light anywhere, It's the functional weight that's important...like nfl lineman...very big very fast...LARRY ALLEN!😂
@@heronvega2592I'm 5'8 and 3/4, you're definitely a short guy man. At least compared to me.
I always wondered how such a tiny human like you could be the world’s strongest man!
“Tiny” 330 lbs 😂😂
@@aidanpelletier946in comparison to Eddie, Thor & Brian Shaw that’s almost 100 pounds lighter, if he was to bulk up he’d have a massive advantage
bro i spit my drink laughing when you said you were 6"3, 320 lbs and a little guy 😂 sounds about the perfect height and weight for being an all rounder
I’ve been following Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall, and the Stoltman brothers for years. I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on Mitchell Hooper. I just started catching up on his journey and I’m absolutely loving it. He’s such a knowledgable and humble elite athlete. I’m a big fan and I hope his outstanding success continues far into the future! 💪
He also has a masters degree in what he's talking about. So he knows his stuff.
The finish study of athletes and their brothers showed that the ATHLETES outlived their brothers. Not the other way around. 🧐
Yeah I noticed that as well - Kontro et al found athletes in endurance / mixed sports outlived their brothers by 2+ years on average, power sports were dead even.
I think it's important to note this study followed athletes who competed between 1920-1965 though, which was essentially the dark ages in terms of knowledge about exercise physiology, nutrition, rest, rehab, PED's, etc... I'm not so sure the findings would be the same given a cohort of athletes from 1965-2010, for example, but we'll have to wait 40+ years to see that.
Top athletes dont necessarily have the healthiest bodies because They Push themselves to the limit. There is a difference between being fit and being a top athlete, or even amateur athletes. A lot of practices in Sports degrade the body by pushing it too far too quick. I think that could be an explanation to this. The classic knee problem of retired athletes
I love the science part of this channel. My fav part is when you break down the studies.
Glad you’re gaining something from the series! What’s been your favourite episode so far?
@@mitchellhooperstrongmanare u natty
this one@@mitchellhooperstrongman
he is definetly natty, he is only 320 lbs. you can definetly achieve that after a couple months of training@@bikramdhaliwal2113
right, mitch should collab with jeff nipard and natache ocean
I like how you recommend different body fats for different types of athletes. Tired of doctors or nutrionists just saying anything above 20% is bad for an adult male.
I think they are saying it is bad for your health and not your performance. Obviously bigger is better in strongman or any open weight sport where strength is a factor. Being fat is arguably the least healthy attribute possible. It significantly increases the risk of every cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc. You don't see marathoners suffering from sleep apnea
I'm completely hooked on this series. As a data guy, the comprehensive breakdown is very satisfying for me.
I'm currently competing as an ultrarunner, but I've been adding strongman workouts 2-4 days a week (depending on intensity) into my routine over the last 4 months while maintaining those rough 60+ mile running weeks.
My brother follows along as well. The kid is in a wheelchair and still find adaptive style strongman workouts he can do and is a huge fan of the sport. The two of us are planning to come to Rouge or the Arnold next year to meet you and some of the other athletes.
Keep grinding, we love what you do!
Second guy was being very gentle with the pinching
Out of the 46 WSM competitions, 29 have been won by individuals of Mitchell's height or shorter.
BUT, how about the past 15 years?
@@TL13579 what difference does it make? Genuinely asking
WSM has been the heaviest it's ever been over the last 15 years.
@TL13579 ehhh it been having less focus in static movment tho
@@TL13579 Going back 23 years: Mariusz 6'1'', Oleksii 6'1'', Martins 6'3'', Zydrunas 6'3'', Eddie 6'1'', Vasyl 6'3'', Svend 6'2'', Mitch, 6'3''. That's 15 out of the 23 wins. If you want 15 years only, that's 8 out of the 15 cause Phil Pfister was the only very tall guy to win in the 2000s.
Brian, Hafthor, and Tom are the only supergiants to really do anything. The rest are big but not unusually so. Mr. Spoonhead has a good observation. And those heights are assuming none of them inflated their numbers. Who thinks Eddie isn't really 6'0.00001"?
i love learning from this guy
Your outlook is very refreshing, Mitch. A strongman, but genuinely making his best efforts towards his best long term health. Interested in aesthetics, but top nutrition always coming first. A determined athlete, but realistic and relatable guy. I also love your attention to good data and research. Great series. You're going very far.
