What is a healthy weight for a 5"10 1/2 20 year old guy?
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Many people think they have a larger body type but are really just overweight.
I think for the most part body fat and waist size is a good indicator. Personally for a male I would consider around 16% to 18% about the max for still being "healthy" and for fit people more like 10-14%. I usually stay around 10%-%14 at around 210-220 lbs at 5'10. I'm actually pretty ectomorphic. My normal non-exercising weight is around 165-170. I have just added a lot of muscle by lifting and eating a ton for many years.
Many people think they have a larger body type but are really just overweight.
Totally true. But I think its more true for women than for men.
Not much irks me more than to hear a woman refer to herself (or someone else) as being "big boned". So ridiculous.
I like to use Biggest Loser Michelle Aguilar is prime example of there not really being a "big boned" thing with women. Before she lost all the weight, those people may look at her and say "Oh, she's big boned", but when you see her after the weight loss, its obvious that she is just a normal girl. She just "appeared" to be big boned because she was carrying all of that extra weight.
What is a healthy weight for a 5"10 1/2 20 year old guy?
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Originally Posted by Kings Gambit
That could be anywhere from 150 lbs to 215 lbs and also how you are defining "healthy". There are "healthy" 5' 10" guys at 140 lbs walking around USC campus, and there are also "healthy" 5' 10" 215-220 pound guys walking around as well who play safety and wide receiver on the football team.
Mike Tyson was a "healthy" 5' 10" 220 pound heavyweight champion of the world at 20 years old. Brad Pitt was 5' 11" and 170 pounds in Fight Club. You see, there is a HUGE range for guys when it comes to "HEALTHY" weight.
Agreed. There is a big difference between how healthy you are, and how fit or how muscular you are.
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Originally Posted by Azmordean
This. Weight is relatively meaningless, except for comparing against yourself. BMI is much touted, but it's meant as an average measure of a whole population -- it typically fails miserably for individuals because there is no one body type.
The most obvious thing impacting healthy weight will be how muscular you are. The more muscular you are, the more you will weigh. How you are built in terms of frame plays in hugely as well.
Finally, healthy and perfect aren't the same thing. Most of us on here are looking for the six pack, but it's perfectly healthy to be a bit higher bodyfat than that.
The more reliable measure is bodyfat%, or if you don't want to be so specific, the mirror.
Good points. BMI is only slightly better than weight alone in evaluating whether you are overweight.
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Originally Posted by houstan-dan
Many people think they have a larger body type but are really just overweight.
I think for the most part body fat and waist size is a good indicator. Personally for a male I would consider around 16% to 18% about the max for still being "healthy" and for fit people more like 10-14%. I usually stay around 10%-%14 at around 210-220 lbs at 5'10. I'm actually pretty ectomorphic. My normal non-exercising weight is around 165-170. I have just added a lot of muscle by lifting and eating a ton for many years.
Body fat is an excellent indicator if you can get an accurate measurement. That is not so easy to do. I think waist size tells most people what they need to know. For a guy, if your waist size is 36" or above, you are likely overweight. You could easily argue that a 36" waist is too high and that it should be 34" or lower.
It is much more difficult to evaluate weight. If you're a guy and over 200 lbs, you are likely overweight unless you are over 6'4", play on a football or basketball team, or you're a serious weightlifter.
I am 5'10'' and weight 153. apparently, this is smack dab in the middle of the "healthy weight range". and I am considered a "mesomorph"
I would place a heavy bet that there's NO way you're a mesomorph if you're 5'10" and 153 lbs haha. Mesomorph is relatively muscular and at that hot and weight you are not. May have low body fat but are not a mesomorph. I'm you're height but 60lbs heavier and am more of an ectomorph than a mesomorph because of my longer limbs and frame that is smaller, I just have a lot of muscle. Similar to how Frank Zane is a classic muscle bound ectomorph (but he obviously looked better haha)
I would place a heavy bet that there's NO way you're a mesomorph if you're 5'10" and 153 lbs haha. Mesomorph is relatively muscular and at that hot and weight you are not. May have low body fat but are not a mesomorph. I'm you're height but 60lbs heavier and am more of an ectomorph than a mesomorph because of my longer limbs and frame that is smaller, I just have a lot of muscle. Similar to how Frank Zane is a classic muscle bound ectomorph (but he obviously looked better haha)
cool bro...i have a tenuous grasp on what a mesomorph even is...but i looked at that chart thingy and that is what i look like, so....
i am fit/toned. used to weigh 205 but i dropped some pounds about two years ago.
cool bro...i have a tenuous grasp on what a mesomorph even is...but i looked at that chart thingy and that is what i look like, so....
i am fit/toned. used to weigh 205 but i dropped some pounds about two years ago.
All I'm saying is based on your height and weight you are most likely an ectomorph. Nothing wrong with it, I mostly am as well. It's just everyone seems to want to fall into the mesomorph category.
I find this thread rather amazing considering the vast resources available to anyone with an Internet connection. All those resources and you come here to ask that question?
Of all the other places with charts, study data, expert opinions, correlations to body type, lifestyle and so on, it gets asked here?
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