Thursday, January 9th, 2014
It MUST be pointed out that a B.M.I Calculator is not a very good tool to gauge your level of “obesity”. It does not take in to account enough variables. The test I have posted at least tries to take into account male or female and age (at least as children) because most of the tests that I have seen do not. The most important thing that is wrong with the B.M.I Calculator is that it does not take into account muscle mass. How important is muscle mass?
Arnold Schwarzenegger “The Terminator” is also a 7 time Mr. Olympia making him one of the most physically fit people of all time. I do not think too many people would think that in the prime of his career he needed to lose a few pounds, yet, his stats at the time put his height at 5’10” and his COMPETITION weight at 235lbs. Put those numbers in the calculator above and it tells you “33.7 moderately obese”. Now here is the fun part – my B.M.I. is actually LOWER than his! If you want to actually SEE what is wrong with this test you should put a picture of me next to a picture of Arnie at the Mr. Olympia competition – because it pretty obvious. Do your own test and you’ll see.
The point is, that while most of us aren’t bodybuilders, we do each have a certain amount of muscle on us, and that muscle changes the formula. Therefore the test is not accurate and should not be used.
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