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Your BMI is 29.2; unless you're a body builder with a ton of muscle you're not in "quite good shape." No offense.
by WoodenChair 12y ago
Your BMI is 29.2; unless you're a body builder with a ton of muscle you're not in "quite good shape." No offense.
- jrockway 12y agoBMI tends to not work that well as you get taller. From Wikipedia: "Because the BMI depends upon weight and the square of height, it ignores basic scaling laws whereby mass increases to the 3rd power of linear dimensions. Hence, larger individuals, even if they had exactly the same body shape and relative composition, always have a larger BMI."
- SamReidHughes 12y agoNah, 6'4" at 240 lbs is not good shape.
- natecavanaugh 12y agoBMI doesn't work well for measuring much. At least it's always been completely useless in telling me anything about my health. My body fat percentage is around 13.8%. Do I have some fat to lose? Sure, but it's still pretty good. And I do have a bit more muscle than the average guy. I wouldn't say I'm a "body builder", but I do workout 5 days a week, and measure out my food. Trying to judge someone's health from just to factors like weight and height seems flawed.