Coal Dragger
member
While that chart is useful it does not take into account body fat percentages. By that standard many athletes are overweight just by muscle mass.
If I dropped say 20lbs down to 180lbs, I would still technically by overweight on that chart for a 5'10" male but I would be absolutely ripped. I work out pretty frequently both cardio, and weight training 3-4 days a week. Now I'll admit that I've gained 15lbs since I got out of the Marine Corps, and that is distressing.... but I can still do 15-18 pull ups, over 100 push ups, at least 100 crunches, plus I still do a lot of cycling. My running days are over though since I blew up my L5/S1 here about a month ago. Getting old sucks, and not being 22 and invincible is a tough wake-up call. Good goal to lose the 15lbs though, maybe I should take swimming back up...... hmmmm.
If I dropped say 20lbs down to 180lbs, I would still technically by overweight on that chart for a 5'10" male but I would be absolutely ripped. I work out pretty frequently both cardio, and weight training 3-4 days a week. Now I'll admit that I've gained 15lbs since I got out of the Marine Corps, and that is distressing.... but I can still do 15-18 pull ups, over 100 push ups, at least 100 crunches, plus I still do a lot of cycling. My running days are over though since I blew up my L5/S1 here about a month ago. Getting old sucks, and not being 22 and invincible is a tough wake-up call. Good goal to lose the 15lbs though, maybe I should take swimming back up...... hmmmm.