You Have An Ideal Body Weight- BULLSH*T!
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My ideal bodyweight is FULL
Mogg that ideal bodyweight
same
only gods can reach FULL bodyweight.
Mogged
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He’s a man of enlightenment, a true renaissance man. Based and thick-pilled
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Welcome to the thickenning
I know Dr Mike loves to claim he has only one and a half female listeners but as one of those (and in my late 40s to boot) I deeply appreciated this video. I’m in recovery from an eating disorder and listening to Dr Mike helps me not freak out daily about all the weight I’ve gained by you know, eating. Also lifting regularly makes me feel like all that gain is well, gain ❤❤❤
Keep it up. I try not to focus on the numbers but rather how I feel. I feel stronger, mor alert, more ready for action, so a little extra weight from muscle isn’t the end of the world.
I'm a woman too and I binge watch his videos when I'm home and his podcast when I'm working out, he has really good teachings (I'm a 22 french college student so I feel like a lost nerd surrounded by 30 to 50yo bodybuilders in this community)
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Thank you for posting this! I agree 100%. I also someone who has struggled from years of anorexia/orthorexia. I had a freak out moment this morning on the scale. For the last 3 years I’ve been lifting weights, hiking, and walking. I eat healthy meals. Overall not restricting. My life all around is so much better now, I’m healthier and a lot happier. I have an athletic/muscular build. I’m still in the healthy range based on the chart Dr. Mike has posted, even after gaining 40 lbs of much needed weight. So I say all of this to say, THANK YOU so much Dr. Mike for posting this video. I’ll continue to eat normally and lift heavy!
@@nothere_cora Welcome to the channel nerd! :D
(by a 50 ish bodybuilding nerd)
Mike’s style of subtle humor mixed with sarcasm and a bit of self deprecation is hilarious and way underrated! Best in the fitness industry imo 😂😂😂
He’s hilarious 😂 love this guy’s content lmao
It’s all bullshit (in an Arnold’s bad imitation voice). Seriously, I’ve met the guy and he’s a rock star of an athlete and a man. Nothing negative whatsoever. It’s all bullshit…
I agree 100%
This is what sucked me in.
Can you tell the US Army this? No matter how well I score on their PT tests, or how often I can deploy overseas and perform my duties, I always have to sweat bullets when it’s time to do a height/weight, body fat (what they call a body fat) test. I can do my job!
Does my “body fat” matter if I can run miles to standard, jump out of air planes, and Rick march miles and miles with a full ruck?
Their test isn’t accurate or repeatable, yet they are destroying careers of Soldiers that perform over some magic numbers.
I have given 19 years of service and multiple tours down range but likely need to hang it up at 20 because I’m tired being “army obese” even though I am far more athletic than the average person.
For real. I made weight once by a single pound while having a 4 pack. I shouldn't need to be shredded just to avoid getting taped.
Out of curiosity, what are your stats? I'm using the U.S. Army standard as my weight loss goal. I'm around 5'10'', currently 324 lbs at 32. Looking to go down to 189.
@@Empyricle 5’10” 212. If you exceed the weight you have to get a “tape test” where the measure your waste and neck circumference, the run some magic calculation to “calculate” your body fat percentage. The problem is, bodies are different and are sometimes composed differently, and different people take your measurements differently. Which can throw your body fat percentage up or down a couple percentage points even within the same day. Careers ride on this.
I also had a Soldier that was also good a the physical training test, always on time in the correct uniform and was one of my best soldiers. The Army kicked him out because he couldn’t past the “tape test” and if you have a really small neck the test is harder for you to pass. What a joke!
@@kadiethompson1894 yeah that’s so sad. I’m at the point where I can retire next year and it looks like that is the route I will be going. It’s bittersweet because I have put so much into my military career and achieved so much but as I age that neck to waste ratio is getting harder and harder to appease. Ever had a problem with the PT test though… the old one or the new one… for whatever that’s worth… not much apparently.
The VA sends me at least 2 letters a year saying my bmi is 36 and I need to lose weight! Lol I'm 13% bf and they signed me up for a weight loss class! I went I sat down with some really heavy people and the instructor asked me to leave! 🤣
You failed weight loss class! precious!
@@TorBoy9 if that's a fail I'm good with that🤣
I've never received a letter despite having a 37 bmi for years. I was always *asked* if I'd like to enroll in weight management but I politely declined. So, you signed up for that bud.
@@richardking4514 not at all during covid my primary care didn't see patients only phone appointments. Had a change in primary care physician so without meeting me she took it on herself to do something so when they started seeing patients again there I was!
Lol wow
As a 5’3 150lb woman who’s struggled with an ED and body image my whole life, this truly set me free. It’s kind of surreal to think that in a way, I’ve already made it. Thank you for this video, I’m sure there are other people who really needed to know they aren’t as bad as they think they are.
What's ED...in your case that is?
@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250eating disorder
@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250eating disorder not erectile dysfunction
@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250eating disorder
@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250Ed means eating disorder...
I remember a guy in the service getting put on the fat boy program and having to do extra cardio or some shit. The guy had thighs like oak trees. We played football one time and I bounced off him like a bug off a windshield. A few decades later, I'm prehypertensive, prediabetic, flabby, ... but exactly at my ideal weight, so thank god for that. At least they can bury me in a perfectly sized coffin.
I’m this type of guy. I weight almost 200 pounds but I’m 5’7, good body fat range although not ripped. I don’t think I’m big or anything like that, but my legs certainly are and I have trouble shopping for clothes because of it. I would never fit on an ideal bodyweight chart like that without having a thin upperbody.
Well you are on a great channel to change that.
