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When I was in the best shape of my life, in the military, my BMI was "too high" even though I was lean and of healthy proportions. I've always taken it with a
by efitz 3y ago
When I was in the best shape of my life, in the military, my BMI was "too high" even though I was lean and of healthy proportions. I've always taken it with a grain of salt since then.
- barbazoo 3y agoI think BMI isn't relevant when one's already in the best shape of their lives. It's an ok metric when you're not.
- hospitalJail 3y agoSimilarly I was at the end of bulk season and 212lbs. I was loaded with food from yesterday, creatine water weight, and packed with muscle. I took some work health screening thing, instead of the perfect score 20/20, I got a 17/20 because I was 2lbs too heavy according to BMI. This ended up costing me some trivial about of money like $6/mo. I cut down to 173lbs, and did the cycle again. The following year, I timed my cut better so I was only 185lbs at the time of the screening, got 20/20.
- swatcoder 3y agoYou were an exception and (obviously) could see that for yourself. Your doctor probably agreed. The value of BMI in epidemiology is fantastic because it applies well for almost all normal people and is easy to capture all over the world. The clinical value is weaker, but mostly because people like to rationalize that they too are also in exceptional athletic form. By definition, most are not.