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FreeTalkLive said:
BMI is not a good measure for people who are athletic but it works well for average people.

The BMI is accurate for athletic people as well.  It is only inaccurate for extremely well muscled people, such as sports stars that use steroids.  For 99% of all cases, it's a good unit of measure.