How do calculate the Ideal Body Weight?

There are several methods to find the ideal body weight. In the Sports science area scientist prefer to calculate ideal body weight according to some variables such as gender and body fat percentage.

By the way one of the most common way in the field tests is calculating Ideal Body Weight according to the body frame size.

According to this formula, we have to step as the following:

Step 1:

Calculating the ideal weight for males:

50 + (0.91 × [height in centimeters − 152.4])

Calculating the ideal weight for Females:

45.5 + (0.91 × [height in centimeters − 152.4])

Step 2:

The above formula is for people with normal body frame sizes.

For people with large body frame sizes, 10% should be added to this calculation.

For people with small body frame sizes, 10% should be reduced from the calculation.

You may easily use our above online calculator to determine your Ideal Body Weight.

Good Luck