25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their health

Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by nonameiguess on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:09PM (#30074441)

This is really not true outside of extreme non-weight class strength athletes. I'm 6'2" and would need to hit 195 lbs before 25 BMI, which is where "overweight" starts. That's roughly Chris Evans at peak Captain American shape. How many people in any randomly selected group do you think are really more muscular than Captain America and that accounts for why their BMI is high? I'd need to be 234 to hit 30 and qualify as "obese." At that point, you're barely short of peak Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is not achievable without getting fat unless you're taking a lot of anabolic steroids.

And yes, heavyweight boxing champs and NFL linebackers do it, but it just goes to show what a joke PED testing is in most pro sports leagues.

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Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by smileysteve on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:47PM (#30076127)

> That's roughly Chris Evans at peak Captain American shape

> At that point, you're barely short of peak Arnold Schwarzenegger

Both of these examples are the low side of healthy body fat % though (as evidenced by impressively visible abs), approaching 10%; Where 15% body fat is 50% more than visible abs, and still very healthy.

Stallone could be an example though https://bodywhat.com/?v=ah9a486f 17.8% body fat at 5'10, 27.8 bmi (at age 38)

Vin Diesel @ 50 is not a bad option either for a 6' bmi obese (30.5), muscular, movie star (that isn't a body builder) https://www.bodywhat.com/?1=5h9cfjk7&2=39fkk0o3

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