even vaguely muscular people are going to blow apart the BMI scale
I disagree, it’s fairly hard for people to get much above BMI of 28 while lean. You are likely underestimating your BF, have you done a bod pod or other immersion test?
I haven’t. I use calipers and visual estimation compared to DEXA confirmed images. Calipers, if taken at face value, report me to be at 8-10% BF which is definitely too low. Visually, I currently look like pictures of guys in the 13-15% range, so I add 5% to the calculated result. Even at 16% BF (the highest estimate I can get), I’d be around 7% BF with a BMI of 24.8. That’s underfat yet very close to overweight.
I disagree, it’s fairly hard for people to get much above BMI of 28 while lean. You are likely underestimating your BF, have you done a bod pod or other immersion test?
I haven’t. I use calipers and visual estimation compared to DEXA confirmed images. Calipers, if taken at face value, report me to be at 8-10% BF which is definitely too low. Visually, I currently look like pictures of guys in the 13-15% range, so I add 5% to the calculated result. Even at 16% BF (the highest estimate I can get), I’d be around 7% BF with a BMI of 24.8. That’s underfat yet very close to overweight.
Would you mind posting a self-pic?
ah, you sound more than just vaguely muscular then ;)