real age test

[CR400]

28.5 years old for real here but my test came back 20.7 So I lost almost 8 years. I could have scored better had a lower BMI. I hate BMI because it is really a meaningless number that only works in thorey for people who are couch potatoes or lift weights seldom.

[Raindrop]

I came in at 45.5 and just turned 54 on Sunday. It also said that I exercised too much. Well yeah, I own my own business which is In-home Personal Training, plus I teach four indoor cycling classes weekly and I weight train for my own health four to five times weekly, in addition to outdoor riding as often as possible between clients and classes. This shouldn't ding you as a health deterient (sp?).

Consistent exercise is the key to health. There are a lot of weekend warriors out there that believe the weekend of exercise will excise the week of sedetary, overeating and overdrinking and that just isn't going to cut it!!

Likewise, diet is a little generalized here in that it doesn't take into account lean protein intake, healthful whole grains and that fruits are helpful when eaten whole, not dried or as juices.

This is just like any other test that is geared toward the general public. It has to generalise to offer a standardized result. Likewise the BMI, which I think is one of the worst indicators of obesity, besides scale weight, that is used on a consistent basis.

Frankly, how hard is it to train the staff in a medical office to use calipers to measure bodyfat? Or to take the waist/hip measurements to determine the probability of viseral fat?

OK...getting of my soapbox now and getting ready for bed.

[GLC1968]

Bwaahahaha! I'm older because I don't drive a big car?! Give me a break. So, to make myself younger, I should buy a gas-guzzling SUV that polutes the air and ages the planet? Wrong.

All in all though...interesting test. Didn't tell me anything I didn't already know (except that my car makes me older! ), but it's cool to see it all out in front of me. Oh, my real age is 33.2 when my actual age is 38.7. Not bad!

[pooks]

I wonder why they want to know how much you drive and what size car? If they're using that to calculate the odds of you getting killed in an accident -- well, I assumed this was a health quiz. If you start figuring in all the OTHER stuff that can happen to you, its reliability seems to go right out the window, if it hasn't already.

That said, it was interesting and I'm waiting for mine now. And since I was already three years younger before I answered the final questions, I'm now happy to respond to "how old are you?" with my Real Age. Heh.