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Originally Posted by csu87
That's why the BMI chart isn't used in the medical community.
And the body builders that compete, are in the single digits. I'm just a guy that's been lifting for years
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It is used, unfortunately not for what it was intended. It was designed for population studies not judging individuals. So if we take your claimed 196lbs and average height of men in US of 5'9.5", that's BMI of 28.7 which is borderline obese. It clearly shows that number was completely wrong and should be around 145lbs instead. This is actually something that BMI is good for.
Where did you get 15% from btw?