Whats your BMI?

Freefaller said:
Around 29.5 - but it's a pile a crap as my BF is in the "healthy" zone and I carry a lot of muscle mass. If you read the disclaimer it says it's not suitable for atheletes or sports people or bodybuilders.
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BMI in my opinion should never be taken as an indication of health as it has been, but generally an indication of how much stress your joints are under, regardless if your a body builder and your BMI says overweight/obese it means in later life you could have joint problems caused by your life style.

I may be wrong but thats always been my way of looking at it :).

KaHn
 
KaHn said:
BMI in my opinion should never be taken as an indication of health as it has been, but generally an indication of how much stress your joints are under, regardless if your a body builder and your BMI says overweight/obese it means in later life you could have joint problems caused by your life style.

I may be wrong but thats always been my way of looking at it :).

KaHn
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2 examples:

Person A- 40 years old, worked in an office all his life, only hobby is eating cake and watching the tele. He weighs 15 stone at 5'10.

Person B- 40 years old, worked in a manual job all his life, a lot of active hobbies but mainly weight lifting. He weighs 15 stone at 5'10.

Would you not say even though both have the same BMI ones joints will be much more worn than the other?
 
dun said:
2 examples:

Person A- 40 years old, worked in an office all his life, only hobby is eating cake and watching the tele. He weighs 15 stone at 5'10.

Person B- 40 years old, worked in a manual job all his life, a lot of active hobbies but mainly weight lifting. He weighs 15 stone at 5'10.

Would you not say even though both have the same BMI ones joints will be much more worn than the other?
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Sorry I mean in general activity, what you do to get to that weight will also play a part in the system which is another reason i hate people who take BMI so seriously.

KaHn
 
As has been alluded to - it's a relative tool. If you use it to track your own BMI over time it's sensible, as a one off figure it means nothing.
 
Freefaller said:
As has been alluded to - it's a relative tool. If you use it to track your own BMI over time it's sensible, as a one off figure it means nothing.
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In that case you might as well just track your weight, as past the age of 20 your height isn't going to change much.
 
Healthy 22.4

As other have said, BMI shouldn't be relied upon that much, was quite an interesting article about it in one of the cycling magazines a couple of months back. I'll see if I can find a link.

I had a BUPA healthcheck (freebie through work) a while back, I have a body fat % of 13 which is pretty good apparently, healthy is 10 - 20%. I then read that Bradley Wiggins, in training for the TdF was down to 4%, that's seems way too low - Would he just depend upon sugar based carbs for energy? I always thought your body needed a certain amount of fat for energy.
 
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