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l10f *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3241 Posts
January 27 2011 05:51 GMT
#81
If I'm better than average in every aspect, this can't be right.
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400lb White Girl
Profile Joined April 2009
United States83 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-27 06:02:57
January 27 2011 05:52 GMT
#82
well... going from practicing on a treadmill...

4.0 speed is just about too fast to walk, and you'd be at a rate of 15min a mile.

3.5-3.7 feels like a power walk and even then you'd be doing a walking mile in over 15 minutes.

2.5-3.0 felt like a regular, brisk walk. Good enough to cool down. 3.0 is a twenty minute mile.

I'd run at a rate of 7-7.5 for about twenty minutes. Never much of a runner, but goddamn I'd be gassed afterwards. I'd have to guzzle water and air for a while.

edit: i'm 5'9"

i'd assume if you were taller or shorter these numbers would be off some
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
January 27 2011 05:56 GMT
#83
Well I'm 5'8" without shoes and 5'10" with shoes (yay for Asian height boosting soles), IM STILL AVERAGE

I suppose for a guy who's 48 pounds under average, it's pretty good to be able to do sit-ups and push-ups at average rates. No way in hell I'm going to bench 180 though...
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YejinYejin
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1053 Posts
January 27 2011 05:56 GMT
#84
On January 27 2011 14:25 Whiladan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 14:24 travis wrote:
ummm... sorry
but there is no way in hell the average man bench presses 180 lbs


No one who runs a mile in 12:00 is going to bench press 180 lbs, let alone have a resting heartrate of 52 BPM. Clearly a load of bullshit.


Yeah, the thing is, they don't take all these tests from the same people. They probably have one large sample group do bench presses, and then a different group do the mile. Also, minima and maxima in different activities will change. For example, only very fit people can do a lot of pull-ups. Even if you can bench a lot, you might not be able to do many pull-ups. The worst people at pull-ups ending up doing 0, so that also pulls down the average. That would explain an abnormally high bench press compared to an abnormally low number of pull-ups. I know a kid who's pretty small, so he can't bench crazy amounts, but he can do one-armed pull-ups, which are balls hard.
안지호
zeppelin
Profile Joined December 2007
United States565 Posts
January 27 2011 05:57 GMT
#85
On January 27 2011 14:25 Whiladan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 14:24 travis wrote:
ummm... sorry
but there is no way in hell the average man bench presses 180 lbs


No one who runs a mile in 12:00 is going to bench press 180 lbs, let alone have a resting heartrate of 52 BPM. Clearly a load of bullshit.


it says the average man can run a mile in 12:00 (and that's a typo as other people pointed out)

it says a fit man has a resting heart rate of 52 bpm, not the average man

it confuses the reader by providing data for two different groups of people and only telling you that in fine print
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
January 27 2011 05:57 GMT
#86
shorter than average by 1.2 inches, last mile I did in 7:00ish, a little above average for pushups, above average for situps, 150lbs, bench 130 =(, 7 pullups. But I'm Canadian so those statistics may not apply for me =P
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nexitustl1
Profile Joined December 2010
156 Posts
January 27 2011 05:58 GMT
#87
remember these are suppose to be the average of a collection of data comparing them to yourself or thinking it in the terms of the perfect stats of one person makes it silly. So comparing two or three of the stats together just don't make any sense considering how different people are.
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-27 05:59:11
January 27 2011 05:58 GMT
#88
As was mentioned on previous pages, the 12 minute score is for a mile and a half not a mile. Still depressing but not nearly as bad as a 12 minute mile (which can be done by any fit person walking)

If I'm better than average in every aspect, this can't be right.

yay for 7 second orgasms!!!
zeppelin
Profile Joined December 2007
United States565 Posts
January 27 2011 05:58 GMT
#89
On January 27 2011 14:56 DTK-m2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 14:25 Whiladan wrote:
On January 27 2011 14:24 travis wrote:
ummm... sorry
but there is no way in hell the average man bench presses 180 lbs


No one who runs a mile in 12:00 is going to bench press 180 lbs, let alone have a resting heartrate of 52 BPM. Clearly a load of bullshit.


Yeah, the thing is, they don't take all these tests from the same people. They probably have one large sample group do bench presses, and then a different group do the mile. Also, minima and maxima in different activities will change. For example, only very fit people can do a lot of pull-ups. Even if you can bench a lot, you might not be able to do many pull-ups. The worst people at pull-ups ending up doing 0, so that also pulls down the average. That would explain an abnormally high bench press compared to an abnormally low number of pull-ups. I know a kid who's pretty small, so he can't bench crazy amounts, but he can do one-armed pull-ups, which are balls hard.


when they say what the average data is in this case, i would hope that they would use median data and not mean
Jstor
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States107 Posts
January 27 2011 06:00 GMT
#90
On January 27 2011 09:55 e4e5nf3 wrote:
Is there an asian version of this? Me (asian guy) feel woefully inadequate after reading some of those average guy tidbits.


