My employer had one of those physical checkups for a lowered rate on insurance. I'm 5'10", 215 pounds[1]. The doctor sighed and said that he was required to tell me that according to BMI, I was obese and should consider losing weight. We had a good laugh about it.

My body-fat percentage is definitely not 5%, though. My guess is that it's around 14-15%. Everyone drastically underestimates how low their body-fat percentage is, and I am not a bodybuilder. I lift heavy and like pasta.

[1] terrible picture of me from a few weeks ago for reference: https://i.imgur.com/42WFEyA.jpg

According to the BMI scale, over 30 is obese and 25 to 30 is overweight.

I'm not sure of the health factors but if you're training for 2 - 2.5 hours a day and dieting it can be normalish.

Why the down votes?

Check the scales: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmic...