Ideal Weight

A reference range for your height — a starting point, not a target.

How this is worked out

The Devine formula, derived in 1974 for drug dosing rather than as an aesthetic or health target. It ignores muscle entirely: of two people the same height, the trained one lands above this number, and that is not a problem.

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