Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Ideal Weight

bobcat80
bobcat80
Posts: 19
Joined: 2002/12/27
Philippines
2002/12/28, 06:56 PM
What would be tha ideal weight is your height is 5'8" or 5'7"?
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2002/12/28, 07:17 PM
If you want to go by health charts an ideal weight would be between 145-165, now here is the but....if you are weight training, it is different. For instance, I am 5'7" I weigh 178 lbs. According to the doctors charts I am overwieght but it is lean muscle mass considering my bf% is 13.
It's a very broad answer. It all depends what you are looking for.

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Ivan Montreal Canada
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2002/12/28, 09:29 PM
No chart takes into account muscle mass. lean tissue weighs more than fat, so alot of very muscular folks fit into the overweight, even obese category. So your answer is we cannot give you one, unless you want to be "average". If so, carivan is right on what your weight should be.

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