@@DogginsFroggins Correctamundo. I've gotten a few tidbits from other channels, but RP and Team ROM don't just say how to do an exercise, but how to build a complete program. I've been studying the basic hypertrophy series, applying the principles and seeing results. My BP and bloodwork are improving and I'm prescription free. Very grateful to have found it.
@@fake-PSL I must be the same because people always assume I'm like 180 or so. I'm like, I appreciate the compliment but try nearly 30 pounds lighter than that 😂. They often get confused
@@Madchris8828 I’m the opposite. People are shocked that I’m over 200 pounds.
I'm so glad someone finally said it😂 At 5'4", when I went from 125lbs to 105lbs I got so much criticism from family and friends. Especially as a female, people told me I was ruining my fertility and causing damage. But I honestly just like how I look at this size, and I feel fine and healthy and strong here.
Damn niggas hating on you
As long as you aren't blasting your shit out there aren't really much negative consequences at all if any, they are just haters that don't wanna see you succeed, but you just gotta ignore the haters
If you feel fine and arent in amenorrhea, its completely fine. But there definately is a line for both for men and women. If you go under it, you can ruin your fertility for years, but you have to be very skinny to do this. 105 isnt quite there (although for some even this weight can cause oligomenorrhea), but 90 to 95 might be for some. Still, its individual.
Looks> some shitty little brat that will ruin your body.
I have a friend like that. She eats well, does her yoga, and hikes a lot, so she just gravitates to being really lean. Certain people in her life didn’t approve, so they’d stage-whisper “starvation” and “anorexia” around her.
My physique is always in a quantum superposition. It depends on what mood I'm in when I look the mirror. #physiquephysics
Schrodinger’s Physique.
Duuuudeee same
@@TheKidshaleen *shreddinger's
@@TotalNigelFargothDeath good call.
@@TotalNigelFargothDeath This won't get near the love it deserves.
I'm in the healthy range, but my insurance company still said my BMI was too high and refused to give me insurance (for if I can't work anymore).. I work out a lot, am an active competition swimmer and sent photos of me to the company and they just said "BMI". I went to a nutritionist that took a body scan of me showing a LOT of muscle and low visceral fat, showing I'm healthy, she called the company to say I'm healthy and they still just said "But the BMI.." 😑 Something is wrong with this world! Active people with high mucle mass are "too fat", but they give insurance to people with low muscle mass that is just sitting on the sofa all day 😑
I waver between 61-62 kilos (134- 137 pounds approx). I'm a 42-yr-old female. At 5ft 4 inches height. When I tell people my weight, they don't believe me! I've to tell them that this weight is not from 10 years ago when bulk of it was unwanted excess (fat). This weight is from the muscle that I've been bulding all these past years with hard work. You do not see it because you think I look slim. And slim equates to weight loss. I never worked for weight loss. I worked for fat loss.
I laughed at this all because my lucky number showed up 2 times.
18 yr old male year. Also 62 kg at 5'4 we're twins. I've also added muscle and lost fat and basically look like I 'slimmed down' when I actually didn't
You said it. The expression itself ("weight loss") is basically inappropriate. Weight includes both muscle and fat (among other stuff). And since almost no one really benefits from muscle mass reduction, it is actually "fat loss" what most people are after (and should be after) and therefore should be the correct expression used.
Relatable. People are always shocked when they find out I'm 195-200lbs at 5'10". They assume 170-175. That doesn't happen as much without the t-shirt on mind you
Muscle absolutely throws it off. Muscle is more dense, weighs more for the same volume, so recomposition, means that at the same weight, the size will be less with more muscle. 5’2” here and even when I was 160, no one would believe me. I have really long limbs which are decently muscled, and a decent bust. Whenever I look at clothing sizing, I always have to gauge off of what my body looks like it weighs. Leggings are a pain to buy😅.
My doc on every trip always tells me to lose weight by reducing salt, dieting (no recommendation of how), and increasing exercise. No matter the stress, no matter that I strength train, nothing else matters but the number. I really think this is crazy science. Thanks, Dr. Mike.
You can strength train and not be obese though
your doc is probably telling that because you have high blood pressure. listen to your doctor. there is a serious correlation of obesity and metabolic diseases. even if you are not obese a kg of weight loss usually equivalent of 1mmHg blood pressure decrease. you don't feel it but it kills you slowly. high blood pressure damages your heart, kidneys, brain, eyes..
@@paradox5556 obese by bmi standards? Sure. You just won't look like you lift.
Salt leads to more water retention
@@paradox5556 it doesn't matter did you not read? all that matters is the scale not his actual physique
Humour and message both totally on point here. This may be my favourite one yet. Keep killing it!
When b2b will do a crossover episode with dr. Mike? I hope ASAP
@@davidepasi8776 If we build our channel big enough, that'd be pretty cool one day :)
This is my favourite channel on TH-cam right now, not only am I being educated but I also sit through every video giggling to myself like a schoolgirl.
I was 402 pounds at 5’10. Was pretty fucking round ⭕️. Now I’m between 201 and 206 pounds jacked with 17 inch arms. Everyone was worried that I was losing too much weight but then they’re all shocked when I tell them that I’m still over 200 pounds.
Same here. I'm 5'11 and was 250lbs and would tell people I need to lose 50-60 lbs and they said I'd look like I was dying if I did. Got down to 205 (198 at the lowest) and nobody believe I weight that much. They'd guess in the 170s-180s at most
"pretty fucking round ⭕" lmao, good one sir
You lost half your body weight? My hat is of for you, sir!
