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[dysfun0507]

they do use the BMI but they will pull the tape out for you when you weigh in at MEPS... i take it you are shipping off to BCT sometime soon? you are gonna lose so much muscle in BCT, they cardio the **** out of you.

[MilitaryRecruit]

well i guess there is no way to get around the charts saying that i am obese except for to lose the weight all together. Looks like cardio and a good ole fashion sweat will have to do to see if i can beat the charts and BF%.

[MilitaryRecruit]

I just checked out the BMI chart and it says that i am overweight. 220 is the cut off for overweight and 221 is obese. same thing imo though. That is kinda crap. 177 is the highest for "normal" weight at 6 foot even, and when i was 180 people looked at me and thought i was around 140. I would always win at the carnival "guess your weight" games for that reason. Kinda screwed up if you ask me because it is not a good judge of fitness at all. I can still outrun tons of people concerning time and speed even after packing on a few. Oh well i guess that if they dont want me in the military just because of a BMI chart then that would be their loss. And if they dont want to pull out the stops for testing fitness even when they are buff and cut, then there is obviously something wrong with their procedures.

i take it you are shipping off to BCT sometime soon? you are gonna lose so much muscle in BCT, they cardio the **** out of you.

yes hopefully i will be leaving soon. I am going to MEPS on jan 5, 08 and the recruiter told me that the earliest i could ship after that point was at the end of january. Hopefully that will work out but if the weight issue doesn't work out it may be even longer than expected. ASVAB scores and other obsticles are no problem for me at MEPS, only thing holding me back atm is the weight BF% issue.

[Dizz28]

They do have a BMI scale, but they tape you if you're over. You can't get kicked out if it's muscle that makes you over weight. They must have had a skinny neck and a fat belly