Does Precice require a wheelchair?

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 19, 2021, 08:58:56 PMUnless you are over 5'7, anything over 150 pounds is going to put you in the overweight category.

Quote from: RealLostSoul on March 19, 2021, 09:43:31 PM150lbs is heavy for short males. I know plenty of guys, average and even tall height who are 150 and under. Honestly unless you are bulking muscles or being very tall becoming lower than 150 lbs shouldn‘t be really a problem.
Plus being obese for this surgery is bad anyways no matter what nail is used.

Not every guy is skin and bones you know.. some people are built differently. At my original height the lightest I've ever been since college is 152 pounds, with clearly visible abs, obliques, and an Adonis belt. I doubt anyone would call me fat. I can't see how I could have ever been under 150 pounds unless I starved myself and let all my muscles atrophy away.

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on March 19, 2021, 11:03:31 PMNot every guy is skin and bones you know.. some people are built differently. At my original height the lightest I've ever been since college is 152 pounds, with clearly visible abs, obliques, and an Adonis belt. I doubt anyone would call me fat. I can't see how I could have ever been under 150 pounds unless I starved myself and let all my muscles atrophy away.

What was your height? Because 152 pounds at 5'5 would be a BMI at 25.3, which is slightly in the overweight category. Between 140-150 pounds you wouldn't be skin and bones unless you were over 5'9. I think most people getting LL are usually under 5'7 so being under 150 pounds shouldn't be too much of a problem.

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 20, 2021, 09:28:39 PMWhat was your height? Because 152 pounds at 5'5 would be a BMI at 25.3, which is slightly in the overweight category. Between 140-150 pounds you wouldn't be skin and bones unless you were over 5'9. I think most people getting LL are usually under 5'7 so being under 150 pounds shouldn't be too much of a problem.

My stats are in my sig.
Franco Columbu was 185 pounds at 5'5" and I don't think anyone would call him fat.
I don't see how guys could be under 150 pounds without being just skin and bones. Muscle is heavy. I'm picturing Captain America before he got the super serum.

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150 lbs or less - even as a short male seems very abnormal, at least to me; I suppose everyone is different but at 5’7 1/2 I have been down to 158lbs when dieting pretty aggressively which was unsustainable for more than like a week...and at least one coworker asked me (seriously) if I had cancer...for me I don’t think anything but stryde would be good...overweight? Currently I’m 170 Lbs, and I don’t think anyone would think so but I guess it depends. One thing is for sure, after my CLL and another 3 inches in height I’ll finally be able to fall within the “normal” BMI  category for more than a week or anyone thinking I have a life-threatening illness 😆

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 19, 2021, 08:58:56 PMUnless you are over 5'7, anything over 150 pounds is going to put you in the overweight category.

Unless you are a skinny short man, 150lb are a joke for a man.
Even a normal 5.5ft guy should be at least 160lb with a few muscles on him.
I was less than 5.7 and I never was less than 165 lb from 18yo and till my LL.
Less than 150lb is normal for a girl, not a man, even a short one.

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You are joking right?.
I am 5'7 and 150 was my prime. I was full of muscles doing deadlifts of 140kg.
When I am boxing and doing lots of cardio I am more in my range which is 140-145.
Over 150 is actually obeses and outside ranges.
Maybe I am getting the conversions wrong but 150 is 68kg, which is ideal weight. 70kg is very muscular. Anything over that people were either fat or very muscular.

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I think the 150lb capacity applies to the portion above the rod, so there's probably some wiggle room there.  How much, I don't know; may vary by person.

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ITT: Short ectomorphs and short endomorphs arguing about what a "normal" weight is.

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I used a walker the entire time with Precice 2.0 too. From Day 3 post-op on, I never used a wheelchair. I was 22 and weighed under 150 pounds at the time though. Today at 170 lbs I would probably have to cut down on weightbearing.

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on March 21, 2021, 04:34:48 AMITT: Short ectomorphs and short endomorphs arguing about what a "normal" weight is.

Lol I am 5'8 and 175 lbs at 10-15% bodyfat.