I weigh 185 at 6ft with 8-10% fat and poeple always tell me i am so skinny etc , last time i asked what they thought i weighed and he said 120
is it posible to be 5'9-5'10 200lbs? natural
I’m another female subscriber (5’4) and I used to be into bodybuilding but then decided I want another ‘more feminine’ aesthetic, lost a lot of weight (under 100lbs at some point), tried loosing musclemass actively and stumbled into an Ed. I’m in therapy right now and started weightlifting again. Binge watching your channel and especially videos like this help me a lot to accept the fact that the healthiest version of myself is not the skinniest as I naturally always tended to be on the curvier and muscular side (between 130 and 140 lbs right now). Thank you❤️
Glad youre in therapy, just to let you know: most guys don’t care if you got some extra pounds on your waist
Dang, this was probably one of my favorite videos. 85% of this video i was laughing.
You should watch his video of reading a children's book it's fucking hilarious
same dude hahah , dr Mike is the best
@@bigshmoke9653 yes! That was a good one. Ive watched all Dr. Mike's at least a dozen times. I sleep easy knowing i do my part placing those huge lats of his into exotic racing seats in his lambos.
"If you want to be a useless mother fucker
As a fellow 5'6" midget I approve of this message. 🤣👍
Before I started lifting I was 85kg and really out of shape with some flab. Now I'm around 90kg (198lbs) and people who met me back then ask if I've been losing weight. I feel better than literally ever in my adult life (I've been everywhere between 62 and 90kg). "Ideal body weight" is indeed a total sack of crap.
stop taking roids
@@jamesbyrd3740 What makes you think I'm on gear? Assuming I even knew where to get PEDs, I wouldn't touch them with a 10' pole.
True, but many in the fitness industry still keep regurgitating that ideal body weight crap and equating a higher body weight with “overweight” or obesity and being unhealthy
In the end YOU know if you’re healthy and well and if you feel comfortable with your body and that should always be the ultimate guideline - as long as you’re actually honest with yourself
5'6" isn't a midget. Average American is 5'9". You're just below average.
"If you're 5'11, congratulations. Unlike me you actually got to be an adult height" 😆
I'm 5'7 and live in Sweden. I feel like a hobbit every time I step out my front door.
Amazing message! I think you are the ideal representation for "Body Positivity" Or for what "Body Positivity" Should actually stand for
Very educational video!! I have never really worked out, and thought I was fine until I hit 325lbs. I knew something had to change, but I didn't quite know where to start until one of my friends recommended a meal plan from Next Level Diet. It helped me to take care about my calories, and I even started going on daily walks with my wife. The results were amazing. After about a year I lost 115lbs, and now I have more energy waking up every day. On top of that, my wife and I found out that we are even more in love than before.😎 The key is you got to commit to it first. You got to commit to doing it and then you've got to stick with it and be consistent!!
the Arnold impression was pretty solid
I'm a 5'9feet tall woman weighting 158 pounds. I work out, I was always dense/bulky bone wise, and I have just a little of extra fat on my inner thighs. I'm healthy and strong. There's no way I'm going back to 121 pounds... I was too skinny and no muscle mass at all. I hate this stupid "modeling" industry that pushes us women (and even men) to go after the very lean, skinny kind of body, instead of healthy and strong! Keep your great work, Mike!
When I started my fitness journey I struggled with ( ideal weight) and the further I go I realized I wanna be jacked and solid not skinny! This is a tough one for a lot of women.
People often don't realize for instance that good shoulders on a women make dresses look better too. I sadly encounter a ton of women who think that being fit means they'll stop looking like a women. I always say, nah, you gotta do other stuff to look way less feminine
You said it! I feel the same.
Same! I'm all for bigger muscles if it means I can carry ALL my groceries in one trip up three flights of stairs! 😊
@@Madchris8828 If a woman is natural, and she packs on muscle, it will only push her body to look more feminine, her muscle insertions and shapes/ frame are already made for a female body, if she lifts alot, max amount of muscle ever achieveable for her will probably be the wonder-woman look, which is not in any way masculine of a shape. A woman in shape, will be the shape of a woman.
@@gromswowguide7927 oh yeah 100 percent 👍
First of All- thank you for speaking the truth! Iam a nurse- 25 years of Service.and iam 5.7 height and 240 pds, being jacked and muscular as a women in Hospital- helps you to Do your Job and sometimes protects you from being injured.😊
And it literally helps you to stand your ground.
I Do Not only weights, some Yoga and calanethics, maybe that looks sometimes funny,😂
But i ensure you ,when somebody pisses me off and i have to protect me , family or patients, i will rip them apart.
In these health meassures from the insurances i will always be obese and unhealthy😂😂😂
Greetings from south germany
Susan
Tbh not to be rude but no matter how big your bones are you should be 240lb as a 5’7 woman. Maybe 170lb or so at a push but not more
@@Ghostpill1711 you are right, and iam reducing weight now, after i stopped Smoking and bad habbits.
@@rotezorasanara9063danke dafür, dass sie Krankenschwester sind❤
Okay Dr. Mike, we get it, I don't HAVE to smoke a pack a day and pop amphetamines like candy to stay my skinny self. But I choose to do so, I respect the insurance tables and wish to be a slim trim 1950's boy. *coughs in healthy weight*
love you
After having 4 kids I’ve struggled to get down to what I want. I’m 5 4’ and always end up back at 140. We are extremely active and I lift heavy multiple times a week and walk everywhere. I’m going to focus on being thick and strong AF. Thanks for this Mike!
On June 6th 1997 I hit the yellow footprints at MCRD. At 5'9" I had to weigh less than 185lbs or I'd be a diet recruit. In HS I played football and was on the power lifting team. I weighed 240lbs. After those were over I dieted and trained for six months to get to 183lbs at the MCRD weigh in. After 13 weeks of Boot Camp eating 2 PB&J sandwiches at damn near every meal I was a 165lb endurance machine with a 28" waist. I've never been that small again ever. Currently I'm 44, 195lbs, with a 33" waist. Damn the BMI matrix to hell!
