My size and weight dont match

[IronSlingah]

I am 205 6ft and well i tell people my weight NOBODY believes me not even cops when i get pulled over. Ive been working out for 4 yrs now and my bench press is 250 and I can run 4 miles in under 30minutes so im not unathletic people usually misguess my weight by 30lbs plus. I know the scales are right since its at the gym and I stopped taking creatine so im not retaining water is it muscle/bone density or somthing?

 

[Mudge]

If these are 5'9"/5'10" guys they probably think you are 170-185. Height adds weight fast, I'm 6'2" 231 and have been to 240, I dont look like a monster.

Find a kid on the internet who is lying his ass off about his size and he will tell you "I'm 6'8" 235 pounds", now in reality he would not be all that beefy, not at all.

 

[aceman]

heighth

Yeah heighth really makes a difference as to how you look, short guys always look stocky and heavier. One guy at my gym competes and he is almost 6ft he ways around 220. He has problems competing in his class around here because alot of guys are shorter so they look like they have more mass. He is trying to move up in class so he can compete with taller guys where it is more fair for his build and heighth.

 

[DaMayor]

I'm 5'-10", and for the past 15 years have averaged 200-208lbs. Until recently, you wouldn't have thought I weighed that much either. Density has a major influence on weight. (LBM)

 

[OceanDude]

I personally don't think that you can draw ANY conclusions about "scale weight" for a given height unless you have a fair idea about your skeletal system - i.e. is it genetically pre-dispositioned to be predominantly ecto-, endo- or meso-morphic in nature. Personally I pretty much ignore scale weight and focus on body fat and strength ratios. If obsessed with it, I think wrist size is an excellent predictor of what your body weight should really be (not much fat in that area and skeleteal systems are usually fairly symmetrical and scale proportionate to each body part). Check out http://www.sandowmuseum.com/ideal.html to see if your body correlates at all to some of the classic greek ideals and calibrate your expectation on scale weight to deviations there. Or, you might compare measurements and scale weight to some fairly extensive athletic/size/weight/height tables at this site: http://www.pipeline.com/~bakti/MuscleMaker/anthrop.html.

I personally think that body fat % is the most useful. If you are 10% or better and have good balanced strength in all the major muscle groups (legs, back, chest - ok arms too) then whatever scale weight falls out of that should be fine. To me the "acid test" of strength and "healthy" body fat is a healthy strength to weight ratio which to me is simply being able to lift your own body weight in each of these major muscle groups (squats, pullups and bench).

Jut my opinion.