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[greenmedic88]

I'd be curious to try the running workouts with a treadmill, rather than running in place with a remote in my pocket, but then it would no longer be a self enclosed Wii workout. Treadmill runs can be pretty monotonous unless you watch TV while doing them.

Thoughts on the use of the BMI scale. Unless you are a formal competitive (including heavy weight lifters) or professional athlete, the BMI scale is more than adequate to gauge most individuals, particularly those engaging in an informal or light workout regimen.

Taking my own height and weight, I am 2 points overweight on the BMI scale, yet I have enough muscle mass to press my own weight (free weights) for 3 sets of 10, same for pull ups. More than most.

So, I have the same reservations about losing 12-13 lbs of body mass under the assumption that I'll lose strength (with the trade off of being able to do more pulls ups or any body weight based exercise) overall.

Then I crunched the numbers after taking my body fat percentage, calculating that into lbs of fat and was interested to see that the amount of body fat I'd have to lose to put me into my"ideal" BMI range would put me into the 9-10% body fat range. That's right at the bottom end of what is considered healthy (8-20%) which is typically where most competitive athletes are (or less).

It is no coincidence that my sifu informed me years ago that for my height and build, my ideal fighting weight would be almost exactly the same as it would be if I were to drop my body fat percentage down to that 9-10% range putting me at the top end of the healthy BMI range.

While just under 20% may be considered acceptable, even for a muscled build, unless you are cut like a body builder (competitive body builders have single digit body fat percentages), the BMI scale is still fairly accurate, just harsher for those with above average muscle mass and strength.

So, no excuses if you lift weights and have a high BMI.