What you need to know about your BMI and waist measurement (kind of important)

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[Huffman_Tree]

Jordan, I love the stream of content you've been putting out recently. Keep it coming

[ericjspencley]

Great video Jordan! This is all information people really need to know. Keep up the great work. The videos are amazing

[AbcDino]

One benefit of measuring actual body fat percentage I can see is to determine more accurately what a person's BMR is, which may help fine tune the food intake.

[daslifts]

I can tell Jordan has been running Alpha Destiny’s trap matrix wait April 1st was months ago

[oliverallen]

Thank you for elucidating the nuance. I'm 6'3" with a 33-inch waist and a 24.37 BMI.
Let's see if I can slap on some more muscle and keep my waist sub 40!

[tfranc]

Have your conditioning recommendations in "To Be A Beast" for an overweight novice changed or evolved at all, or do they still stand?

[Jasonjackson]

Thanks? This was very informative and helpful on how and where to measure.

[AngusLogan]

Great video very informative! Simple and easy to apply

[alimehrozi]

I'm 6'4 and I looked at some BMI charts and it says anything over 195 lbs is overweight.... I'm 220 and I'm still on the slim side...

[Monaleenian]

It looks like the tape measure showed your waist circumference as being just over 34 inches, not the 33 inches that you claimed here.

[kqh]

So if you're a male lifter at 6'4 and 250lbs (BMI of 30.4) with a 40" waist you're at "Very high risk" of developing disease?

[doncairns]

Why is there no difference between a 4'6" man and a 6'6" man for the waist circumference?

[emagicman]

Best time to measure the waist ( morning before eating).

[vonkaiser]

But SS says I need to weigh 275 for my frame (5’10) LOL

[mikaelvik]

Great video as always. Should you suck in your gut, or let it out when you measure?

[theswoletariat]

Wouldnt hip to waist ratio be a better health predictor than waist measurement alone?

[StrongButAwkward]

How would lose skin around the lower abdomen from major weight loss effect measurements? I assume it would make them less accurate.

[limitisillusion]

I think BMI is a poor indicator even with waist circumference factored in. I think we need a new system that measures from acromion to acromion, and either the width of the pelvis or femur to femur. Then you could add a leg to torso ratio with the overall height and weight, and a body fat percentage. With those 5 measurements, you could get a much more accurate picture. It's obviously not as simple, which is part of the purpose of BMI, but it would be more useful. At the very least though, we should factor body fat percentage into BMI.

[pinkplayspkmn]

My bmi is 28 I’m 5, 8 with a 35.5 in waist I wanna get to a 33 inch

[Szalbert]

What's the music in the background?