Originally Posted by
FatButWeak
As a 6'4" person, I disagree w the height class idea. Once youre an adult, height is fixed. Can't and won't change. But weight is infinitely malleable. Youd have people winning the 5'10" class by balooning to 400 pounds. Or something. It doesn't get around the fact that bigger/heavier is stronger. But if you could make someone taller, it would perversely make them weaker.
Just leave it as it is and fill out your weight class. I've put on about 40-50 pounds of muscle in the last decade, starting at age 41 or so, so it can be done. I weighed 264 this AM and and relatively leaner than I was at 220. Im also a lot stronger.