Loving this series great knowledge
Enjoying very much this series!
Such high quality content! Mitch’s success is incredibly inspiring
I'm 6,2was a severe drug addict for 15 years half my life. ,sleep right, eat right, and lift hard anything can happen. I'm 210 benching over 315 quatting over 400 and deadlifting close to 500. Loved watching you win the whole thing man. I plan to do things like this. These last 8months I've come alive, ive been outlifting addictions ass for the last 5. And you got coach Greg to star In this. I love ur messages and Information especially the no stone unturned series. Appreciate you. You can see that this guy did t grab fat the same way coach did. Greg got deep with the grab... the second dude was barely grabbing. Id probably use the same guy or gal both times.
I am loving this series. Thanks for sharing informative, science-backed info like this. Much appreciated!
Dude, you looked amazing in that bodybuilding comp. Unreal!! As for strength, you're gifted. A classic example of when talent meets hard work and great routines. Definitely inspiring.
I really enjoy your videos in this series. Thanks for these deep dives and spending time to help regular people understand these tricky concepts.
I’m loving the combination of entertainment and education that you’ve been providing for us. Keep up the good work and congratulations on your victory at the Arnold’s!
Loving this series , can't wait for the next video
Love this series! Keep up the good work!
Watching the rise of a legend has been wonderful. Keep keeping on moose man. You character shines stronger than your strength. World class.
Sleeeeep for number 1!
* Steroids.
Proven to triple both your muscle mass... AND your rate of heart attack.
Agree
Got to be
It better not be roids. :D
@@AbsoRuud76 In the supplements episode (#3) he said something along the lines of "there is a specific supplement people want me to talk about, but I'm not going to talk about them, I don't feel the benefits outweigh the health risks" and I'm pretty sure he was referring to AAS.
I also think it's sleep.
I enjoyed this video very much, thank you. That was instructive, honest and also entertaining (icing on the cake).
So much good information here. The study about the 2 brothers is insane
I loved watching strongman back in the 90's. Was amazing seeing the things they did. BTW congrats on being a dad.
Good Luck for your visit to The Arnold’s UK
I love these episodes and your champion mindset much respect I wish you luck at the worlds strongest man even though you probably don’t need it 💪
The current era in strongmen with recent smaller WSM winners like Mitchell, Martins, Novikov and smaller guys like Rob Kearney having some success is really cool.
Great video. Very informative and very well explained 👏
Rob Kearney is 178 CM and has set strongman world records and qualified many times for world strongest man. Same goes for Novikov (1# in 2020 world strongest man) which is 185 CM. It's kinda neat. 💪
What world record does Kearney hold?
Kearney is great for his size but he’s not elite.
@@fakename5015 if you're top 10 in the world I'd say you're pretty much elite 😅
@@johanjohansson925 is Rob top 10 in the world rn? I don't think so. He IS elite though
@@johanjohansson925 well he’s not top 10 so….he’s never even made a WSM finals…he came close one time but lost the stone off and did only one rep.
This was a nice video. I liked your point of view and the feel like its a health professional talking about strongman.
Its why i am a huge fan of yours. Your changing the game when it comes to being a top competitor with a totally different body composition compared to what use to be the norm of 400+ giants. Being well rounded in all events vs having just one specalty is the new Strongman.
To be fair, Martins was not enormous either.
Hum... He's still a giant compared to normal-sized men.
@@thechugdudeMartin's has been heavier earlier in his career
Mariusz Pudzianowski was only 315 or so when he competed and won. A lot. Jouko Ahola completed at 275. Martins is like 340. Hooper is 320. Big Z was 375. So your "norm" is not actually the norm at all. I'd say it's like half giants (Shaw, Stoltman, Hafthor), and half people more like Hooper.
Don't remember the "norm of 400+ gigants" I remember very few guys getting to the 400+ or even past 360
Definitely agree that 20-30 is the sweet spot for Strongman.
Great stuff Mitchell 💪
Greg already doing a video. The guy with the calipers was not nearly greedy enough. You need to grab the skinfolds completely! And there *is* a perfect way of measuring bodyfat and aside from Gregs eyes, it's MRI.
I ❤ love hearing Greg talk normally … it’s so refreshing 😂.
