BMI - Better get ordering..

[ChrisRicho]

A new headstone.

It pretty much says im going to die..
Since cycling i have lost nearly 2.5 stone and i was feeling pretty good with my self (i know i need to loose more)

I went to check my BMI to see what i need to get down to, to be my ideal weight.

I am 6' 2" tall roughly and now weight about 17 stone, it says i need to be 13-14 stone.

Even when i was training six times a week playing rugby i only managed 15 and a half stone!

 

[gaz]

Don't forget muscle has more mass than fat

 

[ChrisRicho]

Yea that's maybe it

Better not have them beers tonight.

I am though upping my cycling mileage a lot but just don't where to go that A) i wont get lost B) i wont die cycling there.

I still need to get tyre levers inner tubes etc.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

A new headstone.

It pretty much says im going to die..
Since cycling i have lost nearly 2.5 stone and i was feeling pretty good with my self (i know i need to loose more)

I went to check my BMI to see what i need to get down to, to be my ideal weight.

I am 6' 2" tall roughly and now weight about 17 stone, it says i need to be 13-14 stone.

Even when i was training six times a week playing rugby i only managed 15 and a half stone!

When I was 6 foot and 11 stone the BMI calculators told me I was clinically obese. BMI is the biggest pseudo medical joke of the times.

 

[ChrisRicho]

If i got to my correct weight i just don't know if i would be alive!

I also like eating more than lettuce..

 

[Angelfishsolo]

If i got to my correct weight i just don't know if i would be alive!

I also like eating more than lettuce..

I think it was designed by anorexic. That is the only way I can make sense of the figures!!!

 

[GrasB]

When I was 6 foot and 11 stone the BMI calculators told me I was clinically obese. BMI is the biggest pseudo medical joke of the times.

Height: 5' 6.5"
Weight: 170lbs (+/-5lb)
BMI: 27.7 (the upper half of over weight)
...
Resting heart rate: 38-42bpm
accurately measured body fat: 8.7%

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Height: 5' 6.5"
Weight: 170lbs (+/-5lb)
BMI: 27.7 (the upper half of over weight)
...
Resting heart rate: 38-42bpm
accurately measured body fat: 8.7%

Bloody hell fella your resting heart rate is about half off mine. It was that low when I was in my early teens (a long long time ago )

 

[Stephenite]

Height: 5' 6.5"
Weight: 170lbs (+/-5lb)
BMI: 27.7 (the upper half of over weight)
...
Resting heart rate: 38-42bpm
accurately measured body fat: 8.7%

If you held your breath you could fool people into thinking you were dead!

Handy for getting out of doing the dishes!!

Seriously, that is looow!

 

[GrasB]

Bloody hell fella your resting heart rate is about half off mine. It was that low when I was in my early teens (a long long time ago )

If you held your breath you could fool people into thinking you were dead!

Handy for getting out of doing the dishes!!

Seriously, that is looow!

That's proper resting though. Taken early AM after 15 min or so relaxing, my sitting around not doing much nominal is about 55-65bpm which is still low on the low side.

Anyway the silly bit is BMI v's body fat.

 

[TVC]

Isn't that they now reckon hip to waist ratio is a better indicator of general health in men than BMI, especially after they measured the England World Cup winning Rugby team and found them all to be well above the recommended BMI limits.


Best resting HR for me is 48. Generally lounging around watching telly I get 55-60.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Isn't that they now reckon hip to waist ratio is a better indicator of general health in men than BMI, especially after they measured the England World Cup winning Rugby team and found them all to be well above the recommended BMI limits.


Best resting HR for me is 48. Generally lounging around watching telly I get 55-60.

My best is 70ish and that includes anti depression meds!!!

 

[ColinJ]

When I was 6 foot and 11 stone the BMI calculators told me I was clinically obese. BMI is the biggest pseudo medical joke of the times.

I'm not a fan of BMI but there is something seriously wrong with your figures there! They give a BMI of 20.9 which is in the middle of the healthy range.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I'm not a fan of BMI but there is something seriously wrong with your figures there! They give a BMI of 20.9 which is in the middle of the healthy range.

Different sites gave different figures. That was the one that stuck in my head.

 

[Red Light]

If i got to my correct weight i just don't know if i would be alive!

I also like eating more than lettuce..

You need to take a more creative approach and instead of losing weight, just grow a bit. Because of the inverse square law its far more effective at lowering your BMI