BMI is dead. Now what?

Heart rate recovery

"You can’t go wrong with heart rate recovery. This is done by simply using a heart rate monitor to track how much your heart rate recovers within 60 seconds after completing an exercise.”

—Matt Berenc, Director of education at the Equinox fitness training institute

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“Time. I'm obsessed with it. It's the only thing we can never get back. So in this case, I would want people to pay attention to how much time they spend working out or working on themselves."

—Cece Marizu, Equinox group fitness trainer

Three

“The first number that pops into my head as a physical therapist is three, as in three planes of motion. Too many athletes only move in the sagittal plane with little or no understanding of the other planes.”

—Michael Conlon, physical therapist

One

“Outcomes are a result of a processes which are established through one behavior at a time. Own that one behavior to create progressive, sustainable processes leading to improved health.”

—Michael Ryan, Equinox trainer

Body composition

"Acquiring a clinical measurement of your body composition and having a fat analysis are the most accurate of all methods to assess obesity or weight issues, especially if combined with waist to hip ratios and BMI."

—Mark Hyman, M.D., functional medicine practitioner

Zero

“I don’t encourage my students to focus on numbers. I want them to honestly answer the following questions: are you stronger and more flexible when you began your yogic journey and are you better able to handle what life throws your way?”

—Kiley Holliday, instructor at Pure Yoga