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hopefull2022

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I am very strong and dense but over the weight requirements, will this keep me from an appointment
 
If there is no underlying medical disqualification, weight is an Administrative issue for all academies. Admissions is your primary point of contact for that answer :wiggle:
 
My son was the same, strong and solid, (football player and weightlifter). As Mr. Mullen said it is up to admin. if not a medical issue.
I will say a few things.
Do everything you can to make weight starting NOW, not tomorrow not next week, NOW.
Learn to make healthier choices and to love daily aerobic exercise.
Now if you get an appointment you will be weighed and measured during indoc (there are waivers on a case by case basis), then you will be weighted and measured at least once a year till you decide to no longer be part of the CG or other branches of the military.
My son knew he would be a yo-yo and other than football practice was not a fan of aerobic exercise, and this was one of a few reasons my son decided against continuing his journey.

Best of luck to you on your journey!!!!!
 
I recall being told at an admissions briefing that the Academy is being very strict on weight now and that they will send indocs/Swabs home if overweight. Please check with you AO to verify my memory and to ensure the policy hasn't changed.
 
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Weight doesn't matter if you're athletic; this past year's NCAA285lb and 125kg Olympic Champion
Edited to add- CGA has a wrestling team and the HWT division limit is 285 lbs, the weight class before HWT is 197lbs. If you're an athletic juggernaut like the one in the video below, I would think the coaches there would love to have you...

 
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It is not about the coaches wanting you or how athletic you are rather than if you meet government standards!!! Wrestlers are known to be notoriously close to if not under body fat guidelines (I was one of them in HS along with playing football (center) talk about yo-yo with my weight). Yes there are waivers but yo-yoing will take its toll both mentally and physically. Take a look at the Naval Academy, BIG D-1 athletes (a current offensive guard is 6'3" 300 lbs, that is one large person, The height weight chart says he can only weigh 219 at the high end of the scale, if you go with body fat % then you are looking at someone whose waist is 43" with a 21" neck, talk about a redwood tree!!!!) during the football season, then they have to cycle to meet regs in the off season, again there may be a waiver in place but when he enters the fleet he will have a lot of work to do.
Here is a copy of the CG body fat standards manual showing how to measure and give the official charts at the end of the manual https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/05/2002110152/-1/-1/0/CIM_1020_8H.PDF
 
zbsigpi said:
It is not about the coaches wanting you or how athletic you are rather than if you meet government standards!!! Wrestlers are known to be notoriously close to if not under body fat guidelines (I was one of them in HS along with playing football (center) talk about yo-yo with my weight). Yes there are waivers but yo-yoing will take its toll both mentally and physically. Take a look at the Naval Academy, BIG D-1 athletes (a current offensive guard is 6'3" 300 lbs, that is one large person, The height weight chart says he can only weigh 219 at the high end of the scale, if you go with body fat % then you are looking at someone whose waist is 43" with a 21" neck, talk about a redwood tree!!!!) during the football season, then they have to cycle to meet regs in the off season, again there may be a waiver in place but when he enters the fleet he will have a lot of work to do.
Here is a copy of the CG body fat standards manual showing how to measure and give the official charts at the end of the manual https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/05/2002110152/-1/-1/0/CIM_1020_8H.PDF
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Thx!

I'm in college doing it now, but fortunately for me I'm a lightweight( 125lbs). I am very good friends with the HWT at one of the academies. He is every bit of a heavyweight. He told me he has to have his body fat down to 22% by the time he graduates. Perhaps he is misinformed...
 
celiceli said:
How about underweight? Is there a bottom weight limit? My son is very slender.
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There is, but nothing a peanut butter and chocolate shake everyday cant handle! LOL
That information is also in the Weight and Body Fat Manual, linked above.
 
Worth noting that according to new CG weight standards, if you can pass a Boat Crew PT Test (or, for the Academy, 200+ on the PFE), then you meet weight standards.
 
ekb1398 said:
Worth noting that according to new CG weight standards, if you can pass a Boat Crew PT Test (or, for the Academy, 200+ on the PFE), then you meet weight standards.
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That's interesting! Would definitely be a benefit to those that are athletic but thicker.
 
zbsigpi said:
That's interesting! Would definitely be a benefit to those that are athletic but thicker.
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That is exactly what it was made for, I think. I've always thought that height weight was pretty unfair for men, and taping was pretty unfair for women. Now the process goes like this, until you pass one:

1) Height/Weight
2) BMI ("rope and choke" - has to do with neck, waist, and, for women, hip measurements)
3) Abdominal circumference
4) Pass PT test
5) Processed for separation.

Not sure if and how this affected weight waivers that CGA gives for sports, because it never applied to me.
 
Why all the guessing?

See page 9-10 for entry into USCGA standards for the max weight/height:



For USCG service, see docs at a-f on page 1:


See these docs as well:




Somewhere in all of that are the minimums as well I think. If you have questions ask your AO!
 
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