Hey, John – I discovered your blog via Rusty’s site this evening; although Brad Pilon has mentioned your name quite a few times on his site as well. This theory reminds me of the facial and body symmetry studies that were done decades ago to study physical attractiveness and the halo effect. Although I haven’t done any research myself, I can say anecdotally that I have noticed a remarkable difference in how I’m treated by women and men. Long story short, I started working out after a shoulder injury in 2006 as part of a rehab program. I liked the results, so I’ve kept at it. Yes, I too fell for the bodybuilding websites, and I gulped down weight gainers, protein shakes, creatine, etc. Rusty and Brad helped clear up that nonsense. Anyway, I measured myself today after reading your site. I am 51.5 x 32 inches, which comes to 1.609. I find the closeness of that number to your stated ratio interesting because I don’t think my chest and shoulders are big enough – so I guess that puts me in the same category as some of the men you spoke of who never think they have enough. Using Brad as a guide, he’s bigger in those areas than I am, despite weighing the same as me. I have a somewhat ectomorphic body type, so I’m biased to think I’m smaller, especially when standing next to naturally bigger guys. Anyway, back to my point, over the past year or so, after I started Eat Stop Eat and my weight dropped from 190 to 175 lbs, I did begin to notice many more stares, comments, etc. It can be a bit embarrassing in public when strangers feel they must compliment you in front of co-workers or friends; although it is very flattering as well. So that’s my own personal “study” on this subject, and now I think I will check out your book, just to see if what you prescribe is anything similar to what I’ve been doing. Sorry for the long post, by the way…
If you have been looking for the right way on how to calculate BMI for men then you have found the right article for you. Now before getting into the calculation of the BMI for men, let us start with the basic details about BMI and what it is all about.
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September 18th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Hey, John – I discovered your blog via Rusty’s site this evening; although Brad Pilon has mentioned your name quite a few times on his site as well. This theory reminds me of the facial and body symmetry studies that were done decades ago to study physical attractiveness and the halo effect. Although I haven’t done any research myself, I can say anecdotally that I have noticed a remarkable difference in how I’m treated by women and men. Long story short, I started working out after a shoulder injury in 2006 as part of a rehab program. I liked the results, so I’ve kept at it. Yes, I too fell for the bodybuilding websites, and I gulped down weight gainers, protein shakes, creatine, etc. Rusty and Brad helped clear up that nonsense. Anyway, I measured myself today after reading your site. I am 51.5 x 32 inches, which comes to 1.609. I find the closeness of that number to your stated ratio interesting because I don’t think my chest and shoulders are big enough – so I guess that puts me in the same category as some of the men you spoke of who never think they have enough. Using Brad as a guide, he’s bigger in those areas than I am, despite weighing the same as me. I have a somewhat ectomorphic body type, so I’m biased to think I’m smaller, especially when standing next to naturally bigger guys. Anyway, back to my point, over the past year or so, after I started Eat Stop Eat and my weight dropped from 190 to 175 lbs, I did begin to notice many more stares, comments, etc. It can be a bit embarrassing in public when strangers feel they must compliment you in front of co-workers or friends; although it is very flattering as well. So that’s my own personal “study” on this subject, and now I think I will check out your book, just to see if what you prescribe is anything similar to what I’ve been doing. Sorry for the long post, by the way…
February 14th, 2012 at 10:15 am
If you have been looking for the right way on how to calculate BMI for men then you have found the right article for you. Now before getting into the calculation of the BMI for men, let us start with the basic details about BMI and what it is all about.