Comments on: Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? http://bruner.net/2006/12/28/does-this-blog-make-me-look-fat/ All Bruner, All the Time* Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:25:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: henrycopeland http://bruner.net/2006/12/28/does-this-blog-make-me-look-fat/#comment-708 henrycopeland Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:00:43 +0000 http://bruner.net/2006/12/28/does-this-blog-make-me-look-fat/#comment-708 at (a slimmish) 182 and 5 feet 11 and 1/2 inches, i'm weighing in heavily on your side of the debate. at (a slimmish) 182 and 5 feet 11 and 1/2 inches, i’m weighing in heavily on your side of the debate.

]]> By: masterlock http://bruner.net/2006/12/28/does-this-blog-make-me-look-fat/#comment-707 masterlock Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:58:33 +0000 http://bruner.net/2006/12/28/does-this-blog-make-me-look-fat/#comment-707 Rick, I've been following your writing for a while -- great stuff. Just to beat on BMI further, I would add that the calculations are based on absolute mass and do not take into account bodyfat (BF) percentage. At 5' 8", I walk around at about 170 lbs. and 12-14% (BF), which places me about "normal" via BMI calculations. When I was competing in sports, I weighed 225 at 8% BF and was "severly overweight"! Ridiculous. My thighs may have been chafing, but I wasn't obese. The FDA and governmental council on nutrition are a joke, as all of their suggestions are based on the nutritional needs of the "average" sedentary American, who is clinically obese. Walk through Philly sometime for a good 365 rotoscope of morbid obesity. That is who the good ol' government is using as a measuring stick. Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) are not ideal quantities for maximum physical performance but the minimums necessary to prevent disease! If any decent weekend warrior gets just 80g of protein per day (often prescribed without reference to lean bodyweight), their body will eat itself. Hello, catabolism. Sorry about the rant, but this topic is a sore spot for me. I have worked with about 50 pro or Olympic athletes and have seen inside the machine. Misinformation from ignorance is bad enough, but the pre-meditated dissemination of disinformation to suit lobbying interests is just atrocious. Rick, I’ve been following your writing for a while — great stuff. Just to beat on BMI further, I would add that the calculations are based on absolute mass and do not take into account bodyfat (BF) percentage. At 5′ 8″, I walk around at about 170 lbs. and 12-14% (BF), which places me about “normal” via BMI calculations. When I was competing in sports, I weighed 225 at 8% BF and was “severly overweight”! Ridiculous. My thighs may have been chafing, but I wasn’t obese.

The FDA and governmental council on nutrition are a joke, as all of their suggestions are based on the nutritional needs of the “average” sedentary American, who is clinically obese. Walk through Philly sometime for a good 365 rotoscope of morbid obesity. That is who the good ol’ government is using as a measuring stick.

Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) are not ideal quantities for maximum physical performance but the minimums necessary to prevent disease! If any decent weekend warrior gets just 80g of protein per day (often prescribed without reference to lean bodyweight), their body will eat itself. Hello, catabolism.

Sorry about the rant, but this topic is a sore spot for me. I have worked with about 50 pro or Olympic athletes and have seen inside the machine. Misinformation from ignorance is bad enough, but the pre-meditated dissemination of disinformation to suit lobbying interests is just atrocious.

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