UFC champ GSP calculates body-fat in the Bod Pod machine

[Hemouth]

7,7 per cent bodyfat and looking as ripped as fuck

[nevets7921]

im naturally at 5% weighing in at 68 kilo, kind of scary

[benchmstr]

@sk3matix101 impossible...those guys actually fought....GSP just runs backwards and point spars

[joker4835]

@sk3matix101 think eyebrows should go gold as well in ss :D

[mattgoodnuts]

Where does one find out how much body fat they have? Never seen this machine at the gym.

[MindofaJedi]

@mattgoodnuts You can look it up online. If you have a cloth measure tape you can measure height, waist, forearm, bicep, chest, thigh etc. Then type them in along with weight. Supposedly accurate to around less than 1% , so you can get a pretty good idea. Mine came out 5.5% back when I did it so I figured I was at 6%.

[wubs23]

Now put Butterbean in a pod like that.

I want to see him try to get out of it xD

[12345hihi12345]

Fighters' body fat percentages can't be too low -- they have to have a decent amount of fat around their waist and their back to prevent spinal damage and herniating organs through heavy, brutal, high stress training. Look at Mohammad Ali; best fucking boxer of all time in a sport where cutting weight is crucial, and clearly, he valued the fat on his body as much as he did the muscle. It's about actual function, not sculpted fat free bodies.

[tjf00ls]

@sk3matix101 I'm guessing he'll have to reach SS5 to score a KO?

[sorich]

Roy Nelson would look at the machine and start cooking Eggs and Bacon!

[hartlepoolfc1908]

I doubt any fighters have a legit 5% bodyfat when they compete, thats more like what pro bodybuilders diet down too.

[dsettleascii]

@hartlepoolfc1908 fighters are more athletic than a bodybuilder and there training is harder

[hartlepoolfc1908]

@dsettleascii I agree fighters are much better athletes but that doesn't mean they come in at a lower bodyfat.

[animeworldchick]

HE'S SO FKING HOT!!

[como651]

@animeworldchick Bodybuilders go down to 3 percent at competition time. Only other athletes with this low of body fat are professional cyclists. Lance Armstrong fattens up for the Tour de France at about 5 percent going into it and finishes with around 3% body fat. 

[animeworldchick]

@como651 uhmm ok? Nice to know? lol!!

[ufcvlad]

GSP is not impressed with its performance

[nicogabo98]

@ufcvlad hahahaha 

[DoctorStevenBrule]

I'm not impress

[docbach329]

Ok Akebono. Its your turn.

[clairishe]

The real question is what is his body vaseline percentage

[kartrakracer1]

hey BUTTERBEAN ..lol.. rofl.. get in there!!!

[kartrakracer1]

gsp waz like : yeah ..yeah, u want 5% body fat? gimme another 48 hours..heh!!

[TheBlueEggs]

why do people think that is bad 7% if perfect for an mma fighter i doubt anyone posting comments is below 9

[son0fnegr0damus]

@TheBlueEggs i am below 9 lol

[pizzapingvin]

There is no absolute normal, it all depends on the body type and life style.

[rmsprowler]

i'm pretty sure he's lower. that machine is messed up.

[rmsprowler]

i thought he would have been lower

[nousername21]

He is not impressed...

[DatSillyWabbit]

Ive got 8% body fat. I feel better about myself now knowing GSP's :-).

[thunderchundering]

hard to hear

[1029Itachi]

@sk3matix101 Funny thing is that I saw a picture of GSP as a kid and he has naturally spiked blonde hair :D

[MixedMartialFartist]

I can't recall ever thinking to myself "hmmmmmm, I wonder what GSP's body fat percentage is?"

[pmplo]

Does vaseline count as fat?

[b2spirita]

@pmplo still?

[bob2012isfake]

its mork form ork

[21nitro21]

fedor would be at 28%.

[amjan]

I had 5.5% body fat when I was 19.

[adrienspawn]

I was 8% but as a skinny little fuck.

[shypeanutbutter]

it really wouldnt be any different at fight time since weight cut is 99% water and the guy said water was in the lean mass area not the body fat count

[christan2]

exactly like my bro, he does 110 hurdles and he's at 7%

[jabmalassie]

like lady gaga

[VEGETADTX]

@sk3matix101 Hahahahah! Then I guess Fedor is the ultimate Legendary Super Saiyan Kakarot :P

[sk3matix101]

@VEGETADTX lol yup pretty much

[grahcan]

gsp is fat

[2CSST2]

@grahcan normal body fat percentage is 15-20% dude, GSP is definitely not fat

[MrSvensson]

I had 9 % body fat last time i checked...and ...then i have too say that im pretty proud :P Thanks GSP <3

[dss103]

Lung volume? Bod Pod? Under water weighing? Dam looks like we got a bunch of wikipedia wizards up in this bitch! Shut cho asses! Like y'all know about any of that shit! Watch now sum1 gonna reply saying he a science doctor and shit!

[hutton4059]

@dss103 im a science doctor and shit

[brnrbr911]

GSP is most certainly below 7.7% body fat because of a few reasons. The bod pod works using the same "physics" as underwater weighing by taking into consideration body volume and weight to generate body density which then could be used to calculate body fat (fat and muscle tissue have different densities). He was wearing a more clothing than the bod pod recommends; ideally you should be naked but practically he should have been in underwear only. Also, we don't know if his lung volume was calc.

