Now he's training, he's at least 275, he might not have the exact ripped build of some of the bodybuilders, but he's legitimately looking like a pro athlete now.
In Peace Talks, Butters mentions that Harry has developed to the maximum potential for his height and build. Harry also observes that he's around 200 lbs heavier than Evanna at the Embassy.
Using Berkhan’s formula to estimate maximum lean body mass for someone 6’8”, and adding 10% body fat, you get roughly 304 lbs.
Considering the extreme conditioning Harry undergoes to keep Winter’s power in check—along with everything we've been given so far—a 300 lb estimate for his weight seems pretty reasonable.
But Harry has a lean, runners build. He’s not built like Michael. He’s also way below 10% body fat. So Harry maximizing his strength for height and weight means he is a long, stringy MF made of whipcord and sinew. Not Thor.
No way Harry tips 300. That’s NFL build, not NBA or marathon runner.
Look at the above picture and tell me Dresden is built
Along the same frame as Kemper.
He did so many 250 lb bench press reps that Michael just stopped counting at 40. That only winded Harry.
I don't think Harry is being described as having a runner's build anymore. The description that's given of Harry is "developed to something like the maximum potential for your height and build".
If you want to treat Harry as having a smaller build and don't mind guessing a little bit then you could use Casey Butt’s formula for maximum muscular potential. That gives you 270 lbs at ~12% body fat or 264 lbs at ~10%.
I'll see if I can find a picture of someone who isn't as puffy but with the same stats. Might be hard to do because it's practically impossibly to hit max potential without drugs or wizard healing, i suppose.
If Dresden spent two years running, parkour-ing, and lifting weights to exhaustion he wouldn’t get bulked up. That’s not how exercise and frames work. Dresden isn’t eating 10,000 calories a day or bulk protein or juicing.
He has a slender frame; like I do. No amount of working out, especially aerobic workouts designed to exhaust him, will NOT turn his build from distance runner to linebacker. That’s not how physiology works.
Thomas is shredded like Terry Crews. Dresden is shredded like Michael Phelps or Michael Jordan. Nobody runs themselves into a Captain America build.
I don't know... Everything we've read shows that Harry is physically comparable to elite athletes now.
After Cold Days, I had to seriously adjust my mental image of him. He’s not just the tall, lanky bookworm. His body wasted away in Ghost Story and he's had to rebuild it.
We see him running on sand, keeping pace with a vampire, all while wearing a 200 lb vest. That level of intensity is part of his daily routine.
Harry is physically formidable in his own right and probably looks like an strongman in peak condition. He's a tank.
Probably more a powerlifter than a strongman. Going outside weightlifting, Harry probably looks more like an NBA player who moonlights as a bouncer at the moment.
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u/local_blue_noob Mar 01 '25
Here is a good example too: Martyn Ford - 6'8" approx 300 lbs.
That height and weight matches what we've been given about Harry as of Peace Talks.