People here seriously think 5'10 170 pounds is Fat???

Kgpremed12 wrote:

Im 10% body fat btw. I just can't imagine how any grown man can be comfortable being 5'10 130 pounds. You would have no way to defend yourself or a girlfriend, you're just too small to be a threat.

I'm proud to say that my GF has successfully defended the two of us several times. No problemo as far as I'm concerned.

Kgpremed12 wrote:

there is no way a girl would pick a 5'10 150 guy over a 5'10 170 guy if they both have comparable body fat. And like I said Im at 10%.

You sound flabby to me. And where is your tactfulness?

I'm 6'2 and weigh 300 lbs

BMI is 38

Would you call me fat?

http://www.bodybuilding.hu/supersite/images/stories/mtifbbGP/Tony_Freeman1.jpg

5'9" ~155.

People always tell me I'm skinny. Well, maybe not skinny, but definitely thin. Or in really good shape. Or totally hot. Or anything they can think of that tells me their jealous as hell of how awesome I look. Especially when I'm stretching in my front yard after a hard run, dripping sweat, and wearing my little 3" split shorts. Like, what my neighbor did the other day. Not my next-door neighbor, a girl a couple houses down the block. She told me that I look like I've been running a long time and kept checking "it" out through my shorts. She just finished a little 10-miler herself and she had a couple things that I was definitely checking out.

Sorry to tell you, Tubby Ted, girls like skinny, fit, runner guys.

Kgpremed12 wrote:

Last thread I started people said 170 was fat.

If 5'10 170 pounds is fat BMI=24= normal. Then this place is fully of emaciated nerds. GSP is 5'10 170

http://www.whitegadget.com/pc-wallpapers/141696-gsp.html

Now I see why anorexia is so prevalent in this sport. No guy 5'10 should weigh less than 160, Men Need muscle mass, women find it attractive.

Are you Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 under a new guise? You both are obnoxious, obsessed with this topic, and lack both good punctuation and good manners.

In all fairness to the OP 170 at 5'10 is normal and healthy...but you are posting on a running site where the vast majority of readers are/were competitive runners. A BMI over 22 and you aren't going to get jack done.

I did make 170 once due to the inability to train consistently and I was lifting a lot. It felt horrible I could grab the extra fat on my cheeks even though I vastly improved my bench. I wouldn't add 20 lbs of muscle for anything at this point and usually people add that in fat at the same time. I just feel better being slim. People stop teasing you about it after HS they start envying you when they have pot bellies at 30. Most people with BMI's of 24 even if 'fit' have guts. Nothing is pretty about that.

You're not fat, you're pretty.

Kgpremed12 wrote:

Last thread I started people said 170 was fat.

If 5'10 170 pounds is fat BMI=24= normal. Then this place is fully of emaciated nerds. GSP is 5'10 170

http://www.whitegadget.com/pc-wallpapers/141696-gsp.html

Now I see why anorexia is so prevalent in this sport. No guy 5'10 should weigh less than 160, Men Need muscle mass, women find it attractive.

Kgpremed12 wrote:

lol Dude this site is hilarious. People here are definitely living in a warped reality. Who said I want to run better? I run well enough, I lift weights too. Wow. 5'10 170 is tiny, guys at the gym would be laughing their asses of at this.

It all depends on what you want to do. If you're in to lifting, then, yeah, 170 is pretty light. If you're in to running a fast half marathon, then 170 is heavy.

You are 5 lbs heavy for the average non-runner.Acceptable weight for 5'10" non-runner is 165.If you want to improve as a runner you need to lose 5-10% and get in the range of 148-156.

Wasn't your original post about donating your sperm? I still haven't figured out why you are posting on a running site. Go to the body building site if that is your interest.

No way you are a medical student. LOL.

midthun wrote:

You are 5 lbs heavy for the average non-runner.Acceptable weight for 5'10" non-runner is 165.If you want to improve as a runner you need to lose 5-10% and get in the range of 148-156.

This is probably right. A year after surgery I wasn't running at all and I was 5 10 and weighed 170. Before Boston last year after two years of consistent training, I was 155.

Ditto this in its entirety, with the minor exception that I'm not quite 50.

Er... wrote:

I'm 5' 10 1/2" and 175. (50 years old.) I'm kinda hefty. Hoping I can get enough training in over the fall-winter-spring to run a half in late May. My ideal racing weight from many, many years ago--140 pounds--is totally unapproachable but I'm thinking maybe if I can get down below 160 it will be a big help in the spring. So yeah I wouldn't say 5 10 and 175 is fat but it sure ain't skinny around here.

Kgpremed12 wrote:

Last thread I started people said 170 was fat.

