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BMI really is a poor indicator if your body shape is far from average size, and no amount of showing off your ignorance in the topic here is going to change tha
by saiya-jin 4y ago
BMI really is a poor indicator if your body shape is far from average size, and no amount of showing off your ignorance in the topic here is going to change that.
I am 188cm, and I am firmly in overweight part of the scale according to general BMI graphs you can find anywhere. But we talk about a person who has cca 8% body fat according to various measurements taken (which is normal amount for sporty folks, and I am relatively extremely active).
The thing is, I have very wide chest and shoulders far apart, also I think my overall torso length is above average but never checked that. That chest part is really bone/ribcage structure, not tons of muscles on top of that.
I am not complaining, putting on a bit of muscles and straightening my stance had make me look like second Arnold when wearing t-shirt, at least for chest part.
In the same vein, my legs are relatively thin (both calves and thighs), so my projected contour is far from some average male guy. BMI categories never worked on me.