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Race Standings

Just Give me the Number

8 Oct 2012

Last week I stepped on the scale at the gym and was horrified to see that I had lost four pounds since I had last stepped on the scales.  I hate that. It means I'm getting fatter.

Fact: I would like to weigh 15 lbs. more than I do right now.
Fact: Right now I weigh 15 lbs. more than the charts say I should.
Fact: The charts don't give you the information that's really meaningful

Anyone who weighs what I'm supposed to weigh can't bench press a shop broom without a spotter.

Weight is the most common number you think about when you're measuring how fat you are. It's easy. It's one number.

How much you weigh is one indicator that can help you determine how fit you are. But if you are getting fit, at some point that number is going to confuse what you're trying to do. When you get close to where you need to be, a loss in weight means you're losing ground and gaining fat.

You have to look at more factors.

Someone tried to fix that by introducing the BMI. The BMI is more complex than just weight, but just as worthless. Actually,...

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