Weight Requirement

[Pinolero]

What exactly are the weight requirements for the HPSP, whether it be Army, Navy, or Air Force? If someone is overweight, obviously they could lose it. If someone was underweight, say 5'9" 145lbs, would he/she have to gain weight in order to be eligible for the scholarship? I have heard from one person that you must fall somewhere between their weight standards, another told me you simply cannot be over the weight limit. Which is it?

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[UCBShocker]

There is a max and min weight for every height from 58 to 80 inches for admission into USUHS. I would think the airforce standards would be the same, but I just do not know. I am sure it is online somewhere, but if you want to ask a specific question I can look it up in my book and let you know if you are in the limits. Hope this helps.

 

[UCBShocker]

HAHA did not read the post to well I guess... sorry I am pretty tired today. The numbers you gave are within the limits, you are fine =). This is of course only concerning USUHS admission, which I think would be the same for HPSP and you are in the limits for every branch. Hope this helps.

 

[Pinolero]

Cool. That was my only concern. Do you know what the exact min/max weights are for someone 5'9" or 5'10"? Thanks.

 

[UCBShocker]

5' 9" ---Min 119, Max 179, 188, 189 (Army, Navy, Air Force respectively) Male
Min 117, Max 158, 179, 161 (Female)

5' 10"--- Min 123, Max 185, 192, 194 (Male)
--- Min 119, Max 163, 183, 165 (female)

 

[fullefect1]

What happens if you were to be 5'10, but about 225-235lbs of muscle? It is not being overweight at all, but after playing college football that is probably going to be the weight I will be at.

 

[Mirror Form]

What happens if you were to be 5'10, but about 225-235lbs of muscle? It is not being overweight at all, but after playing college football that is probably going to be the weight I will be at.

the weights are mainly for screening I think, what they really care about is body fat %. So if you fail the height / weight bmi thing, then they move to calculating your body fat % in an accurate fashion. At least that's how they did it in my army rotc days.

 

[evines]

calculating your body fat % in an accurate fashion . . .

Actually, they don't calculate body fat. Instead they do the stupid BMI with the measuring tapes. Just about everyone passes the tape test though, even fatties.

 

[DoctorInSpace]

I agree with what evines said. Even at COT this summer for the Air Force, who claims they have the most strict fitness requirements, we had one overweight student. He was weight and measured many many times, and each time his waist measurement was different. They went back and forth between throwing him out and letting him stay, and in the end he was able to stay. They also kept few people who failed all of the written exams....

So, if you are all muscle and over the max..i wouldn't worry about it.

 

[tomplatz]

I'd second that. I'm a pretty solid 255# at 5'11 and obviously way outside the official limits. But they take into account body composition when measuring & weighing. At least the air force did for me.

If you can bench press at least your own bodyweight, then you should be just fine. That's a pretty rough assessment of an acceptable fat/muscle ratio.