Don't the Marines tape people or anything?
@@cdrtej if you mean tape measure, not that I saw. May be different now but in 1997-2003 I didn't see or get tape measured.
July 20, 1994 I shipped off to boot camp (San Diego.). I’m (still???) 6’2” 185 lbs but I remember the poor fat body recruits. Having to wear that scarlet letter red horizontal stripe above and below their platoon number.
Now I’m 47 and 240 lbs. probably should be 220 😅
Hey, first time watching this. I'm in the military, active duty for 16 years. Majority of my time in, I have been "overweight". I am 6'1" and I have been hovering around 210-225. This is very comforting and confirming that I'm just thick.
Meanwhile rich piana “whether it’s fat or muscle, the heart can’t tell the difference”
It is true to a certain extent. Like if you're 250 lean and jacked that won't be doing you any favours.
@@CLOUDKID11 at weight height are you lean and jacked at 250?
@@newyorkforever5779 3ft2
@@newyorkforever5779 Dr. Mike is basically 5'6" 250 in this video here. Around 235 absolutely stage ready shredded. Serious bodybuilders are big people.
I definitely do not subscribe to the BMI scale. I am approximately 180 lbs at 5' 11" and at 68 yrs young. I think we all have a weight we are comfortable at. Fitness is only relevant to those who have the mindset to do so. I eat fairly healthy, exercise frequently yet do not feel actually healthy for my size and body configuration. Would rather be at 160 lbs. Will I again accomplish this? I am hopeful. Used to be somewhat lean, not overly muscular and that was where I was happiest at. Too much peer group pressure put on how we should look, feel. Be whoever you are. Stand tall within yourself. Who really cares.
This topic has been haunting me for the last week and as a woman at 5’7 I have been training hard in powerlifting. Thank you Dr. Mike for quality insight as always
❤ As a corn fed farm girl, I appreciate the comments about how some women can be healthy but considered ”obese” or “overweight”.
Everyone I know who grew up working on the farm are a bit ‘heavy’ but can lift and do all the work we have to do on a daily basis. I personally sit at maybe 15-20lbs over my ideal but I am sitting at maybe 22% body fat. I am for sure able to do my fill of work on the farm ( lifting bales of hay, bags of feed, buckets, etc.) since I put on that extra weight versus when I was worried about keeping my weight down. In the end I have curves but I think I look weird when I get too much thinner since my hips get super hip dippy and It makes my thick ridder legs look crazy out of proportion 😂
I was 17 and went to the doctor and was told I was overweight. I was 225lbs at the time, Im 5'11" and have large bone and carry a lot of weight in my legs. My quads and calves are huge, I was a 34 waist and in the best shape of my life. Now Im 320lbs and am working to get back to 225-230lbs range.
So i have a serious question from someone who is 240lbs 6’8, eats nonstop and cant get heavier, how does one even let themselves get to 320?
@@paradox5556 By eating 5000-8000 calories a day and having a desk job for 12yrs and not caring basically. I actually got up to around 425lbs and have lost around 105lbs over the last 2yrs. Honestly 240lbs on a 6'8" frame is super skinny bro. When I was 225lbs at 5'11" I was pretty fit.
@@Fazman81 damn, good job on losing the weight. I think you have a different view on weight based on where you grew up in and the people you see. Here in Europe people arent as fat as in America and we certainly dont look at someone weighing 240lbs and calling him super skinny. I was 170lbs 2 years ago and now, at 240lbs, people call me big. I guess its just a different perspective.
Massive Iron made a video a while ago where he showed a study that said that if anyone is over 235lb - no matter height, frame size, whatever, anyone - then after the age of 40 or so, the risk of heart failure (attack?) increases dramatically. 6’6 with a massive frame, muscle and low body fat? Doesn’t matter. The reason given was that the human heart is more or less the same size not matter the size for the person it lives in, and it’s only evolved to pump blood around a body mass up to about 235. So more than that, the heart is being pushed to hard, so the risk of it failing starts to go up fast. At 6’4 I’m 285lb, so based on this, I have to shift a minimum of 50lb…
Everybody is different but my Doc said it’s 100 lbs for 5 ft and 5 lbs for every inch over that.. I’m 5ft 6 1/2 so my ideal weight is 133? 132.5? I’m actively loosing weight at this time and am down to 144 currently. When I tell people what I’m going for as my goal they tend to give me stink eye! Lol. We live in a country where obesity is alive!! I think people get weirded out when they see people who are actually at a healthy weigh. The range is so vast.. and no two people are the same so I believe in your theory.. healthy is the goal!!
What he said about going to a reasonably competent doctor really resonated with me.
I’m 10 years into recovering from an eating disorder. I still deal with body dysmorphia, although I’m better at managing it than I once was.
I went to a doctors appointment, specifically asked the nurse not to tell me my weight (I prefer not to know the exact number the majority of the time, it messes with my head) and she told it to me anyway. Probably just by habit. And then we sat down in the room and she pointed out that if gained weight and was getting to be a bmi outside of what would be ideal yadda yadda. Really made me feel horrible about myself.
This was almost exactly a year into me starting to weight train. I’d gotten some serious newbie gains and was actually probably leaner than I had been the previous year.
The doctor came in, talked to me about my life, the changes I’d made, and noticed I seemed kind of sad and asked me about it. I told them. And was like, I can see my abs and I’ve been working really hard. I don’t know how im overweight.
