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Old School Fighting Weight: Part 2: Range Limits by Mark Hatmaker



 [Consumption of Part 1 of this material is recommended before proceeding. Click the link to view Part 1: Old School Fighting Weight: How Do You Measure Up?]

Before plunging on to the Range Guidelines, keep the following mind…

This is not BMI.

·        The Ranges are based on an extensive survey of Old School Physical Culturists, Combination Men, and fit Indigenous Populations. Taken from a survey population of 19th and early 20th century athletes.

·        All are pre-1936 so guaranteed drug-free.

·        When I say drug-free, I mean just that, benign substance or otherwise, that includes no creatine and not even a daily vitamin.

·        To some, perhaps many, the Ranges may seem on the low-side but…

·        Keep in mind we are surveying populations of realistic natural limits.

·        Populations of functional limits—that is each athlete/specimen included in the survey is not there simply because they looked Instagram good, but because they boxed well, they wrestled well, they lifted well, they hand-balanced well, they ran raiding campaigns well in the Chiricahua Mountains.

·        The Ranges are based on functional and aesthetic limits, not merely “show” limits.

·        Again, I stress being familiar with Part 1 helps set the stage for…

·        Bigger Is Not Better

·        Leaner Is Meaner.

Simplicity

·        The Ranges require only accurate height/weight measurements.

·        No need for calipers, measuring wrist circumference, a tank to measure specific density, etc.

·        We simply want a Range chart that tells us an approximate lean-muscle mass target weight with a simple scale [height/weight] that we can check in with easily and often to measure progress and/or maintain where we wanna be.

How to Use the Range Chart

 

·        Break out the tape measure for an accurate height measurement.

·        Break out the scales and strip down for an accurate weight.

·        The scale runs in full Inches, if you come in at ½ or ¼ inches between whole numbers your Range runs between the two whole numbers.

·        Example: I stand a smidge under 5’9” so I use the 5’8” stats as my low end and the 5’9” as my top end.

·        FW = Fighting Weight Range. This is likely a 10% + or - Bodyfat Range for a Muscular Athlete.

·        See The Recommendations that follow the Range Chart.

THE RANGES

Height        FW                      

5’4”            153 lbs.

5’5”            157.5         

5’6”            162            

5’7”             166.5

5’8”             171   

5’9”             175.5

5’10”           180

5’11”          184.5

6’0”             189   

6’1”            193.5

6’2”            198

6’3”            202.2

6’4”            207                                 

THE RECOMMENDATIONS

·        First, I ain’t your Dad, I ain’t your Doctor, so proceed like an adult.

·        For the Record: I aim for the mid-range range of FW as a walk-around weight.

·        I recommend finding your Height, then look at the Range Chart for the inch above and inch below yours and allow that range to be a fine and dandy living limit.

·        Example: If I am 6’0” and my FW prescription is 189 pounds. I also look at the FW for 5’11” and 6’1” and see these numbers of 184.5 and 193.5 and allow these two ends of the scale to stand in for my upper and lower Range.

·        Each tick up the scale from the top number, well, I hammer again-Read Old School Fighting Weight, Part 1.

·        Ounces matter, 16 ounces to a pound.

It’s always your call, but at some point the body will call you if you’ve been bluffin’.

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