newton wants to lose weight

[L-TownCat]

If it helps his flexibility while maintaining his strength that has to be good right?  He's so tall and long those pile ups with his legs poking out everywhere scare the hell out of me.  Get limber Cam, if that means lose a small amount of weight so be it.  Just stay healthy.

[Growl]

That awkward moment when the large intimidating player you foolishly slaughtered during the pre-draft process is in the Weight Watchers commercial WITH you.

[Zod]

I am just weary of change when the physical tools are there perfectly fine. Can is already a physical specimen.

Remember when they changed jakes mechanics?

Believe it or not, extra padding does help prevent injury.

[Razeyfingers]

I think its foolish mentality to prepare for getting hit when you can be preparing to get out of the way. Extra padding. . . . lol

 

edit: you know whats better for padding, more muscle.

[SgtJoo]

that is why everyone is saying that BMI is a bad indicator.

 

I punched in 6'5" and 245 lbs........BMI said overweight.

 

BMI's main application is estimating a rough picture of obesity over a given population.

 

Its failure is when it is applied on an individual by individual basis.

 

BMI fails to accurately assess the difference between fat tissue and lean muscle. i.e. It's terrible to analyze athletes using BMI.

 

BMI doesn't distinguish between body frame types. It also doesn't account for aging. Lastly, you can't even use it to assess risk for diabetes/coronary issues/etc. because it sucks at that too. Measuring your waist is more accurate than BMI when it comes to figuring out disease risk.

 

All in all BMI sucks when you try to apply it to the individual.

[Ace_Aladdin]

I think he will be around 250lbs when the season starts which is pretty ideal for strength and quickness...... he was around 260lbs when the season ended last year...

[Mage]

why not? unless his 245 listed weight is all muscle (which it isn't), he's technically borderline obese.

Actually, according to Whitfield, Newton weighed in at 250 with only 6 percent body fat when he was training before the draft.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft2011/news/story?id=6066772

 

It damn near is all muscle.  Dude's an athletic freak.

[MadHatter]

BMI's main application is estimating a rough picture of obesity over a given population.

 

Its failure is when it is applied on an individual by individual basis.

 

BMI fails to accurately assess the difference between fat tissue and lean muscle. i.e. It's terrible to analyze athletes using BMI.

 

BMI doesn't distinguish between body frame types. It also doesn't account for aging. Lastly, you can't even use it to assess risk for diabetes/coronary issues/etc. because it sucks at that too. Measuring your waist is more accurate than BMI when it comes to figuring out disease risk.

 

All in all BMI sucks when you try to apply it to the individual.

 

I agree 100%.

 

I could show you two people with the exact height and weight.....one has weight in muscle and the other in fat.  BMI looks at them equally.

 

That is why it is a bad tool to use when evaluating someone.

[Zod]

I agree 100%.

 

I could show you two people with the exact height and weight.....one has weight in muscle and the other in fat.  BMI looks at them equally.

 

That is why it is a bad tool to use when evaluating someone.

 

BMI is meant for general population though, average americans.

 

Here is a simpler one. Take your jeans waist size and inseam. If waist size is bigger than inseam.... bad news.

[Razeyfingers]

Speed diminishes faster than strength and power. And Cam wasn't what you would call 'doughy' either.

 

Yep I hear ya, it does, but we dont know what weight Cam is dropping from either. I mean no one hear has a month to month scale of his fat to muscle ratio. He has the best trainers at his side, . . guys that get paid almost a million dollars to just keep dudes in perfect shape.

 

Fat isnt a useful thing in any way to a QB, its also not killing him to have 5 extra pounds of it on him when he's already less than 6%. He's 250 not 105. If he says he's shaving off 5 or so, can you seriously say its going to effect him in a poor way?

[TheRed]

This is how I picture the average huddler who is concerned about our QB's weight.

[MadHatter]

BMI is meant for general population though, average americans.

 

Here is a simpler one. Take your jeans waist size and inseam. If waist size is bigger than inseam.... bad news.

 

 

Well I OFFICIALLY feel like poo now.

[CarolinaCoolin]

1. The fact that we're discussing this so seriously is ridiculous.

2. Cam is a noted sugar junkie, and adds giant marshmallows to his bowls of Lucky Charms on top of super-sweet red Koolaid. I'm sure that catches up during the year.

Please tell me you are kidding on that second one.

[therealmjl]

BMI is meant for general population though, average americans.

Here is a simpler one. Take your jeans waist size and inseam. If waist size is bigger than inseam.... bad news.

Damnit.