They knew about my history and told me I wasn’t overweight and that they’d talk to the nurse about it. Made me feel a lot better but I still walked out of that visit feeling horrible about myself.
Anyway, I’ve had a very different experience ever since then. Even medical professionals make mistakes sometimes.
Bruh how can you be fat and be able to see abs at same time
While I agree that the BMI is not applicable to athletes, and those who have above average muscle mass and bone density, let us be frank here. The VAST MAJORITY of the population does not fit in these categories. The BMI, in the rest of the population, is a good approximation for what a person should weigh, who is not exceptionally strong are has above average bone circumference. Notice I said *approximation* . BMI, and other height/weight charts are not an exact science. This means you can be 10 to 20 lbs over the BMI or comparable height/weight charts, and still have minimal risk for the diseases associated with excess weight. However, once you get 30 plus pounds over what your healthy weight range is, unless you stronger than most of your peers, or have a much bigger bone circumference than most of your peers, you are kidding yourself if you think you are not at risk for some major health issues in your future if you continue at that rate. There is a reason why, when you look old photos of those who reach their 8th or 9th decade, or those who become centenarians, you will rarely see them obese in their younger state. The few that were obese, where only that way temporarily. Most lost it and sustained a slim size for most of their lives.
I spent years convincing myself that "BMI doesn't apply to me" because I rode my bike to work like 20 days a year and played some ping-pong at lunchbreaks...meanwhile I was ~275lbs @5'11" and like 50% bodyfat. Initiating lasting change is hard, virtually impossible if you've convinced yourself that there's nothing wrong.
@@andrewpeterson4681 Yes! Thank you for sharing that. The reason why I wrote that relatively lengthy post is because, far too often, obese people try to dismiss any weight standard as BS, and they use high performing athletes, with a disproportionate amount of muscle, as their excuse for the supposed irrelevance of a particular height and weight chart. Some part of the misguided rationale behind the "healthy at any size" movement is based on this absurd logic. Most overweight and obese people have as much in common with these highly muscular athletes as a Toyota Corolla has with a Bugatti. As you alluded to, the only way to fix a problem is to first acknowledge the problem exists. By wishing the problem away, with these absurd rationalizations, people live in a delusion. One way to assess how truly honest people are being about themselves is to ask those who dismiss weight standards to then do a height to waist or hip to waist ratio. If they are reluctant to do that, you know they are full of it. People who have a healthy body composition, but have so much muscle as to put them in the overweight or obese weight categories, should have a good height to waist ratio.
@@alphacause I don't know if it would have changed anything for me but the recent development of BMI and waist measurement (~40inches being a threshold indicator) does seem to be a more robust guideline, not easily waved off. My wife and I still laugh about my statements from 5+ years ago when I would tell her things like "If I got down to 200 lbs I'd be skin and bones" or "BMI says my weight should be around 175, I'd be dead if I only weighed that much". Turns out that wasn't true, I only got down to 181 at my lightest since finding lifting but I was by no means skin and bones, I still had the remnants of love handles. As a fat man it was hard to visualize how much fat accumulation I had and now as a healthy weight man it's hard to remember being fat. I do know that I'm no longer out of breath from bending to tie my shoes!
@@andrewpeterson4681 Congratulations on your substantial weight loss! More importantly, I laud you for being honest with yourself. As a former obese man myself, going from 230 lbs, standing at 5'6", to 130 lbs, I can attest that being brutally candid with yourself is the first step to improvement.
@@alphacause nice work yourself! Thanks for the chat!
I'm 5' 6 1/2". I've got a very large bone structure. The thinnest I remember being is 175. At that time (80s and early 90s), my mom would tell me, "Niki, you're so pretty. If only you'd lose weight and then everyone would know how pretty you are!" My self esteem was absolutely lower than the basement. I could only be pretty if I was skinny!
I'm currently on a fitness journey. I've lost 73 pounds so far in the last 2.5 years. I work out six days a week (3 cardio/weight training, 5 water exercise). I don't have a goal weight. I have a goal fitness level. I've been told by many medical professionals that if I get to 150, I'll look too thin for my bone structure. So, when my mom did those backhanded compliments, I was *maybe* 25 pounds overweight. I was chunky, but I certainly wasn't the fatty I thought I was.
My 6'2" dad was air force reserve. He weighed 225. When he'd have to do his physicals, he'd take diuretics to lose water weight because they would inevitably put him on the "fat boy" program for being his weight because of the BMI scale. My dad was muscle. Well into his 60s and even 70s, he could climb a ladder with his legs, holding a 5 gallon can of paint in each hand.
Long story short, I agree that the "ideal weight" BS is just that...BS.
Thank you for this video (and really, all your content!) … I’ve watched it a couple of times now and I can’t stop thinking about it. It really removes the “shackles” of always striving for an unrealistic weight (for me). At 158cms, for myself, to get under 62kg, just seems, and has always seemed unachievable. Thank you 🙏🏻
Dr. Mike, I wish I had heard this about 20 years ago, when I was a young teen constantly being fat shamed (a doctor once told me I needed to lose 20 lbs. I was 5'2" and 135 lbs). I have never heard someone with any training acknowledge bone density and build differences, despite the fact that they are an obvious factor. When you said "Congratulations! You got what you've been working for!", I had a moment tbh. Thank you for this video.
