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Spot on. BMI is a bad indicator of individual health and fitness. I have a BMI of 25 right now but that’s because I added 14lbs of muscle over the last year while dropping a couple pounds of fat. Body fat percentage sitting at 18%.

Now, there are lots of big boys in the NFL that definitely have a couple extra pounds on them, which could also be skewing numbers.



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