height/weight ratio?

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Former Member — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:10:32 GMT

5-4 145 and had a caliper test done in December 21% body fat. They were training a new person to do it, so did each area a whole bunch of times. probably was fairly accurate because of that, but I sure got pinched a lot!!

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Former Member — Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:05:41 GMT

6'2" 270 23% fat with caliper test I'm fat enough to float when holding my breath, but lean enough to sink when I let air out. Swim fast, Greg

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Former Member — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:13:52 GMT

6'1 and about 185 pounds.

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Former Member — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:28:33 GMT

At 5' 6" and 190 Lbs. I don't think I am overwieght, just too short for my weight. ;)

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Former Member — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:09:50 GMT

I'm 6' 3 1/2" (used to be 6' 4") at a present weight of 206 lbs. When I started master swimming 6 years ago I was a husky 228 lbs. Last year at our Canadian Nationals I was 201 lbs. Okay, I've had an extended layoff over the Christmas break and a holiday in Cancun. I'm now "50" and find it more and more difficult to get down to that lean, mean, competitive machine where I need to be. O'well I've got a few months to get there. Dave Dickson

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Former Member — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:41:58 GMT

I am 5'10" and about 170 lbs.

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:36:15 GMT

Almost 6'2", and around 180. I came down from around 215 about three years ago when I started swimming again.

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 07:50:39 GMT

5' 11'' 180. was at 220 a year ago. Thanks Weight Watchers!:D

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Former Member — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:33:37 GMT

Well, when I was working out sometimes 8,000 to 10,000 yards a day as a teenager I couldn't get under 130 pounds. Like I said I was only about 5'3"3/4 to 5'4". I'm just heavy built but a lot of it now is of course overeating and doing little exercise during the past 30 years.

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Former Member — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 10:11:58 GMT

6'2" 180-190 lbs. I drop and gain 10 lbs. on a weekly basis.

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:52:23 GMT

If these trends continue, I should become a perfect sphere sometime in the year 2287. I have a friend, great great guy, who is literally as big around as he is tall. Several weeks ago, he had a pain in his right side, ignored it for a couple of days (how he did that I don't know), finally went to the Dr.--ruptured appendix--sepsis--has been in ICU for over 3 wks now! (sedated/ventalated most of the time). Its not just the heart that extra weight reeks havoc with, when something serious comes along, you are in deep trouble.

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 13:49:03 GMT

Unfortunately..only just made the 5ft mark ! No idea about my weight..I tend to gauge my size by how tight or lose my clothes are...

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 13:21:20 GMT

I'm 6'1" and 145ish (skinny -- sometimes the pool staff chuckle when they see me). I'm new to the sport, but always enjoy my time in the water. Good luck everyone!

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:58:59 GMT

thanks yall! I got a report today that he has been taken off the ventalator and now has a trach tube for breathing, is sitting up in a chair. (this ventalator and trach tube sounded really strange to me, but a nurse friend said that it is unbelieveable how much energy we use breathing so anything to help the body to conserve energy/use it toward healing is helpful) The ICU nurses were really surprised the morning after he got the trach tube because he had figured out how to talk on his own--LOL lawyers can't keep from talking not matter what! JJ all you attorny types out there!

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:13:01 GMT

I heard somewhere that a the average person who is five feet tall should weigh 100 lbs. 5'2 should weigh 110 lbs...etc. etc. I'm 5'4 and 120 lbs.

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:10:20 GMT

i hope so too

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Former Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:08:37 GMT

(I hope he gets better soon...)

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knelson — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:13:20 GMT

Originally posted by TheFish I heard somewhere that a the average person who is five feet tall should weigh 100 lbs. 5'2 should weigh 110 lbs...etc. etc. I'm 5'4 and 120 lbs. So you claim you're ideal, eh?:) I'd say it's hard to state one number as your "ideal" weight. If you use BMI, and follow the recommendation that less than a 25 is normal (i.e. not overweight), you get the following: 5'0" '2" '4" '0"

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:37:34 GMT

5'9", 165 Lb 25% body fat SWF seeking... oops, never mind, wrong group... :D

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:07:41 GMT

Well, in my youth I was about 5'3"and 3/4 during most of my swimming career. As an adult am a heavyweight around 185 to 190 and only 5'4",no wonder I've slowdown several seconds in swimming. But about 5 years ago I was 216. I just let myself get fatter and fatter. One reason to return to the swimming.

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:37:34 GMT

I'm 5'9", 185lbs. But last year at this time it was 5'9", 213 lbs.:D (I couldn't help but put in that shameless tooting of my own horn!):p

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:45:36 GMT

5'11" 190 to 194 lbs. Followed a link from MSN to a health site that said my ideal weight is 181 lbs.

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:25:05 GMT

'ability to swim fast: my ideal competition weight is 155-160." What an interesting idea- ideal competition weight... Is there a way to figure out what one's weight should be for competition? (that might give me some impetus to diet ;)) peace...

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:33:47 GMT

6 foot tall and 146 pounds

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:47:34 GMT

Did the Finnish formula tell you that?