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by ok_dad 1397 days ago
Yea, ask many athletes at the US military academies about this. All of the football players basically had to have a waiver for BMI for the military standards or had to get taped (body dimensions measured) to do a more-complex calculation to determine a more accurate fat content. They also had to make standards in off-season, so the big linemen were constantly eating before the season to put on weight, then working hard at the end of the season to lose it.