Healthy waist to hip ratio
SirMickTravis
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With a waist of 28.5" and hips of 35" I worked out my ratio was 0.82. I've lost some weight recently so I'm trying to fatten up at the moment. However looking online it suggests that for a man a healthy ratio is up to about 0.95. That suggests I can probably afford to add about 6 inches to my stomach without getting unhealthy. I have to say though that if I did that I'm convinced I'd be looking a bit tubby.
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Unless you look like this guy.....guy in street jpg
Oh crikey
He looks like that guy who was on X Factor last year
And what about your hips, how many inches do you think you can add to them? Do you mean you'll be ok if your waist is 34.5" and your hips 36"?
My OHs hips are bigger than his waist
And no he looks nothing like that guy
What? 30-32" is normal. After that unless you're a bodybuilder then you're edging towards podgy.
My OH isn't a bd builder, his waist is 35 and he's not podgy
Really? I'm a lardarse and I wear 34" trousers!
Unless he's proportionally of above-average height, a 35" waist on a man is not exactly svelte and that's just that.
That's not right.
Ive got a son with a 28 inch waist and he's as slim as can be.
If he had 35 inch hips ...as his mother...i'd be worried.
He can wear 32 jeans
His stomach is flat and he as the start of abs
He's not fat, not by a long way, not skinny either, has a large back and large shoulders
So if you are 6' (72'') your waist should be 36'' or less.
Also, your point about the extra waist measurement doesn't make sense. If you gained weight on your waist, then you would also gain weight on your hips, so your ratio would keep changing as you gained weight.
The guidance takes difference builds/body types into account.