Re: Is heart rate a good measure of fat burning? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

12-28-2006, 08:26 AM

In uk.rec.cycling [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> Beginning runner wrote:
>> Paul Rudin <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
>> > > The average American male is 5'10" and 150 lb.
>> >
>> > That sounds remarkably lean -
>>
>> I was thinking the same thing.

> As I explained in response to others, the "150" was a typo, and I meant
> 180.

> But that is hardly the point. The point was to help __you__ understand
> why the age-based MHR formulas do not accurately estimate your MHR,
> which you said you "don't really understand". The fact that your MHR
> is different simply means that you are not "average".

> I hope you now understand. Your nitpicking seems a tad ungrateful.

>> > FWIW Wikipedia says 5'9" and 190 lb.
>>
>> That seems closer to reality.

> Interestingly, the NIH BMI calculator considers you "overweight" if you
> are 5'10" and 174 lb. The "normal" range for 5'10" is 129 to 173.5 lb,
> with the midpoint being 151 lb.

> It is unclear to me if the NIH "normal" is based on a statistical
> analysis of the population, or if it is a goal that the NIH has set
> arbitrarily.

It used to be set statistically, i.e. the norm was the average. The
WHO has been arguing with the US for some time over that, and recently
persuaded the US to start moving its healthy normal weight range in
the direction of a norm based on fat-related-disorder statistics
rather than average US weights. Hence the sudden recent shift
downwards in the US overweight and obesity points which created a
sudden surge in the numbers of those considered overweight.

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