| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
mho
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Posts: 9577
Location: going round the banking
|
 Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:15 pm Post subject: BMI Index |
 |
|
I'm 5ft 7, weigh 11st 3.
BMI is 23/24.
According to the NHS I'm at the upper end of what is acceptable.
I'm carrying a bit round the middle (well I'm 45) compare to when I was a youngster. However by no stretch of the imagination am I overweight
in a layman's eyes.
So is this BMI really all it's cracked up to be?
DIUCBA |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Tucker
Tour Winner
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 15722
Location: Swindon
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Its at best a guide, innit? It needs to be something that the average person can understand, just like the 5-a-day fruit thing.
20.3 - avit. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Roy Gardiner
T de F Winner
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
Posts: 21249
Location: London and Essex
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Using BMI, Sir Chris is morbidly obese, according to urban legend.
The fitter and more muscular you are, the worse it is.
Body fat index is a little better.
Latest newspaper bolleaux (Times today) is that the oldest of all -- simple waist measurement -- is the best indicator.
_________________
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
"Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult." Carl Von Clausewitz |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Chrissylaa
E, Gold
Joined: 17 Apr 2009
Posts: 3382
Location: On a hillside desolate.
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Mine was 25.9 last time i got weighed.
Asked the nurse "do i look overweight" and she couldn't answer.
I think a lot of cyclists have bigger legs than the rest of the population and this skews it a bit.
i've got decent muscle definition and you can probably count all of my ribs quite easily!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ed2001
E, Silver
Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 1081
Location: Manchester so much to answer for
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
age 44 BMI 20.7 result 
Although I'm pretty sure it's all  .
_________________
Enjoy every sandwich. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Rich Hill
Tour Winner
Joined: 15 Aug 2002
Posts: 15188
Location: Coventry
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: BMI Index |
|
|
| mho wrote: |
I'm 5ft 7, weigh 11st 3.
BMI is 23/24.
According to the NHS I'm at the upper end of what is acceptable.
I'm carrying a bit round the middle (well I'm 45) compare to when I was a youngster. However by no stretch of the imagination am I overweight
in a layman's eyes.
So is this BMI really all it's cracked up to be?
DIUCBA |
Pile o'shyte. My doctor always gets me to be weighed and gets upset because my weight fluctuates... Here's the deal - I ride a lot in Summer and not so much in winter - your the Dr. do the Physics!! For me to be slap bang in the middle of my BMI i need to weigh something like 11stone. I haven't been eleven since I was 17/18.....
_________________
Imagination is the war against reality.... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mho
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Posts: 9577
Location: going round the banking
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: BMI Index |
|
|
| Rich Hill wrote: |
| Pile o'shyte. My doctor always gets me to be weighed and gets upset because my weight fluctuates... Here's the deal - I ride a lot in Summer and not so much in winter - your the Dr. do the Physics!! For me to be slap bang in the middle of my BMI i need to weigh something like 11stone. I haven't been eleven since I was 17/18..... |
I'm in a similar position. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mattr
World Champ
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Posts: 12647
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I'm just fat. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tucker
Tour Winner
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 15722
Location: Swindon
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:12 am Post subject: Re: BMI Index |
|
|
| Rich Hill wrote: |
| mho wrote: |
I'm 5ft 7, weigh 11st 3.
BMI is 23/24.
According to the NHS I'm at the upper end of what is acceptable.
I'm carrying a bit round the middle (well I'm 45) compare to when I was a youngster. However by no stretch of the imagination am I overweight
in a layman's eyes.
So is this BMI really all it's cracked up to be?
DIUCBA |
Pile o'shyte. My doctor always gets me to be weighed and gets upset because my weight fluctuates... Here's the deal - I ride a lot in Summer and not so much in winter - your the Dr. do the Physics!! For me to be slap bang in the middle of my BMI i need to weigh something like 11stone. I haven't been eleven since I was 17/18..... |
Questions:
1. Why would a medical doctor "do" physics?
2. Why don't you eat less in the winter when you is not riding your bike? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dave Griffiths
E, Silver
Joined: 20 Jun 2005
Posts: 1181
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:57 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Chrissylaa wrote: |
Mine was 25.9 last time i got weighed.
