What's your Body Mass Index, gamer?

jeff37923 · October 23, 2007, 04:35:21 AM

Quote from: Elliot WilenCorrection: you would have been overweight. But yup, it's a crude measure, if you're muscular it tends to bump you up a level.

Or if you've got a blocky build, that mesomorphic body type kills you. I won't deny having a potbelly, but I'm more overweight than obese at 34.8.

At least this is slightly better than the measurements done in the Navy, where they took your height, neck size, and waist size and then compared all that to a chart. I was fit, but couldn't ever get off of remedial PT because of my build.

Anthrobot · October 23, 2007, 05:53:32 AM

I keep up a strenuous Ecky Thump training regimen. It helps to keep me as muscular as a stoat!:haw:

jeff37923 · October 23, 2007, 07:59:03 AM

What's Ecky Thump?

beeber · October 23, 2007, 09:32:41 AM

a pudding martial art? isn't that like an ooze master prestige class or something?

Ian Absentia · October 23, 2007, 11:15:12 AM

No, no. It's an album by White Stripes.

!i!

One Horse Town · October 23, 2007, 11:58:03 AM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaNo, no. It's an album by White Stripes.

!i!

No, no. That's Icky Thump.

First time i've ever seen a Goodies reference on an internet forum though! Cool.

Mcrow · October 24, 2007, 01:21:16 PM

Quote from: jeff37923Or if you've got a blocky build, that mesomorphic body type kills you. I won't deny having a potbelly, but I'm more overweight than obese at 34.8.

Yeah, that's part of my problem. I have a 48 inch chest, 36 waist, big shoulders, big arms and big legs. Even when i was in good shape I was build like a brick.

Trevelyan · October 26, 2007, 11:32:33 AM

I got a BMI of 28 but I'm not sure that I'd say I was overweight. I go to the gym regularly (2-3 times a week), have a 32" to 34" waist and a 44" chest. I used to be a little overweight but when I joined the gym I actually put on weight overall in spite of loosing love handles.

Are there any better measures?

arminius · October 26, 2007, 01:33:36 PM

Might look at this site for some alternate measures. Or you could use a calipers to find your fat percentage. One site has an alternate BMI calculation but it relies on the user to decide if they're "athletic" or not, which I think makes it pretty useless.

Halfjack · October 26, 2007, 03:13:49 PM

I think there's a very important fact embedded in this data when compared with the national average. Gamers are reflexive liars.

Sacrificial Lamb · October 28, 2007, 04:14:48 AM

Quote from: Elliot WilenCorrection: you would have been overweight. But yup, it's a crude measure, if you're muscular it tends to bump you up a level.

That's me. I lift weights. My BMI of 34.4 is misleading, labelling me as "obese". But I have only a moderate amount of fat. Most of me is muscle. I don't know what my bodyfat percentage is, not that it matters. I look good.

shewolf · November 06, 2007, 06:24:35 PM

I've gone up to 20.5. I was an 18.7, but 3 kids plays havoc with the figure

Ian Absentia · November 06, 2007, 11:22:06 PM

Quote from: shewolfI've gone up to 20.5.

So that makes you, what, 6-foot-9 at 191 pounds?

!i!

shewolf · November 07, 2007, 10:42:07 AM

5'6" and 127#

Like I said, I've had 3 kids....and I was 116 when I found out I was carrying my first child.

Kiero · November 17, 2007, 07:20:27 AM

Quote from: Elliot WilenMight look at this site for some alternate measures. Or you could use a calipers to find your fat percentage. One site has an alternate BMI calculation but it relies on the user to decide if they're "athletic" or not, which I think makes it pretty useless.

According to that site, 21.56. I'm 5'10" stuck at 150lbs and athletic.