I was thinking the exact same thing bro. Feels bad competing against caucasians.
lyAsakura
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1414 Posts
January 27 2011 06:02 GMT
#91
I am 6' and can only bench 160 and can't even do a pull up haha.
Working out tho so it is improving!
WeMade FOX would be a deadly SC2 team.
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
January 27 2011 06:05 GMT
#92
To the OP:

Have you ever made a post not related to girls/trying to get girls/feeling inadequate at getting girls/etc.? You realize this is a video game website right...
YejinYejin
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1053 Posts
January 27 2011 06:06 GMT
#93
On January 27 2011 15:00 Jstor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 09:55 e4e5nf3 wrote:
Is there an asian version of this? Me (asian guy) feel woefully inadequate after reading some of those average guy tidbits.


I was thinking the exact same thing bro. Feels bad competing against caucasians.


I'm Asian, and only 1.2 inches shorter than the average man. I guess I'm alright with that.
안지호
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
January 27 2011 06:07 GMT
#94
On January 27 2011 15:06 DTK-m2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 15:00 Jstor wrote:
On January 27 2011 09:55 e4e5nf3 wrote:
Is there an asian version of this? Me (asian guy) feel woefully inadequate after reading some of those average guy tidbits.


I was thinking the exact same thing bro. Feels bad competing against caucasians.


I'm Asian, and only 1.2 inches shorter than the average man. I guess I'm alright with that.


don't worry dude, 3.8 inches is long enough for some girls
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9108 Posts
January 27 2011 06:08 GMT
#95
On January 27 2011 14:24 travis wrote:
ummm... sorry
but there is no way in hell the average man bench presses 180 lbs

Yea seriously that made me feel weak. I work out regularly and that is my max. The stats are pretty bogus, or at least some of them are. The bench numbers are too high and the mile time is too slow. I'm sure even out of shape people can do a 10 minute mile if you don't have some sort of disability and aren't ridiculously overweight.
eLiE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1039 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-27 06:18:55
January 27 2011 06:08 GMT
#96
On January 27 2011 15:07 travis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 15:06 DTK-m2 wrote:
On January 27 2011 15:00 Jstor wrote:
On January 27 2011 09:55 e4e5nf3 wrote:
Is there an asian version of this? Me (asian guy) feel woefully inadequate after reading some of those average guy tidbits.


I was thinking the exact same thing bro. Feels bad competing against caucasians.


I'm Asian, and only 1.2 inches shorter than the average man. I guess I'm alright with that.


don't worry dude, 3.8 inches is long enough for some girls


be optimistic, maybe he means height wise...

To be even more positive, I believe girls are only sensitive 3-3.5 inches in, I remember it was a 3.something for sure. Maybe it was most sensitive... idk, but it guarantees everyone has the right tool for the job, so it's just up to them to do the job right. SCIENCE, BITCHES!
How's the weather down there?
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
January 27 2011 06:11 GMT
#97
On January 27 2011 15:06 DTK-m2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2011 15:00 Jstor wrote:
On January 27 2011 09:55 e4e5nf3 wrote:
Is there an asian version of this? Me (asian guy) feel woefully inadequate after reading some of those average guy tidbits.


I was thinking the exact same thing bro. Feels bad competing against caucasians.


I'm Asian, and only 1.2 inches shorter than the average man. I guess I'm alright with that.

don't let the overconfident jock types get to ya there is such a thing as too big, and a girl won't want someone that's too big inside her(or him heh)
The_LiNk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada863 Posts
January 27 2011 06:19 GMT
#98
Oh man, I thought the average american male was 6 feet tall. Huh 5'9" is quite short in comparison.

Asian and 6'3" too bad I'm still skinny as hell though. Still got 6 more years to hit the physical prime though.
RancidTurnip
Profile Joined August 2010
United States105 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-27 06:44:30
January 27 2011 06:43 GMT
#99
I notice some people commenting on how the picture-boy looks in no way related to what can be considered the "average" man.

I can't be certain, but I'd say he was chosen with good reason. Using a picture of an incredibly fit man in stark comparison with averages of other men accentuates the differences thus making the article more interesting to the consumer.
dudeman001
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2412 Posts
January 27 2011 07:16 GMT
#100
I'm a tad surprised the pull up count is seriously 1. Most men expend all their arm muscle strength forcing themselves up once? Failness humanity
Sup.
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