I was about 200lbs at 5'9 - but 15 lbs overweight according to them. I had PFTs (Physical Fitness Tests) in the 250 out of 300 range consistently. I could do 15-20 pullups, 80 situps in 2 minutes, and run about 20-22 minutes in the 3 mile run. Yet I was on the "Fat Body" program for the last two years I was in.
I am a muscular person, a bit fatter now than I was in the USMC, but still am one of the strongest people I know. Little guys I worked with - who looked perfect in a uniform, and did their PFTs near 300 - were loved but I wouldn't want one of them having to carry me if I got shot in a battle. I'd want me, who could carry all of my stuff, theirs and them as well off the field and go back to fight. It would have taken two guys their size to carry me, but that's not because I was abnormally large.
- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Arnold
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: Cardio (was Atkins)
> At my fittest I was at 18% bodyfat and still over the top
> weight for my height.
I'm wondering who sets these body-weight to height ratios
I'm fairly heavy set (broadish shoulders and chest), so they tend to
class me in the heavier brackets, but it still says I'm about 30ish
pounds over-weight, yet I could lose 10 pounds and be fairly "trim"
They never take into account things like your muscle size
Having met Beth (a couple of years back at DevCon), she's muscular, but
will never get into the "perfect" weight bracket for her height
I'm with Erika on this - some people are meant to be a certain size, and
nothing you can do will make you get to the "defined" weight that people
seem to think is perfect
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