Thanks so much! I've been trying to get to like 135 as a 5'4 female with curves and literally have not been really below 145 my adult life tho I'm way healthier than when I graduated high school 15+ yrs ago lol. Definitely gonna keep this in mind
Im female 5'5 and I'm comfortable around 180 and hold my weight really well. I got down to 160 years back and felt weak and looked unhealthy. My doctor even told me that I could stand to weigh more and not to go any lower than the 160 that I was at. I started putting weight back in and felt 10 times better, now I'm trying to lose about 20 pounds and find my 180 sweet spot
Literally me, just under 5"4 (I'm 163cm) and the BMI says I should be 55kg, less than 120lbs, and I'm like 20kg (30lbs or something) more than that. Like, fuck me, I'd not only have to lose fat, but my loose skin, and all my muscle mass to get to that weight, and probably some bone density - because I did a DEXA bone scan and they're so dense they're on the top of the graph, I don't know if they can get harder. And I have a broad skeletal structure, wide shoulders, wide ribs, small waist, big birthing hips. This is why I've given up on chasing a number and just focusing on muscle definition, how clothes fit, my fitness and strength levels
Thank you for validating all the women who tell me they aren't fat they're big boned.
"I am a quantum nonlocality, I am in your shit" was just sublime.
6 footer here and skinny most of my life. I get crap from just about everyone, friends and family included, for being "too thin". Problem is, it's really hard for me to put on muscle but pretty easy to gain fat, so I tend to stay on the low-end of the weight range because I don't like the flabby look. I work out everyday (4-day PPL Cardio split) and eat 4 meals a day w/ high protein volume. I do wish I weighed more, but I inherited these genes from the same people who like to criticize me for the way I look. It fucks with my head. I want to think I'm healthy, but in reality I care more about other people thinking I'm healthy. One day I'll snap out of it, I hope.
So how much do you weight? I am also 6' and on the skinny side.
As a 5' 8" guy that weighs 205 with 17 inch calves, wide hips and wide shoulders, I have no Idea how I would get down to 160 pounds without amputation.
Lower body dominant squad checking in i guess.
5'8 and 180-183 in the morning crew, was 160 lbs at the end of my cut.
damn bro, u natty?
Rock that weight brother, fucking 17 inch calves damn
I have 16 inch calves and NEVER do any direct calf exercises! I’m honestly a little insecure about them. They’re not fat, just disproportionately big. 🤷🏼♂️
this used to get me in trouble when I was in the military. they thought a 5’7”20yo female should be 150. after 8 weeks of basic, not including a week in the hospital where I couldn’t even keep water down but was forced to eat thick ass chunky stew anyway, I got down to 164 and my mom was *floored.* she’d never seen me so skinny. and then waist measurements were a chunk of your PT scores. I’m at 206ish now and “obese”but I can’t get anyone to believe I weigh that much. I had to bring a scale to work and prove it because a coworker accused me of fat shaming her.😑
I'm 5'5" at between 165 - 170 lbs and by those tables, I'm obese. Doesn't matter that I have low body fat, can see my abs and am ripped. According to those tables I should be 140 lbs. Conversely, I know plenty of people that look like wet bags of doughnuts but are with "specs." I always got flagged for remedial weight counselling in the military - I would show up, and then get sent back.
What does flagged for remedial weight mean
I remember going to my ideal weight and i was tired at 145. I felt healthier and stronger near the high end at 165. Some tall guys could naturally weigh 120-140 like nothing was wrong lol
I’m 5’11 and my doctor tried telling me that I should be 165 and that I was overweight for my height at 190. He told me that I should be eating 1700 calories per the literature. I’m like bruh I play basketball 10 hours a week and lift 5 days I think I’m okay. Needless to say I never went back to that doctor
My ideal bodyweight is when I see my abs
Based off my height, I'm supposed to be between 145-150. Yet I've always felt best when I'm around 155-165. I don't feel hangry all the time, I'm still lean, and I'm happy. If Get anywhere below that, I feel miserable and as if I'm in survival mode.
I about started tearing up those last couples mins. Definitely gave me some things to think about. Thank you, I’m trying to lose the last 15 lbs of baby weight but I’m technically in the middle of the range for my height
I'am the .5 woman in your channel. Always in my weight range and now with perimenopause in months I gained 17kg, so stress about it. I really appreciate your video gives me peace of mind.
Can you do a hormone video because I diet and do exercise and it seems that nothing is working like before. Thanks for your knowledge
I know "ideal weights" are insurance derivatives, but BMI is also mistakenly used very frequently. I think an expansion lecture explaining for YT how BMI is a population measure would be quite informative.
I'm clinically overweight. At my last appointment my doc said that for insurance purposes he's supposed to tell me I need to lose weight, but just by looking at me, he highly discourages it.
daily dose of dr mike needed
I had a dexa scan, my total non fat mass would have been overweight. I was just running for fitness at the time.
I'm 300 lbs, train 5 to 6 days a week in BJJ, Muay Thai and weight lifting. My insurance company told me to go piss off as I was high risk. I was able to appeal and they sent out a guy to do blood work, blood pressure, general health test, etc. Long story short, I got me my insurance. Those numbers a bullshit.
Dude I'm glad your blood work is all good, but 300 lbs is really heavy. How tall are you?
@Nero "fat" is not the same as uninsurably high risk.
@@imbaguitar I personally don’t know if it’s high risk, but at 300 lbs it’s definitely a bigger risk than normal. There is no way around it.
@@imbaguitar I personally don’t know if it’s high risk, but at 300 lbs it’s definitely a bigger risk than normal. There is no way around it.
@@imbaguitar I personally don’t know if it’s high risk, but at 300 lbs it’s definitely a bigger risk than normal. There is no way around it.
This is super helpful. I'm 5'6 1/2 and I weigh 180. I always felt fat but my doctor said I was fine. The fact that I exercise every day, my doctor said I tend to have muscle weight and that my body frame is quite athletic, so he said I was not obese or big. My friends that are the same height as me and wear the same size as me tend to get lectured by their doctors to start exercising.
