As consolation for being the biggest guy I always got to carry the M60
during the FTXs... :-)
will
Matthew Small wrote:
> I had to fight that image the entire time I was in the USMC.
>
> 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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