97kg, 15.6% body fat
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What is good and bad body fat percentages??<br />
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Mrs Bartman's got some flash scales that do BF percentage, and I was 15.6%. Meaning I have 15.3 kilod of FAT on my 1.81 metre frame!! -
Worth remembering that you need fat on your body to live, eg around your heart. From memory, top athletes get under 10% and can go as low at 3/4% but can't maintain it long as it's so unhealthy.<br />
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10 to 20% is pretty good I think. -
I'll take it then - log that in scotty!!<br />
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Certainlky a far cry from my 118kg days -thank good she didn't have those scales then!! -
Under 15% for a front-row is pretty good. Under 10%, and you're hitting the limits of what you can do. Mate of mine who rowed once hit 4%Â <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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BTW, has Black Dragon been on to you to tell you you should be the next AB no. 8...? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> -
being 1.81m tall, perhaps I would be more suited to halfback... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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Looking at Weepu, you'd need to get the body fat back up again for that. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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15.6 is bloody good for an ectomorph your age Bart. The rather loose classification of 'athlete' is for males whose bodyfat is 12% and under.
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OI, so you're saying I am an old fat bastard RBÂ :knubble:<br />
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Fair enough!!!<br />
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Mrs Bartman's got some flash scales that do BF percentage, and I was 15.6%. Meaning I have 15.3 kilod of FAT on my 1.81 metre frame!!<br />
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Those the scales that work on running a signal through your feet? :-k They can be a little inaccurate Bart but anything under 20% is good
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I choose not to step on such scales :shifty: -
How does it measure your fat %?<br />
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I did the ole BMI thing the other day and it said i was outside of my correct range which for a 6'1.5" chap is 10 stone 13lbs - 13stone 8lbs, the latter half of this although healthy on a BMI scale would seem to be underweight and unwell even. -
[quote name='Fullermorg']<br />
How does it measure your fat %?<br />
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I did the ole BMI thing the other day and it said i was outside of my correct range which for a 6'1.5" chap is 10 stone 13lbs - 13stone 8lbs, the latter half of this although healthy on a BMI scale would seem to be underweight and unwell even.<br />
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Sends an electric pulse through your body and it travels faster through fat than other shite. <br />
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Ignore BMI it's a load of crap. As muscle weights more than fat, if you are even slightly fit it thinks you are fat. Any system that says all people of the same hieght should weigh pretty much the same is overly simplistic. -
yeah, it's one of those scales - which I think are bullshit too, unless they give a good reading <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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BMI - I think I am classed as dangerously obese, even when you put in the athlete type adjustments!! -
Yeah, BMI is crap. Under that, you'd probably find most of the AB backline is borderline obese...
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[quote name='NTA']<br />
[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Mrs Bartman's got some flash scales that do BF percentage, and I was 15.6%. Meaning I have 15.3 kilod of FAT on my 1.81 metre frame!!<br />
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Those the scales that work on running a signal through your feet? :-k They can be a little inaccurate Bart but anything under 20% is good<br />
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I choose not to step on such scales :shifty:<br />
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Yeah I used those new fangled scales a while back and the results surprised me. In fact it weighed me as only 1% BF more than the caliper test I had that morning at the gym. -
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Yeah, BMI is crap. Under that, you'd probably find most of the AB backline is borderline obese...<br />
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I read a story during the 03 World Cup, that accoring to their BMI, Mils was the only All Black not obese. -
[quote name='Milk']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Yeah, BMI is crap. Under that, you'd probably find most of the AB backline is borderline obese...<br />
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I read a story during the 03 World Cup, that accoring to their BMI, Mils was the only All Black not obese.<br />
[/quote]Yep - just did the calculations. At 182cm and 85kg, I'm overweight.<br />
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The likes of Nonu, fit into the obese category. -
BMI makes too many assumptions over body fat percentage and body shape.
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[quote name='Bones']<br />
[quote name='Milk']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Yeah, BMI is crap. Under that, you'd probably find most of the AB backline is borderline obese...<br />
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I read a story during the 03 World Cup, that accoring to their BMI, Mils was the only All Black not obese.<br />
[/quote]Yep - just did the calculations. At 182cm and 85kg, I'm overweight.<br />
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The likes of Nonu, fit into the obese category.<br />
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How obese would the BMI scale say about Stacy Jones?..the guys like 5 ft 6 and must weigh over 80kg's -
[quote name='virgil']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
[quote name='Milk']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Yeah, BMI is crap. Under that, you'd probably find most of the AB backline is borderline obese...<br />
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I read a story during the 03 World Cup, that accoring to their BMI, Mils was the only All Black not obese.<br />
[/quote]Yep - just did the calculations. At 182cm and 85kg, I'm overweight.<br />
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The likes of Nonu, fit into the obese category.<br />
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How obese would the BMI scale say about Stacy Jones?..the guys like 5 ft 6 and must weigh over 80kg's<br />
[/quote]Yep, probably obese. Considering Bones is also my nickname, it's quite ironic I'm overweight.<br />
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Here, go wild...<br />
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I waana try one of those scales
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[quote name='Kirwan']<br />
[quote name='Fullermorg']<br />
How does it measure your fat %?<br />
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I did the ole BMI thing the other day and it said i was outside of my correct range which for a 6'1.5" chap is 10 stone 13lbs - 13stone 8lbs, the latter half of this although healthy on a BMI scale would seem to be underweight and unwell even.<br />
[/quote]<br />
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Sends an electric pulse through your body and it travels faster through fat than other shite. <br />
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Ignore BMI it's a load of crap. As muscle weights more than fat, if you are even slightly fit it thinks you are fat. Any system that says all people of the same hieght should weigh pretty much the same is overly simplistic.<br />
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Wasn't the Body Mass Index created in the 1960's or something without changing? It's so so out of date, it's not funny -
According to this diet show on tv a good ratio of body fat should be 20% for the gents and 25% for the ladies.<br />
Tend to take no notice when i see these so called experst talk about the Body Mass Index..might work well for kids who should be a certain weight for their age and height but no bloodygood if you build up muscle. -
Weighted in for the first time for 5 weeks this morning and pleasantly surprised. After rowing about half my usual milage for the last month, came in at 98 kilos, and 14& body fat.<br />
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So gained a kilo, but lost 1.6% body fat.<br />
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I'll buy that for a dollarÂ
