Re: Running for weight loss?

runsrealfast <tay01020@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
News User wrote:
Kaz Kylheku wrote:
190 is a good weight for 6'2" if you are packing a good 25 pounds of
extra muscle from lifting weights. Otherwise, you're substantially
overweight at 190.

Says who? I'm 6"2' and very broad shoulders (think football player
build). Right now I'm 245 and at 190 I'd look like an anorexic. I'm
shooting for 200-220.

football player eh?
TO is 6'3 and listed at 224. he's huge
Antonio Bryant(49ers) is 6'2 and listed at 188
Chad Johnson (bengals) 6'1 193
Javon Walker (broncos) 6'3 209
Marvin Harrison(colts)6'00 185
Nate Burleson(seahawks) 6'0 192

Why all wide receivers? Surely you could have included a kicker or two.

An interesting google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Height%3A+6-2%22+players+site%3Awww.nfl.com&btnG=Search

I see nobody under 200 on the first page. Mean weight: 220.9, Median
weight: 222. TO is representative as opposed to huge (though he may be
well muscled compared to others, I wouldn't know.)

remember those guys are professional athletes.

Cherry-picked to make your point.

For comparison to your wide receivers, here are some (P to W -- I was
going to type in just the "P"s based on my name, but I just kept going)
NFL linebackers who are all 6'2" and their posted weights:

Polk, Carlos 262
Polk, DaShon 245
Pollack, David 255
Rainer, Wali 237
Reese, Ike 222
Roper, Dedrick 245
Ruud, Barrett 241
Scanlon, Rich 249
Scott, Bart 240
Seward, Adam 248
Shanle, Scott 245
Singleton, Alshermond 250
Sirmon, Peter 237
Smith, Daryl 242
Smith, Derek M 237
Smith, Raonall 245
Smith, Tyson 237
Spikes, Takeo 242
Stamer, Josh 238
Stills, Gary 250
Taylor, Ben 238
Thomas, Adalius 270
Thomas, Dontarrious 241
Thomas, Pat 243
Thompson, Chaun 249
Thornton, David 225
Torbor, Reggie 250
Wilkins, Marcus 231
Williams, Leon 238
Wilson, Rod 230
Wong, Kailee 246
Woods, LeVar 241

(source:<http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/237433>, hand entered.)

Mean: 242.78, Median: 242

I don't think 10 pounds less than 200 is to small.

He didn't say that 190 was too small. He was responding to the
trollfully ridiculous claim that 190 pounds at 6'2" was "substantially
overweight" unless the person was packing 25 pounds of "extra muscle."
He said that *he* would look anorexic at that weight (which is probably
an overstatement.) The claim to which he was responding is obviously
bull*** as stated.

I think that for the majority of 6'2" people, 190lbs is probably a fine
target weight. *I* plan on dropping another 10lbs over the next 4-5
months and holding there as part of a plan to run a marathon in March,
but I plan on returning to between 190-195 when that's done (unless some
other running goal comes up -- which it likely will.)

I was a linebacker, which is a position pretty evenly split between
skill and line in size. I look thin at 190, but not anorexic. I estimate
my body fat to be somewhere between 11% and 17% (I'm not going to bother
having it tested professionally, I don't care that much -- you can see
my ribs, my backbone, my abs; prominent veins in my arms, legs and at my
temples.) Most of any future weight loss will be muscle, but I am trying
to minimize that with some weightlifting and a 20/45/35 fat/carb/protein
(+/- 5% on any number) diet.

So, in conclusion for the average 6'2" tall person, 190 is probably a
fine weight to be.

Cheers,
Craig

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