What good is BMI if it is not accurate?

Let me take myself as an example: I'm 18 and have been doing strength training at the gym for three years. My current weight is 90kg, a lot of that is muscle. My body fat percentage is around 20% because I always intentionally gain weight in the winter to build up muscle. I've now calculated my BMI, and it says I have a BMI of 29.5, which the calculator says is overweight. Is this excess weight only related to my "normal" weight at an older age, or does it mean I'm too fat? Does the calculator even take muscle into account?

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Venus345
2 years ago

Hello the computer cannot take your muscles into account, how should it go. You do not need to increase especially in muscle building, normal diet with some meat products and dairy products is enough to get muscles, which is primarily training

ewigsuzu
2 years ago

It is a bit bumpy to assume that an AVERAGE CALCULATION works for absolutely every hair exact without having calculated fat and muscle fraction.

Go to a doctor if you want to have the 100% units, because the BMI can also do nothing.

And yes, according to the body there is something different definition, or other calculations.

It's math. BMI is math for body size and kilograms more not

You want BMI and body fat and muscle.

So you have to count on that.

4 are more than 2 and you are missing 2 numbers, so the bill cannot go up

And please stop stressing about 5 calories, or because the mirror says you have mm more.

Checking once a week is enough.

ewigsuzu
2 years ago
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It is easy to adhere to the body specifications.

People who stress that I mean you're not the only one who can read that.

jort93
2 years ago

Do not worry. For more than rough demographic statistics, he's never seen anything.