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Looking around, I couldn’t see much alternative to BMI although various caution about it’s application for everyone.
On a personal level, I’m not convinced by it as if I take it at face value I’ve been overweight if not obese since I was about 12. And, not for reasons of vanity or perceived henchness, that’s not feeling accurate as in early 20s I was definitely skinny and running 5k in under 17 minutes and a marathon in a shade over 3 hours (hunblebrag although not intended to be).
In more practical terms, looking at the BMI range is very non-motivating for me as, even if going slightly over the top end, it feels unrealistic. I guess I just need to find a target that I’m comfortable with and praise myself on being an outlier that the BMI can’t cope with.
Big_Ted-
You seem aware enough of your size and weight, and how it related to your fitness/health to seem like you don’t need a measurement system to guide you. Like, if you know BMI doesn’t fit your build, and where your weight has been in the past etc, what’s stopping you from calculating your own target weight?
What exactly are you after?
For example, at 5’9 “ Healthy weight range for your height:
56.7kg - 76.6kg” according to BMI, which seems mad to me considering that I’m 80-81kg in this photo and I don’t appear to be 5kg overweight.
Now I could beat myself down to 76.6, or I could accept that 81kg is probably reasonable and there isn’t really an equation to get that figure.
Nef
Actually BMI isn't bad for a 'range'.
More muscley types (myself included) might be a couple of kilos over the top end of healthy range for the height.
As an example for men:
5 foot 4 - 49.2kg - 66.4kg
5 foot 6 - 52.2kg - 70.6kg
5 foot 9 - 56.7kg-76.6kg
6 foot - 62kg - 83.7kg
6 foot 3 - 67.5kg - 91.2kg
The lower weight seems super low to me but I've never been a thin build.
You can be super lean and hench at the top end of the weights, or very chubby, depending on how much muscle you have.