If 5'10 170 pounds is fat BMI=24= normal. Then this place is fully of emaciated nerds. GSP is 5'10 170

http://www.whitegadget.com/pc-wallpapers/141696-gsp.html

Now I see why anorexia is so prevalent in this sport. No guy 5'10 should weigh less than 160, Men Need muscle mass, women find it attractive.

If you're a 5'10 NFL running back, then 170 pounds is seriously underweight. If you're a 5'10 distance runner, then 170 is seriously overweight. If you're a 5'10 track sprinter, 170 could be about right.

BMI is a pretty useless number when it comes to individuals [much better for comparing populations.]

Body fat % is also problematic since different methods give very different results.

Bottom line: if running fast times at distances over 800m is important to you, losing some weight will probably help. If that isn't important to you, your weight is probably fine, but then why are you posting on letsrun?

why does being "a man" aways come back to 1) your ability to fight or2) your ability to drink large amounts of alcoholhow small is your, ummm, 'endowment' Kgpremed12 that you have to worry about your manliness so much??? hahaha!!!waiting for obligatory "real man" thread response in 3,2....

Kgpremed12 wrote:

Im 10% body fat btw. I just can't imagine how any grown man can be comfortable being 5'10 130 pounds. You would have no way to defend yourself or a girlfriend, you're just too small to be a threat.

For all the bashers, I have a name for you:

Nick Symmonds 5'10" 165

Will the poster who has run 1:42, 3:34, has a silver medal and been on a date with Paris Hilton please stand up?

You mean you've done all the OCD mileage and you can't beat a "fat" guy like that? Truth be told, Lindsey Vonn when healthy would probably kick the shit out of almost all the posters on this thread. And a number of people bashing the OP would not be allowed to compete for the university I work for because you are officially anorexic by US Government standards (if you are 5'10" and weigh less than 130, which would put you under BMI of 18.5). At my school, many of the bashers would be required to undergo counseling before they would be allowed to compete again.

Some more names:

Yohan Blake 5'10" 168

Justin Gatlin 6'1" 185

Nesta Carter 5'8" 172

Usain Bolt 6'5" 207

Those guys are runners and they're the fastest people on the planet. Either list the mark where you beat one of them or STHU about those weights being fat.

coach d:

1) you are an idiot - this poster is a troll.

2) your school has a bad track program

Er... wrote:

I'm 5' 10 1/2" and 175. (50 years old.) I'm kinda hefty. Hoping I can get enough training in over the fall-winter-spring to run a half in late May. My ideal racing weight from many, many years ago--140 pounds--is totally unapproachable but I'm thinking maybe if I can get down below 160 it will be a big help in the spring. So yeah I wouldn't say 5 10 and 175 is fat but it sure ain't skinny around here.

I'm curious as to why you say getting close to 140 again would be totally unapproachable.

I'm 55 and the same height as you and weighed in at 165 at the beginning of the year after a long lay off from running. I've put in pretty consistent 50 mile weeks since April and have watched between-meal snacks and my weight is now 145 range. Running feels unbelievably better.

I don't see any reason you could not get well below 160 if you tried.

As for the OP and his initial comments - like others have pointed out, it just depends on what you want. 170 is not a bad weight, but you are posting on a board dominated by distance runners. When I weigh close to 170, I feel fat around my abdomen and running is definitely a chore. If you are happy with where you are at, sounds good to me. You are certainly in better shape than most other Americans.

Gaining weight has its perks as a small distance runner people typically try to walk all over you. A 4:00 mile usually does not win a fight or defend your wife if push comes to shove. At 175 pounds average weight and much more built people don't usually walk all over me any more I can still run when my knees allow it under 5:00 for a mile. The best part is people take me serious and a night out with the wife does not usually involve some random guy trying to talk to my wife with the assumption that no worry that guy wont do anything. Easily put 170 at 5'10 is not fat go to a beach and see who pulls more girls if you are single a 170 pound guy at 5'10 or a 130-140 pound guy at 5'10. Most women are not impressed with how fast you can run it took me years to realize that.

At 130-140 Pounds standing 6'0. (Mile Best 4:04.35 2005))

1500m: 3:45

5000m: 14:17

10,000m: 29:05

Bench Press: 145 1 rep bench max.

At 170-180 Pounds standing 6'0. (Mile Best 4:46.00 2013)

1500m: 4:26

5000m: 15:40

10,000m: 33:high

Bench Press: 225 1 rep bench max.

Yohan Blake 5'10" 168

Justin Gatlin 6'1" 185

Nesta Carter 5'8" 172

Usain Bolt 6'5" 207

Those guys are runners and they're the fastest people on the planet. Either list the mark where you beat one of them or STHU about those weights being fat.

I would beat Blake, Gatlin, Carter, and even Bolt in anything 1 mile and up guaranteed. We are talking about distance running not sprinters. And I bet none of the guys on this site actually have anorexic tendencies even if BMI's are under 18.5. It is almost purely a female problem.