Originally Posted by
palookabutt
If I'm not getting too personal, why is it impossible? I dropped 40 lbs. over the course of 2 years in my early 40's, thanks largely to encouragement/goading from my physician and a dramatic change in my eating habits (e.g., fruit=good, ice cream=bad). He was also an enthusiastic mountain biker who got me to start cycling.
I'm 74 inches tall which would mean 148 pounds to get to the 2 pounds per inch thing. When I was 21 I starved (no money) and went down to 175 pounds. I looked sick, you could see all my ribs and my elbows were bigger than my upper arms.
The 2 pounds per inch metric will not work for everyone, especially large framed men, but when I look at the best climbers in my club/area, most of them fit that formula.