Tuesday, March 9, 2010

How much do your legs weigh?


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Why:
Vin: Isn't the dumb slut only 50% of a dumb slut?
me: What do you mean? Is she an amputee?
Vin: The legs do not account for 50% of a person.
me: They might. Your femur alone makes up 27% of your height.
Answer: Uch, nobody freaking knows.

On NetWellness:
The weight of the leg will depend on the body type of the person. People with a more muscular body type will have a heavier leg than those whose body is made up of more fatty tissue. Some types of severe swelling such as lymphedema will add a significant amount to the weight of the leg. In general the leg is approximately 9-10% of the weight of the entire body.
On Answers.com (via WiiFit):
Wii fit says your legs represent 40% of your body,
On Answers.com:
According to my biomechanics instructor the leg weighs approximately W/7. Where W is the total body weight.
Source: Nobody, useless

The More You Know: I don't know where I got that 27% number, but I have had it in my brain for at least a decade. According to forensic anthropologists, the real formula is:
height approximately = femur height times 2 & 2/3
So my femur should be 24.7 inches long? I don't know about that. Somebody get me a ruler.

3 comments:

  1. Actually, you should just get two rulers. That would make things easy.

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  2. I used a tape measure. I can't really tell where my bone begins and ends, but my best estimation is that it's between 19 and 20 inches long, which is 29ish % of my height (if I'm doing math properly, which it's entirely possible that I'm not).

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  3. I also think your wingspan is supposed to be equivalent to your height. But, I'm not positive about that.

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