This series has be so informative and fun to watch. Very excited to see how it plays out. Going in I thought nutrition would be number 1, but now that I know it isn't my next best guess is sleep will be number 1. I can't imagine what else it could be.
The most interesting long term question will be can Mitch stay healthy to continue to win at 320 ish. We've seen so many similar sized strongmen balloon up and get injured. I certainly hope he continues to succeed without injury. I would love to see him become a GOAT in this sport.
Yep Eddie looked really unhealthy when he won at 430 lbs. Same height as Mitch.
But he hasn’t ballooned up and he won’t.
@@jonathanswobodaEddie had to weigh that to win. Mitch does not. That’s why Eddie retired - he knew his lifestyle was incredibly unhealthy.
Mitchell is very strong. He separated from the pack through athleticism though not strength. He is incredibly fast and uses techniques like the clean and jerk to move more weight than he would normally be able to push press. Most of the top guys are brutally strong but lack well roundedness between strength, speed, athleticism and being technical. Mitchell is the new breed that brings all of that together. He’s going to force the competitors to improve thats for sure.
Well the arguable GOAT strongman Mariusz Pudzianowski was 6'1" and competed around 310-315. So what you're doing isn't undeard of, but glad to see the more athletic strongman archetype succeeding again!
Yeah, but he was about 10-12% body fat at that weight. A lot more lean mass than Mitch.
@@jeffersonmobbs9010 True, but Mitch doesn't mention him in his video when talking mostly about weight. The fact Mariusz is even leaner than him made Mariusz even more of an outlier as he's really the only strongman ever to consistently win like that
Pudzianowski won his when strongman federations split into 2, top competitors went to the different one and he won a lot of wsm. Also events back then favored agility and endurance, which he had over more massive opponents. He doesn't have enough mass and strength to be the best i think
@@neonbelly4 While there is truth do what you're saying not all his titles we're split. He beat big Z out directly for a couple of them. I kind of preferred the way WSM events used to be. We already have classic power lifting to test more traditional lifts I always loved how WSM was a more functional athletic translation or strength as opposed to a variation on power lifting.
My main point of my initial comment was he didn't even mention Mariusz. Even if you don't think he's the goat, he deserves mention when discussing that archetype.
This series is so motivational, thank you. Do you have any foods or supplements that help you with muscle soreness? I'm getting back in to the swing of things and low weights are kicking my butt.
Great video and series
Glad you enjoy it! Which episode has been your favourite so far?
OK, but politically-correct.
In strengh sports and body-building, the #1 issue on health is the use of *steroids* , NOT body fat.
Sorry to stay based.
@goofygrandlouis6296 actually it's the extreme diet and fluid deprivation. Not everyone in bodybuilding is blasting gear, but every single competitor who steps on stage has had to do an extreme diet and dehydration.
@@Aowyr It's both.
Check out videos about what steriod usage does to your body. Horrific !
Your heart, liver, back-(ac)ne, blood clots, 'roid rage, ...etc, etc
Good Man
Damn you! 💪🏼
#LHBK 💪
good video. as a 20 year pft and 35 years of physical training & study I have always lived by the rule that it doesnt matter about body fat %. if you can find the center between your peak strength levels and peak fitness levels then your good. Unless your training specifically where strength or fitness is the majority of what is needed. but for normal everyday life 50/50 split is fine regardless of body fat %. My 50/50 is between 21 & 23%. OH, congrats on your new baby
very good videos! Thank you Mitchell
Nr.1 Is sleep, well i think
I'm a 6'1" guy who doesnt work out and weight easily 165 lb, and pretty strong fo someone in a sedentaty life. I think if I follow these steps so far, with height and get the carbs as good as should, so I think I can grow to at least 295-300 lbs and make it to pro-strongman
Will make my dream even if is in lightweight division 💪
I know he won't put it in this series and I understand why but it would be very interesting to see an episode on super creatine. It obviously helps the top guys a lot, so to see it broken down in this format would be interesting.
Not happening. Sponsor issue
LOL the top guys are doing a lot more than creatine
@LordFred69 super creatine means steroids
@@Joe-wt6eh I was wondering wth is super creatine 😂
Funny how some anon on IG has popularised the term 'super creatine'
Loving this series, really looking forward to the rest. I think something like sleep will be #1. What were your thoughts on Brian Shaws recent video where he did the weight measurement underwater and it came out under 18%...Greg Doucette came out with a response video basically saying it wasn't an accurate way to measure a person of Brian's size, but in your video he said it was MORE accurate than Calibers or Dexa Scan
Great content moose……..
