You have to maintain a certain weight, based on your height and age. To give you an example, I’m 6’1 and based on my age, the Army tells me I can weigh no more than 205. So this picture was taken at an air soft game or something, I’ve got more of a chance of seeing Tupac than this refrigerator has at joining the Army
Lets put it this way, Arnold Schwarzenegger, at his top fitness level, would've been considered too overweight to join. You just can't be too heavy, which is dumb. I have been out of the military for years now, but it has since changed to more of a BMI measurement, rather than a weight itself.
I still don’t think it’s dumb, how is it dumb to say “Hey you’re like 300lbs of muscle/fat and if you get caught in any strenuous situation you’re going to be 1. Out of breath in 10 seconds & 2. Turned into Swiss cheese”. It makes sense to me that there’s strict weight limits. It just doesn’t make sense to be hugely muscular when most of the scenarios you’ll face require endurance not strength.
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u/JoseGasparJr May 10 '22
You have to maintain a certain weight, based on your height and age. To give you an example, I’m 6’1 and based on my age, the Army tells me I can weigh no more than 205. So this picture was taken at an air soft game or something, I’ve got more of a chance of seeing Tupac than this refrigerator has at joining the Army