I'm a 5'4" woman. 105 is TINY. Like, basically anorexic. The lowest weight I've ever achieved was...147 I think? And I was cold ALL THE TIME. And always so, so hungry. I'm so glad I stopped trying to achieve 145 - at least with the methods I was using at the time. May try again, but I doubt it. I'll be happy with 155.
I mean I'm 5'8 and before I started working out I was 103. Im definitely a lot healthier right now (50 lbs heavier) but still I was healthy and fine back then
I'm 5'7, sometimes I'm measured at 5'8, and I'm 130lbs. I have been told I'm fat when I tell people my weight, but I can see my ribs? People really should ignore the numbers and focus on the health. Not that I'm healthy, but I'm tired of people commenting on my weight, whether it's that I'm too skinny or too fat. Just leave me alone ffs. Like I already have problems motivating myself to eat and having someone tell me I'm overweight on top of that doesn't help. Why do people?
Well said. In the early 1990s the Army eliminated the tape test (which measures BMI) for Soldiers were were outside of height/weight standards. It lasted less than 1 year because some of the people exceeding weight were Rangers and SF Soldiers who maxed the PT test.
I had the exact same problem here in germany, because if you want to become „Beamter“(public service), you have to undergo a medical examination which somehow, in the 21st century, still includes measuring your BMI. 😒
I had to go on a radical caloric deficit for half a year to pass the next test. Yeah, pretty healthy.
As a 4'11 female with a curvy figure, I was looking bony or "too skinny" at 120 pounds and was looking my best at 130 pounds. Seeing a chart say 95 pounds... I weighed that at 10 years old, ribs showing 😳my weight right now makes me hit a near Class 2 Obesity. Granted I would of thought overweight and near class 1 obesity, not near class 2. I wear Medium at regular sized clothing stores for christs sake 😂 I don't look or feel morbidly obese, but that's what the BMI says, I don't understand.
So you're telling me my lock screen for the past three months has been wrong! In all seriousness my desired body fat percent(12-15%) would have me around 200 pounds and that's my goal. I'm currently just enjoying the process and I'll get there eventually. I focus on body fat more than weight because it fluctuates, as we all know, on a daily basis.
watching this has convinced me to continue on my 2 year ongoing bulk
At my heaviest I was 285 pounds at 5’5 got down to 180 in 9 months, lost hella muscle since this was in 2020 and I couldn’t go to a gym and pull-ups/pushups only did so much to build the muscle I had lost, bulked up to 215 over the course of 3 years and am slowly losing the weight now, I’m leaner now at 208 then I was at 190 🤙🏽
I’m 5’ 8” and only once hit the normal weight (minimum 24.9 BMI, 164lbs). I wasn’t lifting weights, so muscle was dropping off, and I was 12-13% body fat. Fast forward to today after lifting for two years and I am almost in the obese category at 191lbs and ~17% body fat. Every year, my doctor mentions something about my weight and losing some.
when you gained the additional weight do you believe it added to you're muscle gain at the gym etc
I really needed this video. I dropped from 108kg to 68, I'm weighing 70 again and I was scared. But my muscles did develope a littlle and I'm evolving on my training (calisthenics)
It’s so crazy that BMI is still used at all bc most health care professionals completely disregard it.
They’re probably wrong and incompetent for doing that. He slipped in the caveat “as long as you’re physically active and eat a healthful diet” which includes about nobody
It's still a decent indicator for the majority of the population. A very small minority has enough muscle or big enough frames for it to be faulty
Dr. Mike I wanna push back on the notion that being within the healthy range of body weight shouldn't warrant a competent doctor making the recommendation to gain weight. If a male has a fat free mass index 18 and a female has an FFMI below 15, could it not be argued that their lack of muscle mass has them a higher predisposition of joint injuries? Furthermore, we know that men after 60 and women after 50 significantly start losing strength and muscle mass due to aging. Wouldn't it be prudent to encourage young and middle-aged adult men to have their FFMI at 23+ and women at 19+? These kinds of recommendations would likely increase the retention of muscle mass and strength in the elderly which would not only have metabolic benefits but also reduce the vulnerability of succumbing to serious fall injuries due to frailty.
Don't lie , intimidation is awesome 😆. Nothing better than backing a guy down because you can see the fear in his eyes. I've not gotten into a light of fights simply because they were afraid. The number one reason for training for me is strength and size, but intimidation is a fun side benefit 💪😎☠️
One day my doctor looks at me, looks me over, looks at my chart and then asks me if I'm made out of rocks. I showed him my calves.
This dude is funny and very intelligent. I wish I had professors like this in school.
As a 5ft 2in woman who has always been 108-111lbs “naturally” (not purposely eating more or less for lifting…I’m a powerlifter lol), I’ve constantly had people act like I’m emaciated when I really struggle to gain weight
To maintain 108-111lbs, I have to eat 2500 calories and when eating good quality foods, it’s a lot. Bulking for me is 2750 cals for 0.5lbs to 1lbs of weight a week
Wish healthcare was more educated on this even though it’s also insurance companies
As someone who has been on both ends of your 6'2" range, I'll say this is a really good chart. I'm not jacked enough to be healthy at almost 230, but at 210 I would be very much so.
I'm a barely 5' hobbit and it took me so freaking long to accept that I will never be in that "ideal" range of 100-120 lbs for my height. Things got better on my fitness journey once I made peace with the fact that I am very muscular and having my type of body means that I'll most likely only be able to go down to 130. I stopped looking at the scale and now I'm just focusing on losing the little gut I have left, getting more muscle on my upper body and getting the best -and biggest- ass and legs that I can. Damn the ideal body weight, I can run, I exercise daily, I can fit in small/medium clothes and I look better every day 😋
Daaaaaamn. Dr. Mike was absolutely on-point with the humor in this video.