Absolutely loving every single episode. For number one I guess sleep
Mitch!!! Get the dexa and the hydrostatic measurement
Very surprised he didn’t reference Mariusz pudinouski (spelled wrong for sure) compared to like a Brian Shaw or big z (2 guys very comparable in winning to mariusz) to state that it’s person to person.
Since he's a fan of sweet food calling him puddingkowski unironically quite apt and i think he might like that nickname
Lookin jacked Hoops 💪😎🤙
Yeahbuddy lightweight 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💥💥💥💥💥💥
I love that he is calling out Gregs test immediately. 😂
Great series of videos but you should do the hydrostatic method ,way more accurate, a comparison would be interesting 🤔
I did leave a comment on the Rogue upload haha that 5-hour video of the Arnold Strongman Classic mentioning how almost all of the men were at a very very low body fat percentage, and Still put up big numbers! As I've learned over the years, that belly really only helps on the Continental C&P
Im 5'10 195 and just pulled 405 for 2. Im a real lil dude out here amongst monsters lol
Hey Mitch, I like this series, but the little chatgpt essay readout at the start of each episode I could do without! :D
You never use chatgpt for sure lol
Can you please do a video about Marius P!! He was so much fun to watch growing up. What a beast of a human
By the end of the video Mitchell started to lose his voice, but every word through was worth gold
If i remember correctly from my exercise physiology class, there are body comp pinch test metrics out there that incorporate thigh skinfold measurements to try and include lower body composition in the estimate. I remember that both the caliper model and the person doing the pinch measurements could effect the results by as much as 3%-4% though.
I just recently got my body fat from 30% down to 20% and it is amazing how much more agile I am with no strength lost.
The number one is quality of training. The way you train, quality (the effectiveness and efficiency) over everything else.
It’s going to be sleep.
Everything you do fails if you cannot sleep though.. 🤔
Do you think you can do a video on PEDs in Strongman? Nobody seems to talk about them in that context.
I think there is a unmeasurable factor as well in the statement of “this is where I feel comfortable”. Personally I would rather feel comfortable and athletic vs big and yes stronger. I had my first all max based comp at the end of last year and thought I’d get my weight up a bit for it but after a few weeks I noticed my mentality decrease, my intensity decrease, and I didn’t enjoy not feeling like I could just keep going. So I cut back down to my comfort weight and bf% around 200 lbs 7-8% bf (5’10.5”) and come comp day I hit a PR in every event
I will keep my body fat thank you Mitchell. You will not take my power belly from me.
Fat strength is a thing. When I first started weight training I use to workout with guys who were more aesthetically muscular than I was. They worked out a lot more than I did, for a lot longer than I had. I was way stronger than they were. I started lifting weights, my warm up weight was close to their 1 rep max. My body fat percentage was much higher than theirs, but I could lift twice what they could. Now my body fat percentage is getting lower, and the weights I am lifting are also going up. The weight on my bathroom scale is staying about the same, but I am putting more weight on the bar every day.
A lot is physical. A lot is also in the mind. If you have the confidence, you can do it.
Your body has really changed since last year Mitchell, you look great and this may sound odd, but you are bringing credibility to strongman with this approach of no stone unturned.
The 7 point bf test ALWAYS includes legs......and I'm only 8min in. I'm glad you called him out
No advantage to being 30+%, yet Zydrunas is the greatest.
This pretty much confirms what we intuitively know. For a given weight, having more lean mass is better
well duh, the lean mass is the working mass.. but look at Eddie Hall in 2016-2017, definitely one of the highest bodyfat percentages from all of them and he totally smoked them strenght-wise.
isometric strenght, specifically to build tendon strenght, is the game changer in all of strenghts. that's how those strongmen of the past did these incredible feats of strenght that nobody nowadays seems to be able to repeat, they did isometric strenght exercises, that's the secret magic.
Pretty bold opening statement considering the long history of smaller guys winning WSM and the current record holder for most wins being among them.
Always being and training in a caloric surplus is probably the strongest factor affecting the Fat to Strength correlation. I wonder whether that means superheavyweights should have a bulk and cut phase or maintain all year round.
