Weight Question

[KostyaTszyu44]

While I don't know what his body type is like - true - I have heard that a healthy weight for a male is his height in centimeters minus 100. So, if I am about 174 cm, I should be about 74 kg, if I want to be considered "healthy". I know this is how they do it in Russia. For someone that wants to be ripped or skinny, obviously this doesn't apply. I don't remember his saying he wants to be ripped in his post, so I didn't talk about what kind of diet he should have to achieve that.

yeah different guys have different body shapes like i know bantamweights who are 5"8 and i know a guy who is like 5''6 weighing like 70 kg.......but i will try that thing thanks for that

EDIT: whoaaa im underweight...im 160 cm tall and weigh 45 kg...so i should be 60kg....i feel healthy at 45 i dunno if thats right....maybe it doesnt work for boxers, 44kg is my fighting weight anyway so meh

[Sadler]

yeah different guys have different body shapes like i know bantamweights who are 5"8 and i know a guy who is like 5''6 weighing like 70 kg.......but i will try that thing thanks for that

EDIT: whoaaa im underweight...im 160 cm tall and weigh 45 kg...so i should be 60kg....i feel healthy at 45 i dunno if thats right....maybe it doesnt work for boxers, 44kg is my fighting weight anyway so meh

nah youre alright, im 166cm and 48 kg

[sukhenkoy]

yeah different guys have different body shapes like i know bantamweights who are 5"8 and i know a guy who is like 5''6 weighing like 70 kg.......but i will try that thing thanks for that

EDIT: whoaaa im underweight...im 160 cm tall and weigh 45 kg...so i should be 60kg....i feel healthy at 45 i dunno if thats right....maybe it doesnt work for boxers, 44kg is my fighting weight anyway so meh

Yeah it doesn't really work for boxers. If you go by that thing, almost every single boxer is unhealthy. I am about 175 cm tall, and only weigh 68 kg. I feel fine for my weight.

I think that weight measure is for males that are somewhat active, but not nearly as active or competitive as boxers. Boxers constantly need to make weight, and a lot do not compete in their completely "natural" weights, which, for me, would be somewhere around 70-71 kgs.

[KostyaTszyu44]

yeah yeah very true....

[Trrmo]

I have heard that a healthy weight for a male is his height in centimeters minus 100. So, if I am about 174 cm, I should be about 74 kg, if I want to be considered "healthy". I know this is how they do it in Russia. For someone that wants to be ripped or skinny, obviously this doesn't apply. I don't remember his saying he wants to be ripped in his post, so I didn't talk about what kind of diet he should have to achieve that.

this calculation is not good for determining a ´healthy´person, and definitively not for boxers! this calculation would put me 14 kgs underweight now or 16 kgs underweight at fighting weight (same for Kelly Pavlik)

[sukhenkoy]

There's always going to be different opinions on the topic. I was just saying something I heard from some of my pals in Russia.

Here is evidence of this on the internet. Although it is not the same exact calculation as I stated, the weight that you end up with is fairly close to how it is with the height - 100 = weight in kgs calculation.



It also depends on how you define 'healthy'.

[Chayal Boded.]

I'm 5'8 and used to be 150lbs now I'm 142 and feel good, for a fight I would go under 140. To lose 5lbs for you shouldn't be too hard, see how you feel at 145, and keep in mind that whatever weight you're at your trainer'll probably ask you to drop down a weight class for a fight anyway.