Anyone else looked into this FFMI thing?
Since hearing about it I've been curious about using it as an idea of where I'm at in terms of personal potential. I know it's more of a bodybuilding/aesthetic measurement, but the lean mass is what generates the strength. What's bizarre to me is how way off the mark it seems to be. Just today, going off my highest estimate for bodyfat percentage, which was about 24% using the simplified "navy" method with measuring tape, mine still came out to over 23, which is classified in benchmarks as "advanced gym freak". Using more detailed caliper pinch testing, my percentage is estimated even lower, with the method generating the lowest coming in at about 18%, which puts FFMI at 25, the range for an "elite strength athlete"! That's preposterous. Even the 23 seems ridiculous. The numbers I can produce on the bar definitely don't bear out to "advanced gym freak" levels. Has any of you with far better lifts than me tried calculating this on yourselves and also produced confounding results?