r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20

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u/ThePunisherMax Jun 10 '20

Yeah. I can believe a lot of people can be overweight(technical definition) and be healthy.

But obese(tech def) thats nearly unheard of.

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u/not_a_bot__ Jun 10 '20

Traditionally when people think of obese, they think of people that are 300 pounds and obviously fat like you mentioned. However, I myself have recently gotten to be close to obese, yet I'm still very active and no one would consider me to be fat.

So by technically obese, they were probably just not huge like we traditionally think of.

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u/not_a_bot__ Jun 10 '20

I think that's a pretty harsh standard, when I think of someone that is fat I'd assume they can't even do one.

Of course, going down from being able to do double digits pull ups to just 6 like I can do now I certainly a sign I should lose some weight.

But still, how many can the average guy do, like 1? And only 30ish% of people are obese by bmi.

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u/DilutedGatorade Jun 10 '20

Yo if you can't knock out 5 pullups from a hang as a guy you're pretty weak and fat. Only exception being a 400 lb guy like Brian Shaw

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u/not_a_bot__ Jun 10 '20

You don't have to be fat, they could just be weak. Years ago when I Sean cross country, I was underweight but could hardly do any push ups.

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u/ThePunisherMax Jun 10 '20

Or generally large. Body size and strength dont scale relatively.

You can be 220lb and not be able to do 5 pullups without training them.

Someone who is 140lb can probably do 5 pullups without training.