BMI – Useful or outdated?

This was what I got asked by one of the Crawley Weekday Warriors at the bi-weekly Q&A session we had this morning

And what a great question it was

You’ll most likely know that BMI or Body Mass Index is a value used to determine whether you are underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese 

This is calculated by dividing your body mass by the square of your height

So in terms of tracking progress it can be pretty useful as it’ll give you a quantitative measure of where you’re at

(Especially if you height isn’t changing anytime soon)

You can then compare this number again after completing a diet or training programme to determine whether you have progressed or not

However, it must be pointed out that BMI doesn’t take into account what is and what isn’t lean tissue

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And after all, higher body-fat percentages have a stronger correlation to health conditions and diseases compared to higher BMI scores

And the flaw that BMI doesn’t take into account certain variations in physical characteristics which can result in shorter individuals being classed as being underweight and taller individuals being classed as being overweight when in fact they’re not

So my recommendation (courtesy of S&C coach Dan John) is to simplify whether you’re a fat-loss client or not by taking your waist measurement, doubling it and comparing it to your body height

If your waist measurement doubled is greater than your body height, you are a fat-loss client

If your waist measurement doubled is not greater than your body height, you are not fat-loss client

Simple as that

And to check your progress… All you need to do is track your waist measurements

Joe ‘Belly Busting’ Bullen