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Confused about waist size

ioioio Posts: 302 Joined: 2004/01/29	2004/01/31, 05:36 PM my waist is 73 cm, my bodyfat is 18% according to the site's results. I am only 13 and i am wondering if 73 cm for my waist is a bit too much at my age???
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/01/31, 07:26 PM a 28 eight inch waist depending on your height is not bad at all. When I was 13 I had a 48 inch waiste. -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
Ashunboy Posts: 116 Joined: 2003/05/07	2004/02/01, 02:57 AM wher do u go on the site to check your body fat percentage?
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/01, 03:48 AM Do get a good reading on body fat percentage you need to have a caliper to test it. A calculator cant tell you that. lets say im a body builder 6'4 350 lbs I put that into one of thoose calculators it will tell me my % body fat is really high when in truth i am only 5%. Did that make sense? -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
ioioio Posts: 302 Joined: 2004/01/29	2004/02/01, 03:57 AM Well the site's calculator isn't really good. You should check out the one's on yahoo. They ask you about waist size, hips, wrists everything, they are totally awesome!!!
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/01, 05:11 AM But yet again to get a exact reading you need a trainer or doctor to use the calipers on you. Do you listen to your elders you man lol good luck - Mike -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/02/01, 11:21 AM The sites bf calculator is based on a formula, and this formula is hard to apply to everyone. Some folks waist for instance is a certain size, and with no fat on it. But,if that waist size doesn't go down, the bodyfat calculator will still show pretty much the same, even though you are definitely losing bodyfat. For instance, my waist with a tape never goes below, 31 or so, but I can wear 29 jeans and my bodyfat is at 5% at my last competition. It is tough to come up with a "one size fits all" formula. We do our best. Calipers are the most accurate way to do it. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
Bor1s Posts: 22 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/01/12, 01:14 AM 1.Is body fat % and waist size the same thing? 2.Can i increase my chest withuot increasing my waist?
fighting_london Posts: 89 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/01/12, 01:23 AM 1. No. Waist size is measured in inches/cm and body is measured in proportion to your lean body mass. Just because you have a 31 inch waist doesn't mean you have 31% body fat. 2. Sure.
Bor1s Posts: 22 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/01/14, 03:16 AM 1. No. Waist size is measured in inches/cm and body is measured in proportion to your lean body mass. Just because you have a 31 inch waist doesn't mean you have 31% body fat. :laugh:That's not what i ment.What i ment was is waist size proportioned to BF? 2. Sure. OK.So why does Jay Cutler have a 148cm chest and 86cm waist and i've got a 98cm chest and a 78cm waist,considering he has les BF % than me?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/01/14, 08:26 AM If your waist size meant you had that much BF then I would have 52% BF and I do not I have 30%. Of course generally the larger the waist size the higher the BF but it is not a true indictator. As for the chest thing I am not totaly sure of what you are asking. Compareing your self to Cutler is maybe giving you a false impression. Can you be a little clearer? -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
Nyxtikal Posts: 268 Joined: 2005/09/20	2006/01/14, 02:34 PM Bor1s- 1. waist size is not necesarily proportionate to BF. In some cases it can be a good determinate, but the body holds fat in many other places and everyone has different size waists even when their is no BF there. 2. Jay cutler's whole entire body is larger in proportion that yours, and even tho he has a larger waist his competetive BF is prob around 5%. His chest is also much larger and that is pretty much all muscle.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/01/14, 06:05 PM Jay Cutler has a GH gut from to much growth hormone supplementation. -------------- Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run. ============ Quoting from 7707mutt: The squat cage is holy ground. ============
Bor1s Posts: 22 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/01/17, 02:12 AM I mean can people with equal waist size and height have different bodyfat?
sstump1 Posts: 1,227 Joined: 2005/03/20	2006/01/17, 09:51 AM Yes...everybody's body stores fat differently.
Bor1s Posts: 22 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/02/05, 03:27 AM Jay is shorter than Steve Reeves yet he has bigger waist.Does that mean he has more BF?