There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan
after reading your post, out of curiosity, i went on to the National Institutes of Health's website to get my "official" BMI- 21.6. last time i had mine checked, by skin fold, which isn't even the most accurate way to have it measured, i was 19.3. so neither the old school height vs weight charts, or the "updated" BMI calculations take into consideration lean muscle mass.
Skin fold? Are you sure you're not confusing BMI with body fat percentage? BMI is solely based on your weight and your height with no other considerations.
BMI = weight (in kg)/ ^2
Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan
after reading your post, out of curiosity, i went on to the National Institutes of Health's website to get my "official" BMI- 21.6. last time i had mine checked, by skin fold, which isn't even the most accurate way to have it measured, i was 19.3. so neither the old school height vs weight charts, or the "updated" BMI calculations take into consideration lean muscle mass.
Skin fold? Are you sure you're not confusing BMI with body fat percentage? BMI is solely based on your weight and your height with no other considerations.
BMI = weight (in kg)/ ^2
