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Great blog post: BMI & Scale are liars!
ladyace2078
Posts: 460 Member
http://www.misszoot.com/2012/06/19/where-i-finally-learn-the-lessons-about-the-scale-and-bmi-that-you-all-accepted-a-long-time-ago-part-1/#comment-899711
Comparison pictures of what being fit means and why BMI is terrible indicator of fitness and why it really is true that the scale is a lying liar.
Comparison pictures of what being fit means and why BMI is terrible indicator of fitness and why it really is true that the scale is a lying liar.
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What a great read! Thanks for posting. My eyes have really been opened lately to the impact that fitness and strength training have on shaping our bodies. I think I need to discard my "goal weight" and aim for a "goal body fat %".0
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agree, and that makes me think of this http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=muscle+weighs+more+than+fat&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADFA_enCA414&biw=1280&bih=791&tbm=isch&tbnid=iy_sG_LtaeH9OM:&imgrefurl=http://pinterest.com/xraygurl/healthy-shat/&docid=_yqvd7pnO5jQoM&imgurl=http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/100205160428611430_M6S13k4A_b.jpg&w=191&h=299&ei=C5zgT-OVBaji0gHk4umDDg&zoom=1
also, seriously every bodybuilder would be considered extremely obese!!
bodyfat is the best way to measure "healthy weight" in my opinion.0 -
Great article!! Definitely need to share that one with a couple people I know.
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