Asked the nurse "do i look overweight" and she couldn't answer.
I think a lot of cyclists have bigger legs than the rest of the population and this skews it a bit.
i've got decent muscle definition and you can probably count all of my ribs quite easily!!! |
I've always understood that muscle weighs a lot more than fat. So well trained bodies could look good and yet register a high BMI. I now weigh exactly the same as in my racing days yet I cannot put on and button up one of my suit jackets from the 1980's, let alone the 1960's.
Height now 5'-8", weight 10st 4 lbs, actual waist 35". I guess that I now have a 'low muscle mass'. 
I'm the 'skinny one' 2nd left, Helyett, behind John Woodburn, with Dennis Tarr to right. From Isle of Man Pro Race, 1962.
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tucker
Tour Winner
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 15722
Location: Swindon
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| QUALLA photo - looking buff. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
legro
Moderator
Joined: 28 Feb 2002
Posts: 28780
Location: Colchester
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
great picture Dave what a star
_________________
www.mastercoach.co.uk
NLP Practitioner
Fear leads to anger....Anger leads to Stress......Stress leads to Doobies...and Doobies leads to Twinkies
The spirit of Brian must live on
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KJ
T de F Winner
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 26400
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Great legs. Not surprised you left the baby VRers behind  on the Pink weekend. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dave Griffiths
E, Silver
Joined: 20 Jun 2005
Posts: 1181
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| legro wrote: |
| great picture Dave what a star |
Gosh  comments to die for, guys and dolls, thankyou.
Truly NOT a star, but I put the effort in and was 'there' at some great moments which, looking back, is far better than having just read about it. I don't regret 'having a go'.
I found that Helyett bike 'interesting'. Was VERY disappointed when I was first given it. With 31" inside leg length, I'd generally ridden a 22" (54cm) or 22.5" frame and this one was probably a 56cm. The headtube is quite long, in the photo, but, the 'ride and handling' was really great. Best I ever had, in those days. It was a standard Helyett team bike, which meant it had the same kit as Anquetil though there were stories that those guys had personally built frames, sprayed in team colours, but that would have probably been the only difference. How different things are today! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dogma Dave
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 6714
Location: God's Own County
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
| The oldest of all -- simple waist measurement -- is the best indicator. |
The British Heart Foundation share that view. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dogma Dave
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 6714
Location: God's Own County
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| legro wrote: |
| great picture Dave what a star |
What Legro said.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Roy Gardiner
T de F Winner
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
Posts: 21249
Location: London and Essex
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Dave Griffiths wrote: |
I'm the 'skinny one' 2nd left, Helyett, behind John Woodburn, with Dennis Tarr to right. From Isle of Man Pro Race, 1962.
|
Yeah but who's the geezer behind Mr Tarr with the TOP wooly on?
_________________
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
"Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult." Carl Von Clausewitz |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dave Griffiths
E, Silver
Joined: 20 Jun 2005
Posts: 1181
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yeah but who's the geezer behind Mr Tarr with the TOP wooly on?
Funny that ...... but I don't recall his name 
He was skipping about, handing Dennis a bottle, guess he was a Condor Man!
Another guy collecting empties.
Which other riders can you spot and name? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tucker
Tour Winner
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 15722
Location: Swindon
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
1. The guy in the wooly jumper has no legs. Fact.
2. The guy in front of him is the shortest man in the world. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mattr
World Champ
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Posts: 12647
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Tucker wrote: |
1. The guy in the wooly jumper has no legs. Fact.
2. The guy in front of him is the shortest man in the world. |
also looks like a set up for Viz, "up the ärse" corner |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
