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To: PROCON
This needs to be addressed immediately . . . zero slack given!!!
4 posted on 12/24/2017 11:04:59 AM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA it's a beautiful thing!!!)
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To: rhubarbk

Come-on, who has time for physical fitness when they were too busy with hours of Diversity training under 0bama?


7 posted on 12/24/2017 11:07:45 AM PST by PROCON (Merry Christmas and Happy Trump Year!)
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To: rhubarbk
Any fitness evaluation that includes body fat assessment or BMI are subject to wide variations from the "norm" that don't necessarily mean someone is either "fit or unfit".

Both criteria are based on a statistical average across an entire population that possibly includes international inputs. Imagine, for example a UN approved worldwide BMI standard based on a 6' somali averaged with a 6' German to judge what a 6' American should be.

Extreme cases I encountered while in the USAF were a bodybuilder in our shop that easily weighed 260 lbs and was 5'10". He didn't have an ounce of fat but had to have a waiver for his height/weight ratio after every physical. We had another troop that was 6'4" and 165 lbs soaking wet and also, not an ounce of fat. He had extreme troubles lifting a 50 lb tool box but was considered "fit".

That being said, walking around the mall you can see we have a problem with many grossly overweight people in this country. About 50% I saw this weekend were way over the top. Yet shouldn't they be driving the statistical "normal" used for medical evaluations?

22 posted on 12/24/2017 11:27:27 AM PST by pfflier
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