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[Beetle]

My doc reckons my Body Mass Index is 26 - anyone out there know if I'm in good shape or about to meet my maker ?????

[TP]

25 is considered good - so 26 is just slightly higher than average. You're fine.

However, I think BMI is a big steaming pile of misdirection. It doesn't take into account your build etc. Even when I was in the Army and extremely fit my BMI was always in the overweight range, and I wasn't overweight. I've got a big build.

After I bulked up to play rugby the BMI classified me as obese! I'd like to see an obese person play 80 minutes of rugby at inside centre!

[Beetle]

Cheers TP - based on your sound advice I reckon I still might have some years left in me.

[sparkin]

Originally posted by TP
I'd like to see an obese person play 80 minutes of rugby at inside centre!

Especially on crutches:P

why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

[YMFB]

well if BMI is the same as body fat measurement and I realise it may not, the nutritionist at the gym I use measured mine at 35! she told me 18 - 25 was normal and that 22 is my target.

So now you know what YMFB stands for

You Mega Fat 8astard

[AK]

so - whats your BMI then Dibs?

C

Originally posted by CK and AK
so - whats your BMI then Dibs?

C

don't know. don't care.

[sparkin]

Originally posted by DIBBLE
why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

Harsh...........................but fair


BMI is worked out using your height and weight,it bears no relation to body fat,cardio fitness and muscle tone....Tractor driver over and out.

[TP]

Originally posted by DIBBLE
why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

BMI is readily publilshed on the internet - google is your friend.

As my esteemed nar**** tractor driving gent confirms, the only two variables in BMI are height and weight. So ... essentially completely useless.

YMFB - a body fat measurement, assuming you're referring to a pinch test, is a much more accurate method of finding out your body fat percentage. Which is actually relevant to you, regardless of your BMI indicator.

As a measure of how useful the BMI is ... I was around 27 on the BMI scale, which is overweight heading towards obesity (30 and above is obese) but I was quite lean. Yeah yeah I hear you all say, but I was running 5km's in 19 minutes at the time, and doing sprint series triathlons, on top of being a soldier.

My current BMI is 30 - so according to that scale I'm obese. I'm definitely overweight at the moment but I'm not obese.