Can you suggest a better measuring system instead?
BMI can only give a rough idea of what kind of shape a person is but its easy to calculate.
Pinch test. You measure the fat from certain areas of your body with calipers and then crunch some numbers and you get a guestimate of your body fat%.
A note to everyone that has a little excess fat and is trying to lose it- DON'T USE A SCALE!!! take measurements (waist, arms, legs) and go from there. you could be losing weight but the wrong weight. You don't want to lose fat free mass (muscle) you want to lose fat. the scale can lie. and muscle is heavier than fat.
After recently looking at the photo's of members bikes with my wife one night she made an observation that many of us are , dare i say ......... Middle aged and Overweight :scared: ........... How do stack up
I'm not old or fat. I'm 20, 6ft 1 and am 198.5 lbs of pure rugby power :thumbup:
I'm 5'11'' and 200 pounds, my friend who is a skinny little beeeotch and has 6%body fat says I'm fat but then I just sit on him.:thumbup: