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Told Too fat for Armed forces
Hi guys i am new to this
I recently went to look for a possible job within RAF but told i was too fat due to the flawed BMI count thingy.
I am 6ft 2, and weigh bout 20 stone.. but i dont really look obese or really fat i have defintion my family are all big? I have been going to the gym but it really hard you know with all the temptation of food close to hand. I am not really a fast food junkie, in fact i have never really touched a Mac'd, BK or KFC at all. I dont smoke, I drink in moderation. I admit i love the chocolate and the odd can of irnbru
Where am i going wrong?:-?
yours
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I recently went to look for a possible job within RAF but told i was too fat due to the flawed BMI count thingy.
I am 6ft 2, and weigh bout 20 stone.. but i dont really look obese or really fat i have defintion my family are all big? I have been going to the gym but it really hard you know with all the temptation of food close to hand. I am not really a fast food junkie, in fact i have never really touched a Mac'd, BK or KFC at all. I dont smoke, I drink in moderation. I admit i love the chocolate and the odd can of irnbru
Where am i going wrong?:-?
yours
Brig QW
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im 5ft 8 (6ft4 pre-para) and were just under 14 stone when i went into regs. something was mentioned about my body mass index at the medical which i took in the negative light but i was a lean mean sex god machine so i guess i got away with it. i think this thing of being pinged due to body mass is a bit silly. I reckon it should all be about passing fitness tests not how portly you are. lets face it if your a fat knacker you aint gonna pass, if your an obvious looking fat knacker you will be turned away. to original poster if this is the case i'd get a mirror and take a long hard look at yourself! what you may think is 'beefy' due to lifting iron may look like excess lard to the whippet in the recruiting office.
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Hmm...
Not to be rude (assuming this is a genuine post) but flawed though BMI is as a way of measuring general 'fatness', it has a wide enough range before you get to the realms of the overweight and obese that aside from the really enormous bodybuilder types, a fit bloke with above average muscle mass still won't end up with a false BMI. Muscle weighs more than fat, so it could be that you have a fair bit of both? What are you doing at the gym, how often, how long for?
Not to be rude (assuming this is a genuine post) but flawed though BMI is as a way of measuring general 'fatness', it has a wide enough range before you get to the realms of the overweight and obese that aside from the really enormous bodybuilder types, a fit bloke with above average muscle mass still won't end up with a false BMI. Muscle weighs more than fat, so it could be that you have a fair bit of both? What are you doing at the gym, how often, how long for?
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Told Too fat for Armed forces
gunner75 wrote:im 5ft 8 (6ft4 pre-para) and were just under 14 stone when i went into regs. something was mentioned about my body mass index at the medical which i took in the negative light but i was a lean mean sex god machine so i guess i got away with it. i think this thing of being pinged due to body mass is a bit silly. I reckon it should all be about passing fitness tests not how portly you are. lets face it if your a fat knacker you aint gonna pass, if your an obvious looking fat knacker you will be turned away. to original poster if this is the case i'd get a mirror and take a long hard look at yourself! what you may think is 'beefy' due to lifting iron may look like excess lard to the whippet in the recruiting office.
To be totally honest most of my family are all fair hefty apart from one or two.mr_man_2168 wrote:Hmm...
Not to be rude (assuming this is a genuine post) but flawed though BMI is as a way of measuring general 'fatness', it has a wide enough range before you get to the realms of the overweight and obese that aside from the really enormous bodybuilder types, a fit bloke with above average muscle mass still won't end up with a false BMI. Muscle weighs more than fat, so it could be that you have a fair bit of both? What are you doing at the gym, how often, how long for?
I do a quite a bit of walking and swimming (not great at it though) but i admit i have a bit of podge but i am not the one for trying to getting the fat shifted - I have a rugby player build or so i am told (maybe folks just being polite for saying i am fat?) As for the gym had been going to local sport centre but then switched to big chain gyms, i do try go on a daily basis for minimum of an hour (mixture of routines) hell i even went to doctor and see if he could help but no luck their so i guess i am destined to be fat? No? It might seem like i am on a whinge, possibly but it the case where i myself dont really have or know many people due to partly my own fault of being bit shy
Long story short. Yes i am serious but i just cant really get my head around the stupid bmi count when in the past fat people could get in no bother and they made you pull your weight n stuff..!!
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FYI to those whom presume i am extrapolating urine i am not
Me Tarzan, You silly man in camo wanting his momma
it was an attempt at humour...
before pre-para (i.e jumps course at brize) I was tall and gangly but due to the amount of subsequent drops and landing like a tent peg getting nailed into mother earth i am now a short stumpy gnome more akin to the kind nailing snow white in the disney classic.
before pre-para (i.e jumps course at brize) I was tall and gangly but due to the amount of subsequent drops and landing like a tent peg getting nailed into mother earth i am now a short stumpy gnome more akin to the kind nailing snow white in the disney classic.
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