[brnrbr911]

If his lung volume was not generated using a special machine that measures lung volume, then that was estimated which could throw off his body fat. Without an accurate lung volume measurement, bod pod accuracy is +/- 3% BF but when it is measured then its less than 1%.

[doug2bitemore]

GSP is quite the physical specimen. I'd attribute that more to his genetics than anything else, though I'm sure he works his ass off too.

[joyfulvulture]

now lets get roy nelson in there...

[N3wbyB3wby]

@joyfulvulture that wud be impossible xD

[No7oriouSx]

@joyfulvulture poor roy prolly wouldn't fit ;(

[formula1mike1]

@joyfulvulture Lol. He probably can't even fit in that chamber hahahah.

[manz92]

@formula1mike1 im sure he can, just have to tape the fat potruding from the sides of the chamber door!

[Newbpwng]

@joyfulvulture lets get Fedor in there lol 20%

[JamesBrad123]

@joyfulvulture 50%. lol.

[dxk2007]

@joyfulvulture Yeah but the machine would break. 

[rightbrain74]

@joyfulvulture

Big Country would make history with 102% body fat.

[butcherasdf]

you need more than 5% fat cause it helps your testosterone!

[Ikiendangi]

Body fat is important in the body. ITs just that don't get too much of it, but it's very good to have some body fat percent.

[amritaherbs]

@BJpurity lmao is there anything anyone can even tell you that isn't obvious or been heard before? BJ Penn should just hang it up. He even ate Diego's blood for nothing! just to fail and be a lazy ass again! If he ever gets KO'd in training lol BJ Doesn't even have to get KO'd, he just gives up! Even on fight night ;)

[jordanluvsdad]

@amritaherbs He only had to work 21 seconds the other night :)

[Kcusnza]

@BJpurity HAHAAHAHAH cry more butt hurt B.J Penn fan.

[Spamurai101]

yeah ive heard that keanu reeves was under 5% when they were filming the matrix

FAT GSP FAT!

[KennedyCorey]

@Spamurai101 No way, if Keanu was ever 5 % he would have been on about a million posters....5% looks like a science fiction superhero with ribs and veins sticking out of every inch of your body...when you move you can see the muscles and fibers moving underneath the skin...only competitve bodybuilder ever look like that and it's only for about a week cause certain systems in their body start shutting down...testosterone for one, it's rough

[SatoriEarth]

@KennedyCorey No, doubt.... even most triathletes, people who are notorious for being lean as hell, tend to maintain above 5. If they were to perform lower than that their endurance levels would be significantly compromised. For my hockey and general fitness I try to maintain at about 8... I've been down to 6ish before and I found it hard to keep my training regimen going due to fatigue.

[SatoriEarth]

@KennedyCorey Reality is every human NEEDS fat on it. And regardless of the discipline most professional athletes will maintain between 5-14... YES as high as 14... keeping in mind the healthy average for an adult sedentary male tends to be between 10-23 depending on the study.

[jasonpollockbiz]

7.7 is an excellent level to maintain in between fights. Any less is not necessary. I am sure he gets close to 5 percent near fight time anyway.. Not that bf matters that much in mma anyway.

[neomage2021]

@BJpurity Have you ever trained with him? I have. I train at Jacksons and train with him whenever he is down in Albuqerque and you have no fucking clue what you are talking about

[Darwinist]

MMA fighters will NOT have as low a body fat percentage as some other athletes do, especially between fight camps. Putting on a bit of fat is actually good for your body when you are recovering from an intense 2 month training camp plus a fight, and have another such one coming up. Fighters that try to stay "always in shape" will eventually hit the wall of overtraining.

[TheBukkakeTsunami]

@Darwinist That's true, but most low-level fighters and contenders don't have the luxury of fighting twice per year like GSP, especially when fighting is what allows them to feed their families

[elheadkickio]

just thinking about one of his workouts makes me more fit.

[oluwakamau]

Wow, thought George had around 5%. They shud have done this at the peek of his training camp.

[mmadigest]

@oluwakamau true, right around weighin time itd be interesting to see what this # would be.

[ibreathCron]

@mmadigest

when cutting weight, you drain mostly the water-weight in your body.

his body fat will likely remain the same

[TheBukkakeTsunami]

@ibreathCron Not if he starts dieting 8 weeks out like most MMArtists do. It's necessary to maintain some body fat when training intensely.

[fuckingkimura]

@mmadigest actually most fighters tend to avoid drinking water and dehydrate themselves, and has nothing to do with losing fat at all. No one can lose 20 lbs of fat in 1 night and put it back on. Sometimes fighters fucked up at doing it and ended up having a poor performance: Jake Shields against Kampman, Mousasi against Lawal, Alves didnt even make weight twice

[mmadigest]

@fuckingkimura True. I kind of meant at the peak of his training where he's the leanest it'd be interesting to see what the # is

[TheReverendTPlague]

@oluwakamau 5% can actuly be unhealthy 7% is considered peek