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BradPollard
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20 Mar 2011, 2:16 pm

How much do you guys think a 5 ''7'' 16 1/2 teenage male weigh.



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20 Mar 2011, 3:27 pm

The overweight threshold for that height is about 160 pounds, so less than 160 pounds.


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22 Mar 2011, 1:20 am

It really depends on your percent body fat (about 15-25% is ideal). I like to use body fat to gauge health because height/weight ratios can be misleading if you happen to be muscular. You can get a body fat scale for like 20 bucks at Target. I don't even look at my weight anymore, I just know that I can't get above 20% if I want to keep riding my bike.


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23 Mar 2011, 12:26 am

I dont know exactly, maybe 140?



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23 Mar 2011, 4:05 am

rabidmonkey4262 wrote:
It really depends on your percent body fat (about 15-25% is ideal). I like to use body fat to gauge health because height/weight ratios can be misleading if you happen to be muscular. You can get a body fat scale for like 20 bucks at Target. I don't even look at my weight anymore, I just know that I can't get above 20% if I want to keep riding my bike.


A body fat scale? Are we talking calipers or are we talking a scale that you input height and weigh yourself on? Because that's not fat that's BMI and having a high BMI just means you've got more of something on your body than a normal healthy person your height. The scale doesn't know how much of that is fat, muscle or bone. Also you're ripping yourself off if you're paying for a special scale to get BMI.


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23 Mar 2011, 10:23 am

Pistonhead wrote:
A body fat scale? Are we talking calipers or are we talking a scale that you input height and weigh yourself on? Because that's not fat that's BMI and having a high BMI just means you've got more of something on your body than a normal healthy person your height. The scale doesn't know how much of that is fat, muscle or bone. Also you're ripping yourself off if you're paying for a special scale to get BMI.


Neither, calipers are inaccurate and it's hard to test on yourself; and I'm not talking about a regular scale. How it works is you stand on the metal part and the scale passes an electrical current through your body. Fat is a poor conductor, while the rest of your body is more efficient at conducting electricity. The scale uses electricity to gauge your body density. The scale takes this number and uses a formula to convert that density figure to a body fat-exclusive figure. Obviously that last step is where the discrepancy can occur, but it's far more effective than measuring BMI. BMI is a really poor way of measuring fitness because a really muscular person would be considered "overweight" by BMI comparisons, but a body fat scale accounts for this, so you're more likely to get an accurate representation of your health. If I wanted BMI I could just go on the internet and get it for free.


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23 Mar 2011, 11:50 am

BMI is BS in many cases. If I calculate mine, I'm about 25 lbs overweight... But my body fat is BELOW 5%, which is unbelievably low for a 44-year-old man. This is a current picture of my "overweight belly"....

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24 Mar 2011, 6:18 pm

Your nipples look pierced



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26 Mar 2011, 6:55 pm

They're probably just snap on rings for nipple weight lifting.



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27 Mar 2011, 12:52 pm

Nim wrote:
They're probably just snap on rings for nipple weight lifting.


Nope... 4 gauge piercings!

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28 Mar 2011, 4:15 pm

Oh yay, I just found another obsession. HAHA Just kidding. Nice abs, though. :)