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by handsomechad 2931 days ago
very few people with low body fat percentage will be 220 lbs unless they are 99th percentile height. (6'4''+)

i would say the average athletic/fit person who is fairly lean (10-14% bf) [1] at a height of 6'0'' to 6'3'' will be anywhere from 165-205 lbs depending on frame, but very rarely more than 205 lbs

now there are definitely healthy and athletic and strong people who are at or above 220 at those heights but they will most probably be "overweight"[2] (have excess body fat) or on exogenous hormones enabling them to gain a lot of extra muscle mass (most bodybuilders, nfl players, college football players,etc) [3]

http://nattyornot.com/how-big-can-you-get-naturally-without-...

[1]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtRJPJ1VQWk/Tj1ql1w-LrI/AAAAAAAAvi...

[2]https://storage.googleapis.com/media.mwcradio.com/flatterpag...

[3]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/7c/3c/977c3c65d9dc3aed71d5...

1 comments

Even if your numbers meant anything (they don't) what's your point? It's ok to discriminate against unhealthy people?
Well that's cool, I guess HN isn't above some good old-fashioned fat-hate.
Who's hating fat people? This is just reality - heavy people weigh more, the Segway motors can't handle the weight.

Even if the motors could (they probably can), heavy people would use more battery.

By the way, literally nobody said fat until you. We were talking about heavy people.

it's only dwarfs who hate people above 220lbs and 6'3".