Of course you check for straightness, checking, knots and wane but it is also really helpful to understand how boards are sawn at the mill and why. If you know what to look for you can see how a board will warp, cup and twist later down the road or when cut. Here is a pretty good intro

Find me an insurance company using adjusted BMI - just that stupid height2 calculation - and I’ll show a company that’s behind the science. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at people using bad data, so I’ll grant you that.

Congrats! Yes BMI is highly contextual. I’m almost obese on the BMI scale. Probably in appropriate of me to post a shirtless selfie here, but needless to say I’m not obese (anymore ha)

I HATE BMI and it infuriates me to know end when Dr’s tell you what it is. I’m always shocked that a medical professional would bother looking at BMI when busting out the calipers and getting an actual body fat % takes so little time.

Lol @ BMI. I’m 6’ ish and weigh 225. I don’t have a gut at all. My body fat percentage is around 17%. Apparently I’m obese.

I just care about looking and feeling good. No need for hulk effect, I'm not that insecure.

Seconded. I am 5’10” and when I am running and lifting (not the case right now) I weigh around 185 and look great for an old guy. Broad shoulders, big chest, muscular legs... and the BMI calculator says I am borderline obese. My doctor laughed at it and said pay BMI no mind, it doesn’t account for people with muscles.

BMI exists because 200 years ago a guy who knew very little about health - even by the primitive standards of the time, he was a mathematician - came up with a quick and easy formula to determine the obesity rate in the population. It’s a bizarre arbitrary formula that, for example, squares height in order to come up…

I went to high school with a guy who applied to the Marines and got rejected for being obese. He was 6’2” 275#. He was first-team all-state in football offense & defense, and won the state title for wrestling. Our athletic director then had to write a letter and send in a photo of this guy who had <10% body fat.…

BMI is statistical metric for populations. It should not be used as a metric for an individual. This was never its intended use in the first place. Somehow I keep expecting doctors of all people to know that but they keep wielding it at people like it means something.

Yeah, I’m 5’7” and bounce around 220. Built like a fire plug, I’ve been told I’m obese because of the BMI most of my life. At 200 to 210, I used to be able to walk to the deep end of a pool, because I sank. BMI is REALLY inaccurate, because it’s just a mathematical formula.

I am 5’11 and 215. My waist is only 36 so yeah I aint the thinnest, but I am certainly not “fat” although there is a slight dad bod. If your 6’2 at 215 don’t lose any you need it all man!

5’10” 210 lbs OBESE??? Whaaat? I am like 5’11 and 215 or so. If any person saw me they might think “well he’s not the skinniest dude I ever saw” but in general I look healthy. ...wow. The dad bod creeps up though, I feel a lil like my gut is too big, but I gym like 3-4x a week so it’s not as if I am a weakling.…

Right, but it fails below them, as well. I’m 6’2, 210-215. This places me well into the “overweight” category. You’ll have to take my word when I say that I am anything but.

BMI is a joke... complete absolute joke.

It gets kind of screwy if you are tall, too. My husband is 6’3”/6’4”. According to BMI, he should weigh under 190 pounds. He got down to 205 once and looked like he was anorexic. He’s typically in the 220 range, which according to his doctor is completely healthy for his body.

I think that’s one of those double standard things. Wives get to say that. Husband’s dare not.

I had the same problem when I went to the VA. I literally have heavy, big bones (think Neanderthal), 24” dia head, 7.5”wrist and knees as big as a 6 footer. My muscles are comparable. Once I had a water displacement test done and I was “underweight”’ for my height but only because I am dense as a brick. Lots of docs…

The BMI system feels made for people who don’t lift. BMI says I’m overweight, and while I do have a bit of a dadbod I’ve had that since my teens. After starting some serious weight lifting at the gym I gained about 20kg of pure muscle mass in a few years.

The only point of BMI is in showing which level of obese a person’s at. If they’re in shape at all BMI is useless because it doesn’t take into account body fat percentage.