re: It's not their fault they're fat! NPR edition

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because they dont. Last study i saw estimated only 12% of the population does any form of resistance training atleast once per week and less than 10% lift weights once a week

if less than 10% of your population is doing any form of lifting what do you expect. Less than 5% are actually lifting weights in a progessive manner consistenly enough to accumulate any real muscle, atleast enough to throw off the BMI to any significant degree


so bmi is accurate for 90-95% of the population

why would we not use it to track the population as a whole?

all the guys in here talk about looking like a skeleton at certain weights, yet would love to look like they did in HS.....newsflash....that skeleton look you talk about....thats the look you had in HS and you didnt look like a skeleton, you looked in shape.

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These guys have no idea how hard it is to get big. During Covid I did a ton of running since the gyms were closed, and since I've worked hard on my strength. I've gained 15 lbs and put like 50 lbs on my squat, for example, and was already lifting before that. My BMI is between 25 and 26. If you are going to be lean at 28 or 29 BMI, you're going to be massive and you are going to be doing a shite ton of volume, not going to a Planet Fitness 3 days a week for 45 minutes.

These guys have no clue.

I definitely fall into the obese category 5'8 215 now...was around 235. I changed my portions up, limited soft drinks to basically a few bourbons a week, and started working out again. I lost 10 pounds in a hurry.

Now I'm intermittent fasting and it's worked well for me. Super easy and it keeps me from being a fatass in breakfast or lunch. I do eat a nice breakfast on Saturdays with the family. Overall I'm 15 pounds down and working my way toward 190.

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Last study i saw estimated only 12% of the population does any form of resistance training atleast once per week and less than 10% lift weights once a week

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What in the actual frick? If that number is even remotely true frick all you losers that want your healthcare paid for just for exisiting.

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I know a lot of doctors, but I don’t know a single obese doctor

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really? I know a few obese doctors

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What in the actual frick? If that number is even remotely true frick all you losers that want your healthcare paid for just for exisiting.

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it was actually 8.9% in 2016 LINK

the above was dept of labor so prolly more accurate

this one by gallup of 1000 people(56% women) had 15% atleast twice per week LINK


but how many of that actually even lift anything more than a 5lbs dumbbell? how many truely train?


just look at the OT, make a thread...i bet less than 20% say they lifted weights atleast 2x per week every week for the last 3-4 months. thats just 2x per week and its almost all guys on here.

make a thread and see for yourself.

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These guys have no idea how hard it is to get big. During Covid I did a ton of running since the gyms were closed, and since I've worked hard on my strength. I've gained 15 lbs and put like 50 lbs on my squat, for example, and was already lifting before that. My BMI is between 25 and 26. If you are going to be lean at 28 or 29 BMI, you're going to be massive and you are going to be doing a shite ton of volume, not going to a Planet Fitness 3 days a week for 45 minutes.

These guys have no clue.

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exactly. then they are suddenly shocked when they have a body fat test done. If you FFMI isnt in the 22+ catagory, you are not throwing the BMI off

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Ehh most of my veggies are canned (light sodium) or frozen. I’m not obese. I waste too much if it’s fresh because I just can’t eat it fast enough

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I don't really eat a lot of veggies except Kale and Cauliflower. I'm on restricted carb but enjoy Kale. I'm on the kick of not only limiting my intake of processed foods, but either growing them myself or knowing the farmer who does. I screwed up and grew 25 kale plants hydroponically thinking I would eat them all. I didn't eat half of them because they kept growing and growing.

But I did grab them and use them as rabbit feed to feed my meat rabbits and chickens. So while we're out here trying to grow our own, the fatasses are the ones buying $350 of crap from the grocery store on EBT. 'Food insecurity' is a myth in the United States. They have more access to fresh produce than we do because to them it's free. Trust me... they're out there with full carts while the people having to pay for both carts are buying minimal items. Poor EBT people having to buy fast food and order DoorDash.

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These guys have no idea how hard it is to get big. During Covid I did a ton of running since the gyms were closed, and since I've worked hard on my strength. I've gained 15 lbs and put like 50 lbs on my squat, for example, and was already lifting before that. My BMI is between 25 and 26. If you are going to be lean at 28 or 29 BMI, you're going to be massive and you are going to be doing a shite ton of volume, not going to a Planet Fitness 3 days a week for 45 minutes.

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This!

perkins is listed at 6'2 220 lb (28 bmi)



jack bech 6'2 215 lbs (27.6 bmi)

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by WoWyHi

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