Multi-slice mri is the perfect body fat assessment method
Incredible you were a marathon eunert
Sir please make video on neck training
I can't get used to listening to Coach Greg talking at normal volume 😂
I’ve noticed guys who are really strong or look great typically don’t focus on the “mass moves mass” argument. I was taught that 200kgs on a bar will remain as 200kgs no matter who’s lifting it. Either you can do or you can’t at the end of the day.
Size and composition will very from sport to sport and person to person but i very much like the numbers Mitch has come up with. Cardio as well players a bigger role in strongman for not just during but recovery between events. I’m still betting on sleep being numero uno. Nothing beats good food and good sleep
Hoop, what do you think of other factors in strength production like neural drive, proprioception, biomechanics (at the level of untestable minor variations in insertions, for example), better ability to handle a high stimulus to fatigue ratio, etc?
the speed on that 315 OHP 😂
You looked like a different person when you were running, it's crazy
I would say good mental health would be number 1 priority.
I’ve only worked with one strong man, actually, a strong woman, athlete. But I’m gonna hazard a guess that number one on Mitch’s list of most helpful things to support his performance, will be mindset. Because without the right mindset, and unless the mindset is conditioned properly, all the other things in the list are vulnerable to either nit happening at all, or not happening enough to even make a difference. Strong mindset which I am using as an umbrella term for constituent subparts like focus and drive.
I did pinch test and a scan test 18.5 with pinch and 17.8 with scan. I would have been much lower if it wasn’t for my stomach. No matter how much i train I can’t lose the stomach fat. Atm I am trying a zero carb and 200 grams of protein diet. So far no difference except I was told that my muscles size in my arms increased and LDH levels went back to normal for first time in 2 years
shout out my boy Will Tennyson, papa greg doing you proud
This is so sick
The being overweight leads to early strength success is pretty true, for me at least. Me being overweight at like 300+ in highschool within my first year of lifting I started at 135lbs for a few really wobbly reps to the end of the year maxing out at 315lbs and being able to bench 225lbs for 12
ideally i'm thinking 20-25% for men and 30% for females, as for your number 1 vid on the series i'm running with diet.... btw liking this series alot mitch
I invented(back in 1994) a technique to check body fat with a US quarter and it's much more accurate than the caliper test but not as good as the hydrostatic test. Mitch brought up a great point about his lower body being so muscular and lean. My test is accountable to different body types. If you took 100 random people with different body types(big bellied men, big assed women, etc...)...what body part would be the best and most consistent to check? The forehead. It doesn't matter what body type you are...your forehead is the most consistent place to check body fat. So I firmly place a quarter to my forehead(it sticks) and I smack myself firmly to the back of my head. If the quarter comes off in one hit..I'm approx 0-5% body fat, 2 hits, 5-10%, 3 hits 10-15% and so on. So after I hit my self 3 or 4 times the quarter falls and I catch it and state my body fat. Here's the fun part. I firmly place the quarter on my victims forehead but I palm the quarter secretly in my hand as I stare at their empty forehead. Then I tell them to smack the back of their head and I stay close with my hands to catch the quarter. Most people are competitive and want a low body fat % so they smack the crap out of themselves. I politely tell them not to hit too hard. When they get to their 5th or 6th hit, I stare at the imaginary quarter and tell them they don't look as fat as they really are. When they finally give up and reach for the imaginary quarter, I open my hand to reveal the quarter and prepare to run or fight. I did this prank to some high level UFC/Pride fighters and it went around the world and was featured on the European TUF(The Ultimate Fighter) in an episode. But the guy screwed it up royally because he just told the fighter to put the quarter on his head and hit himself...without setting up the prank with the whole body fat % explanation. Pro tip to being a good prankster...practice making the quarter fall off your own forehead on the exact number that makes sense to your body. You usually have to do a small eye squint and it comes right off. If it comes off too soon...you're not pushing hard enough.
2 of my VERY favorite athletes
You really are INCREDIBLE
And so humble
Interesting question that Greg had RE: the Olympics lifting
Hmmmmmm. Give it some thought
Seriously how amazing would that be?
Mitchell is incredibly intelligent & Coherent.
Great performance in strongman arnold classic 2024 too.
Respect 🫡.
Hey Mitch, what about a full-body MRI? Wouldn't that literally be the most accurate way to determine body fat?
You know what they say?
More cushion for the pushin.