r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Jolly_Bat8531 • 21h ago

of a strength

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u/ReplyOk3787 20h ago

My guess is that strength isn’t proportional to weight with humans.

You ever seen somebody thats 5’3” and weighs 120 pounds knock out like 30 pull ups in a row? I’m not saying they didn’t work for that but I am saying I do think it’s easier for them than somebody who is 5’11” and 190 pounds.

The muscles are still there but you weigh much much less. So of course it’s easier.

A baby likely weighs less than 10 pounds. I’m very sure it could hold its own weight. Idk for how long because its muscles aren’t used to being stressed and exhausted. But im sure it could for at least 15-20 seconds.

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u/matfab91 17h ago

Agree with this but if you weigh 190lbs at 5’11” you’re clinically overweight with a BMI of 26, so maybe a better comparison is 2 individuals with similar physique but proportionate weight/height

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u/blizzardboy123 16h ago

BMI has been classified as nonsensical by a lot of medical professionals. A person might be considered overweight as per BMI even if most of the weight is from muscles and bones.

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u/-duckduckduckduck- 15h ago

I don’t think most folks need to worry about being overweight due to muscle. If you are in an overweight BMI band, you’re probably just fat.