Everyone has heard of body mass index (BMI) and except in muscular people it takes ones height and produces an appropriate weight range...
Normal is considered 18.5-25... Over 30 is obese.
Calculating BMI is relatively straight forward... Where W is weight in pounds and H is height in inches then (703 is a conversion factor from the metric system):
[W ÷ (H)2] x 703 = BMI
Well given that my BMI was 40.8 at my initial visit I decided to figure out what my weight should be based on the BMI calculation... For that I applied some of my high school algebra to produce the following equation:
W=(BMI ÷ 703) x (H)2
Given that I am 6'10" or 82 inches... Here are the various range boundaries...
| BMI | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| Current | 40.8 | 390 |
| Obese | 30 | 287 |
| High Normal | 25 | 239 |
| Low Normal | 18.5 | 177 |
By a strict definition I would have to get to 239 lbs to no longer be considered overweight...
Originally posted 2008-11-12 07:32:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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One of the most economical and accurate ways to evaluate progress is Skin Calipers. If I weigh 225lbs. and I am 5’6, according to the height and weight scale I would be overweight; however, my body fat percentage is 8%!
The body mass index is usful if you are close to the mean of our population in height and muscle mass. The BMI will give a less accurate calculation the taller or shorter an individual is from the average. The smae is true for athletes with a large amount of muscle mass.
I’m a personal trainer and I really don’t care for BMI at all. I never use it with clients, i like to track progress with before/after pics, circumference measurements, and skin calipers.
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