![]() For some people it’s just too painful to move a heavy weight through any range of movement. However I do make allowances to those who have Osteoarthritis or similar painful conditions with limited range of movement. Not one of my clients have ever lost motivation from the overall health benefits they’ve achieved from heavy weight lifting exercises. I’ve been a personal trainer for more than 11 years now and have never heard anyone ask this before. I write in response to Adam Atkins question regarding the cost of ‘excess’ lean body mass. But what is the cost of 20lbs of additional musle? We all know that 20lbs of additional fat has a high cost to overall health and longevity. Would the individual have better overall health at a lesser body mass even if he wasn’t as lean? Everyone seems to operate under the assumption that excess muscle mass comes, at a minimum, at no cost to health and longevity. ![]() But again, what evidence is there that the excess lean body mass is actually benefiting the individual’s health and how do we know it isn’t actually costing him something in overall health and longevity? Your argument is that this individual can not be in the same catagory as someone who really is “borderline obese” becuase this individual is lean. The gentleman, according to you, is apx 235lbs and, from his picture, appears very lean. Take the athlete “eye-candy” you have listed. The entire article is based on one assumption BMI is worthless because it does not take into account lean body mass.īut what evidence do we have that excess lean body mass does not come at some cost to health? The Incredible un-aging athlete from this study Chronic Exercise Preserves Lean Muscle Mass in Masters AthletesĪnd here is a rather sobering view of the inside if you are very overweightĬrushed lungs, strained joints and a swollen heart – the extraordinary scans that reveal what being fat does to you A graphic illustration of the importance of keeping active – particularly strength exercise to maintain muscle mass Want more eye-candy? – check out this video: Sonny Bill Williams removes his shirtĪnd now for an amazing cross section of a leg: an aging triathlete, compared to a couch potato. Sonny Bill Williams has a BMI of 29 – bordering on obese (height 6’4″, weight 238lbs) Many top athletes for example, some of our ( New Zealand’s) rugby players (yes we did win the world cup) would measure obese according to their BMI. (Source: Visualizing BMI’s “Blind Spots”) This graphic shows scans of real men all the same height and weight, however fat percentage and distribution is very different. DXA images allow doctors to analyse bone density, lean mass and fat mass. ![]() While their weight and height may be similar, resulting in the same BMI, the person on the right has twice as much body fat as the person on the left. Here is a cool colour pic of a DXA scan ( link) – you can distinguish fat from muscle and bone.įrom this article: BMI scale not accurate measure for obesityĢ men – exactly the same BMI (What is BMI? – it is a ratio of weight to height, it does not tell you if that weight is healthy muscle, or unhealthy fat) DXA images below are of two adults with the same BMI. DXA can be used to estimate bone density, lean mass and fat mass. Image is from this post: Body Composition: That ‘Last Five Pounds’, and How to Deal With ‘Problem Areas’Īnd another photo I found on Ī DXA (DeXA) scan (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) is a low dose x-ray known as DXA, to determine percent fat. If you’re shedding fat and gaining muscle your weight might not change but your clothes will fit better and you’ll look trim and fit.Īnd here is another picture of the same woman 2 years apart – in both she is 160lbs, yet looks far slimmer in the second photo with more muscle mass and less fat. This woman is 9 bls (4kg) heavier – yet looks leaner, especially in the abdomenĥ pounds of fat takes up much more space than the same weight of muscle (approxomately twice as much). You can read her story here: Mum drops three dress sizes but only loses less than one kilo Upper arm went from 11.25 inches to 10.75 inches.Ĭalifornia mum Adrienne quit dieting four good and started lifting heavy weights, her body transformed yet her weight stayed the same.Chest went from 39.75 inches to 37.25 inches.Waist went from 32.75 inches to 30 inches.Deb stayed the same weight, but leaned out considerably. I love this image from Jason Seib‘s post on his client Deb’s transformation. Point 1: Weight on the scale does not indicate a healthy body fat. And – if you already are, give yourself pat on the back.ĭid you know that after the age of 30 – you lose 250 grams per year of muscle and gain 500 grams of fat? (reference) Here is a compilation of body images to (hopefully) shock you into exercising, especially if you are older.
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