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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 589422" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>As you've already explained - it's just a little used variant of BMI.</p><p></p><p>I'm not "confusing fat with muscle", most guys over 150kg carry significant amounts of body fat.</p><p>And none of the PI examples given are any different.</p><p></p><p>It's you that seems to be confused.</p><p></p><p>I took exception to the idea that "Pacific Islander guys are the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there".</p><p>I accept that they commonly are in Rugby.</p><p>But the original statement does not limit itself to Rugby.</p><p></p><p>Strength sports (where being "the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there" is pretty much a description of the sport itself) are dominated by athletes from the Baltic, Nordic, South East Asian and some Slavic countries/regions.</p><p>If significant numbers of people from those countries played Rugby, I can guarantee you that they would be quite capable of matching any other ethnic group in being "the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 589422, member: 67273"] As you've already explained - it's just a little used variant of BMI. I'm not "confusing fat with muscle", most guys over 150kg carry significant amounts of body fat. And none of the PI examples given are any different. It's you that seems to be confused. I took exception to the idea that "Pacific Islander guys are the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there". I accept that they commonly are in Rugby. But the original statement does not limit itself to Rugby. Strength sports (where being "the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there" is pretty much a description of the sport itself) are dominated by athletes from the Baltic, Nordic, South East Asian and some Slavic countries/regions. If significant numbers of people from those countries played Rugby, I can guarantee you that they would be quite capable of matching any other ethnic group in being "the thickest, most meaty, chunky, powerful big men out there'. [/QUOTE]
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