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To: Zack Attack

A running back with less than 10% body fat would be considered overweight by BMI standards.


9 posted on 05/23/2014 10:46:49 AM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: Zuse
My senior year of high school I was 5'-10", weighed 185# and ate everything in site.

I had about 8% body fat.

I had a 30" waist and 44" chest.

I ran 5-10 miles a day, depending on the day.
And seriously lifted weights for 1 hour a day.

We had something called the Iron Man Club at school. Numerous lifts and running events. Some for raw strength, some for endurance, some for time.

For my weight class, I was the only person, my year, to place in all categories.

I had a friend in HS, 5 years later who said my name was still on the board, in a number of categories.

During my senior year, I had an injury that required me to go to the ER. I had a little oriental doctor, maybe 5'-6", who told me 185# was too heavy for my height and told me I should lose 15-20#.

I took of my shirt, which I wore oversized and told the doctor my body fat %, then asked him where he'd like me to lose the weight from.

Up until I hit 40, I could never buy a complete suit, always individual pieces, except if the place would cut out the seams of the pants and virtually remake the pants.

(I don't have that problem anymore.)

29 posted on 05/23/2014 11:48:27 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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