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[–] o0shad0o 1 point 7 points (+8|-1) ago  (edited ago)

BMI is flawed. It doesn't account for muscle vs fat. But with a few exceptions there's only so far off it can be.

Exceptions include body builders - guy on the left is 305 lbs at 5'11" - and a few people who simply don't exercise at all despite not eating much.

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[–] squirrelette ago 

Usually an exception will be if you lift and are only a few pounds out of the healthy range (exception is bodybuilders).

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[–] ButterBeater9000 ago 

It's funny that he's pretending Arnie didn't use roids. The dude is my hero, but let's not bullshit ourselves.

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[–] KrillinIsTheWorst 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The answer is steroids. Arnold Schwarzenegger did use steroids, but in much smaller doses than today and only 2 months per year.

It literally says he did. I only skimmed the article but it seemed to be making the point that he didn't use as much, not that he didn't use any.

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[–] Shitlord2016 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I think that Arnold has even admitted he used steroids. I think the problem is that people don't understand how steroids work. They aren't some magic medicine that makes you look jacked, you still have to put hours and hours in at the gym. Steroids simply help you recover faster so you can work even harder. Basically steroids aren't for lazy people because they wouldn't do them any good.

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[–] Sellyoulight 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It could be argued that BMI is “flawed”, but I think it’s more incomplete than anything else. For an evaluation of a persons condition, I think using a combination of BMI, body fat %, waist/height ratio and waist/hip ratio gives a far better eval that nobody could argue with.

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[–] ChineseCaptcha 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

There are more exceptions, however the problem is that BMI is normally too conservative i.e. telling people that they are still metabolically healthy when they are not. The reverse happens for a very few men who are doing body building, for women it basically never occurs.

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[–] 8129308? 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Lol, the "impossible body we are expected to aspire to" is exactly my height and weight.

I don't really think of my weight much, and use my pants (some of which I've had since high school) as a guide, and hardly every weigh myself, let alone "obsess" over it. But I guess I really shouldn't exist because my body is impossible to get.

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[–] Phillyshitlord 0 points 39 points (+39|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The fats concept of "fat/obese/morbidly obese" is so skewed due to so many people being fat. They don't understand that if the average person is classified as "fat" that doesn't change the medical definition of fat.

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[–] Sellyoulight 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Correct, and even worse is their damn “I know I’m a fat fuck, I’m never going to do anything about it, I’m proud of it, medically and scientifically validated good advice can go to hell and I’m going to do everything I can to be a bad example and encourage others to become physical train wrecks like me” attitude. The way the fats promote bad physical condition and bad health never ceases to amaze.

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[–] theepilepticferret ago 

It's even worse when they do it to kids

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[–] dontdoxxmebro 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

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