Monday, July 25, 2011

A totally random thought I just felt like sharing

This post is about something I noticed a while back, and when I watched SUPERMAN the other day it made me think about it again, SO I decided to blog about it! Here goes-

If you've seen the old Superman movies with Christopher Reeves, you may or may not remember the part in the first one where he told his height and weight to Louis Lane. He said he was about 6'4" and 225 lbs.
Those measurements may have been a little off from his actual measurements for Hollywood purposes but looking at this photo, it seems that it could be pretty accurate, right?

I've always thought there was one thing wrong with the BMI chart. It only takes into account height and weight, with no way of knowing how much of that weight is muscle or fat. So one day just out of curiosity I typed Superman's measurements into a BMI calculator online to see what came up.
Yeah, I don't see Superman as "overweight" either. In the end, I guess the BMI chart is just a guide (although I believe it is not 100% accurate) to help us see what area we are in and what area we should be in. If you want a more accurate measurement of things there are other ways of getting them.

I just had to share that funny fact!

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