I went to do a Medical Study and got rejected because I am well…obese. My BMI is 30!!! Because I weight 209 lbs at 5’9, forgetting the fact that I have an 18 inch neck and not much of a beer gut, and my blood pressure is lower than a corpse. What do you guys think of BMI? And, how the hell do we get stock with the stupidest health measures.
It’s baffling, I purchased life insurance, and they told me it was 2 dollars more a month because of my weight, I guess getting ripped has a new meaning when it comes to life insurance. My wife was shocked, she was like, did they say you were fat?.. at 13-15% bodyfat, my BMI is still high for my height. I feel sorry for the heavier people, I bet the insurance industry is behind the whole thing. Personally, I think it’s all a load of bunk, I know a bunch of very heavy healthy people. Everyone is different, most heavy people are quite healthy.
They should just have a pullup bar with BMI. All overweight and obese measures are negated with 3 pull ups lol. “Can an obese guy do 20 pullups doc, really?”
My acceptable BMI is 10lbs less than my lean body mass. I’m a 300lb fat ass. So Ive always thought BMI is bullshit
All the Australian Rugby Union team, with one exception, have a BMI over 30, meaning they are considered obese.
My doctor looked at me and was like: “well this is a useless measure for you.”
Consider yourselves lucky. My coworker got docked on his life insurance for being underweight. He’s like 140 lbs at a bit over 6’.
I’m around your height and weight – 5’8/205 – so I’m “obese” at 31.2 kg/m2 BMI. BMI infuriates me.
BMI and those ideal height/weight calculators are worthless for stocky and muscular people.
BMI is brilliant, it sets you some good targets for bulking. I haven’t quite hit obese yet, but I’m damn close. My goal is to have as little fat as possible whilst being technically obese.
[quote]3IdSpetsnaz wrote:
They should just have a pullup bar with BMI. All overweight and obese measures are negated with 3 pull ups lol. “Can an obese guy do 20 pullups doc, really?”[/quote]
That’s one helluva a great idea, hell, it could even be used as an incentive to help people get fit. One could probably get elected as health commissioner with ideas like this, because people love incentives.
BMI is only useful for analyzing whether populations as a whole are overweight/obese, it has little use in evaluating the health of individuals
[quote]themumbler wrote:
BMI is only useful for analyzing whether populations as a whole are overweight/obese, it has little use in evaluating the health of individuals[/quote]
Than by that measuring stick isn’t most of this board overweight? And we still add weight to our pullups.
I’m close to overweight, and the wonderful docs I go to are pretty quick to remind me that I should eat more carbs and lose weight. Gah.
I think the popuation should be subject to a PT test for insurance. Fuck giving it away, you want to live, you gotta earn it!
i am 5’11 255 and 22 years old. my bmi is 36. for me to be in the “healthy range” of 24 i would have to be 175 lbs. so if i lose a quick 80 lbs ill be healthy. no problem. lol. or instead of pullups we bring in some weights and we can max and divide it by our bodyweights and ill beat you or lets see who can benchpress and squat their bodyweight more times, me or you and ill still beat you.
There was a very interesting Bullshit! episode about BMI. Some Belgian mathematician came up with the BMI formula apparently, no real science involved. A quick scan of wikipedia confirms:
I think the real issue is that a formula devised in the 1850’s still holds weight today. Time for a change.
[quote]The other Rob wrote:
BMI is brilliant, it sets you some good targets for bulking. I haven’t quite hit obese yet, but I’m damn close. My goal is to have as little fat as possible whilst being technically obese.[/quote]
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by “you” im was referring to the doctor not calling out whoever wanted to do 20 pullups. lol
BMI is stupid.
Why not just go by body fat percentage?
[quote]rundymc wrote:
There was a very interesting Bullshit! episode about BMI. Some Belgian mathematician came up with the BMI formula apparently, no real science involved. A quick scan of wikipedia confirms:
I think the real issue is that a formula devised in the 1850’s still holds weight today. Time for a change.[/quote]
Just because something was discovered in the 1850s doesn’t make it any less credible. I’d say the numerous counter-examples presented as proof that it’s completely useless for measuring anyone with a reasonable amount of muscle is adequate to show it needs to be rethought.
BMI is for people who sit on a couch eating potato chips and watching Oprah all day long. I am 6’2" and 220 right now so I am 28.6, closing in on obese. Body fat was like 15% last week when I checked it.
BMI is stupid. . .
If you have stocky genetics, or have a shitload of muscle, you will be a “fatass” on the BMI.
If you have skinny genetics, you will read “anorexic” more easily on the BMI.
My dad is 66 inches and stocky genes. Even if he starved, he’d he around average on the BMI. I’m 69 inches with skinny genetics. I could eat donuts and ice cream every day, become a fatass, and still read “average” or just slightly above on the BMI.
Body fat is where it’s at.