How much do the 6' tall men weigh?

I'm not 6'...I'm 5'10" and am "sporty" and athletic with decent muscle mass...not big by any means, just a fit athletic build. High end of BMI for me is 174. I maintain at 180ish at around 15% BF. I've gotten as low as 173 when I was doing endurance cycling and I was very lean...around 10%. In high school I was at the very low end of BMI and I was just skinny...no fat and not much muscle either...mostly skin and bone except for my legs. In my 20s I was typically in the 165-170 range...neither skinny, nor fat with regular Joe Schmoe muscle mass. I was physically active, but I didn't really workout or engage in activities that required me to move weight around and build muscle...so I was just "normal". In my 30s I started putting on weight...mostly fat, but some muscle to move that fat body around. I lost 40 Lbs at the end of 2012 through spring of 2013...started lifting in January of 2013 and have been lifting fairly regularly since then and have put on a decent amount of muscle. With my current build, I would have to burn muscle mass to get into the mid range of BMI for my height, which obviously I wouldn't do. My profile picture is me at around 183 Lbs. 15% BF for me is just kind of a sweet spot in terms of aesthetics and ease of maintenance...lower than that and it becomes more difficult for me to maintain...much higher and I don't appreciate the aesthetics.

One of my really good friends is 6'. He's around 165, but he has a pretty slight, lanky build without much fat and not particularly muscular either...definitely not "heroin" thin but not any kind of athletic or "I workout" look either.

One of the reasons I never had a goal weight when losing was because I didn't know how I'd look at a particular weight or what my BF% would be at a particular weight. I knew I wanted to be around 15%ish and that's about it...I had no idea what that weight would be as my build had changed considerably from high school, through my 20s and then through my 30s.

While it is very uncommon to be obese as per BMI and still be at a healthy BF%, it is fairly common for males in particular to be slightly overweight as per BMI but at a healthy BF% if they are active and regularly engage in activities that require moving weight around and aren't "elite" lean. If I'm you're husband, I'm more concerned with having a healthy BF% than being a particular weight...he likely won't know what that weight is until he gets there anyway.

I know a number of MMA fighters and several of them are 6' and under 180lbs. Welterweight for MMA tops out at 170lbs, and there have been many 6' men in that category. In boxing 175lbs is considered "light heavyweight" and the average height in that division is close to 6' I believe.

Up to 200lbs is considered "heavyweight" and above 200 is "super heavy weight."

One of my exes was 6'2" and a competitive football player and weighed about 175lbs, and another ex was a professional soccer player, just under 6' and weighed just under 160.

Cristiano Ronaldo is 6'1" and 180lbs, and he's pretty bulky for a soccer player.

So yes, for men with low body fat, 6' and under 180lbs is not uncommon at all. But even an extra inch of body fat all over can weigh a ton because their frames are so big, so relatively low amounts of extra fat add up to a huge amount of extra pounds. Which is why a pretty normal looking 6' guy might have 20-30lbs on a really lean guy of the same height.

jelleigh wrote: »

He's always been on the overweight side and so I'm having a hard time imagining him in the BMI range of 136-184?...... And his brother who, although 6' is a much much smaller framed guy and is pretty slim and he's like 185.

Our eyes deceive and it is FAR from uncommon to be deceived! With very clear conscience I can swear to you that I fully believed myself to be "big boned", that normal weight was far from a possibility, and that being "big boned" was one of the reasons I was closer to 300lbs than 250.

Now being in the normal weight range, usually at a point somewhere between BMI of 23.5 and 24.2, wearing medium shirts and size 32 pants I can tell you that:

a) not only am I NOT "big boned"; but I am either normal or SMALL framed.
b) I am NOT particularly lean and I could EASILY stay the same weight while gaining muscle and reducing fat, IF I were willing to do the work.

Is it possible that if your husband is genetically gifted and has been hitting the weight rooms (or been engaged in work that requires heavy lifting), is it POSSIBLE that a BMI of 27 or so (in the low overweight range in other words) would still represent a healthy fat % for him? Sure. It IS.

But I wouldn't worry too much before then.

If you want to consider a well thought out adjusted BMI figure, one that takes into account age, you can check out smartbmi.com.

If you want to judge whether you're currently at a relatively risk free fat percentage, and you distrust BMI because you believe yourself to be an outlier, the easiest way to confirm your lack of concern is by checking out your Waist to Height Ratio.

A good explanation can be found: https://www.mdapp.co/waist-to-height-ratio-whtr-calculator-433/
When lining up the tape between your bottom rib and the top of the iliac bone, it is probably easiest to have another person helping, or to use a mirror to ensure the tape is fairly straight.

If waist to height says you're normal weight... and BMI says overweight... I would probably believe waist to height.

If both say you're overweight and you believe you're not, I would say that to your own self be true... but you are probably still, medically, overweight, even if you're happy to be so!

For a height of 6'0", a healthy BMI weight range would be 136-184 pounds. That is as good a starting point as any.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html

Hubby is 6' and weighs 204. His dr. called him obese. I don't think he took that well.

I'm 6'4". At my heaviest I was 210. Currently, I'm maintaining at 187 - 190. I got as low as 180, but did not like how I felt being so lean. I began lifting 4 years ago and that has significantly changed my body composition. I would estimate I'm roughly 15% body fat based on the mirror. As an older dude, I can't strongly recommend a structured lifting program enough. Mostly for functional fitness, strong bones, ligaments, etc.