Ideal weight range is the one you feel the best at 😂 I’m quite a small stature and I feel my best at 145-155, Iv dieted below 140 and felt like crap to try get contest level shreds, iv bulked upto 186 with abs and felt like crap and had a couple health problems doing it, 145-155 is my sweat spot
Quantum nonlocality is in my vocab now
My own brother is the exact same height as me. We trained, rested and ate identically due to living together for 10 years. In a 2 hour race, baring issues, we'd finish within 30 seconds of each other.
And yet, his racing weight was 35lbs lighter than mine. I'd have a 32" waste and him a 28-29".
Even at elite levels of bike racing, the number on the scale didn't matter. If it was a lot of hill climbing, he'd edge me out. If it was rolling and flat terrain, I'd edge him out.
Now, with minimal cardio activity and copious strength training, I weigh roughly 25lbs heavier than my racing weight. "ideal body weight" is about as based in reality as day dreaming about the ideal woman.
That ending 💀
Im 5'11, sports my whole life growing up, weightlifted a few years out of high school. Last few years let myself go. Recently i changed my diet, went from 230 to 205, lost inches off my waist, got to see what losing that weight looked like on my body.
Then i went back to the gym, been focusing on general muscle growth and general strength. 5x5, bro split, just started running too.
Ive gained almost all the weight back, but my waist size has stayed the same or even gotten smaller still, ive put on noticeable muscle on my chest and lats, my legs and arms have hardened up, my v taper is actually becoming exisitent, im 3 to 4 times stronger (rough estimate, just how i feel)...
I think my ideal weight is like 183 or something like that. I cannot imagine 40-45 lbs of weight loss on me right now. Even if being generous, 10 lbs of pure water weight came off, i just saw what roughly 20 lbs of fat loss looked like on me and im pretty sure I will not be getting under 200 if i have any sort of musculature on my frame, becsuse i dont plan on doing a bodybuilding style cut
Well considering you're carrying more mass than you could have synthesized without gear, they aren't necessarily wrong. At 5'4 and only 8 years of training under my belt I would top myself out at 170. Recently doming back from a cut to 137 and currently at 142 feeling nice
I hated this crap in the Army. I was always "over weight" and then you have to get taped and then you have match a ideal body fat composition. Never mind that it only takes into account two spots on the body, your neck and abodmen. And, I never actually got taped correctly. But, thankful I was always under. I would do PT in the morning and then do the gym after work. Amazingly, crushing the PT test with a maxed score also didn't mean crap, because an obese person can totally knock out 75 pushups and 70 situps in 2 minutes is out of shape, never mind running 2 miles in 12:30. That's when I knew the whole thing was a shame.
you know anytime I’ve been under 200 at 6 foot three I’ve always felt like garbage but I noticed when I would carry a weighted vest my knees and joints would feel better and when I’m at closer to 220-250 I get less pain
I had a doc who told me in the 80s that I was overweight. I was 130 at 5'2". I was a competitive swimmer and I was in marching band (practice daily for half the school year). That gave me a complex for a long time.
I’m a skinny useless mfr…. Winning
As per the TDEE calculation, the ideal body weight for a 28-year-old male, standing at 5'7", is between 144 and 147 pounds. A weight of 155 pounds represents 5% body fat, 163 pounds represents 10% body fat, and 171 pounds represents 15% body fat. Considering that the ideal weight is essentially fat-free weight, and to avoid being underweight, a target weight of around 10% body fat, which I want to be around 165 pounds, seems appropriate for me.
Buddybuilders come in all shapes and sizes. As Buddybuilders its on us to help our buddies find the right body weight goals and to achieve them. Buddy trying to gain 15 lbs? Better pack a back-up Lunchables in your backpack for a post-workout blast of most necessary macros. Buddy trying to cut 20 lbs? A true Buddybuilder packs walking shoes to walk with his buddy to the local 7-11 for a Mega-sized Big Gulp of Diet Cola. Thanks, Dr. Mike, for shining light where there was once darkness.
It turns out that hip-to-waist ratio is a much stronger predictor of obesity related diseases than body weight or BMI
5:58 this is why we watch this channel
I’m rolling lol
I bench almost 300, run a mile in about 8 minutes, can plank for 4+ minutes with weight, run the 40 yard in around 5 seconds (kinda slow) and squat a freight train. But I weigh 264lbs and I’m 5’10”. So according to the chart I’m morbidly obese. What a crock
can you do a video on possible weight ranges per height NATURALLY vs ENHANCED while lean?
bruh if u enhanced u aint bein carin bout health n shit
@@bregottmannen2706 no one is talking about health buddy.
Add around 10-20kg extra on any natural height/weight scale roughly.
A newer lifter might be 10kg heavier on peds an elite guy might be 20.
Olympia dudes are like 30kg heavier lmao.
@Jakob Kjærsgaard Grene thats not the point of my question weirdo
@@jj4829 my man the old dang video is bout health, u even listenin?
Im 200 pounds while being 6'5.(15 percent bf)
Some people call me skinny, but it doesnt matter. I love my life and enjoy going to the gym as well.
Recently cut out alcohol to improve my health.
I look and feel amazing.
Nice 215lb here also cut out alcohol 80 days in feeling great.
I would use waist circumference as a measure of health.
This is also related to muscle mass and bone structure, making it a bad measure of health
@@travisdula I disagree. Bones doesn't affect very much because you measure between lowest rips and Iliums. People also don't have that big abs. Visceral fat and subcutaneous fat affect much more.