Decent quads for a tall guy? (small sized pic warning)

[meathead320]

Screen cap of Nathan Jones from the movie troy.

You don't really see his legs much, in any of the films he has been in, Protector, Fearless, or Troy.

Until I found this screen-cap. It is a Small image, but it does look like he at least works his quads.

Not much in the calf department, but he is like 6'10".

Does it look to others like that is decent leg development for a guy who is almost 7ft?

The two larger pics he was down in weight, only about 295-310 pounds. In the pic where it is him and another wrestler (red trunks) and in the movie troy he was around supposedly 330-340 pounds, and those were taken about 6 months later.

[Carlos_E]

Nope. I don't think so.

[DSM4Life]

Nope. I don't think so.

picky picky

[Carlos_E]

picky picky

Indeed

[meathead320]

Indeed

Well, if you are a national level competitor, then no, those would not be decent, at all, by the standards you compete with.

[novastepp]

when he's standing in the ring they look decent, which may have a lot to do with his foot positioning. for being 7 feet tall he undoubtedly has some good size. of course it looks different on someone 5 feet tall.

[meathead320]

By bodybuilding standards, especially today compared to guys like Jay cutler or Markus Ruhl, or even any of the IFBB guys really, or the thicker NPC guys, no Jones would not have "good" legs.

I was just considering that for a guy who is 1.5"-2" shy of being 7ft tall, and Not being a competative bodybuilder he has "decent" legs.

I know for a fact, and this was filmed, durring a WSM heat, in 1996, Jones deep-squated (going down way past parallel) 627 pounds, or 285 kg.

Supposedly, he was also able to squat 365kg, or 802 pounds (only to parallel however) at the 1995 Australian Powerlifting championships.

There is only one other guy on earth that tall or taller with quads that thick, and that is Mark "Conan" Stevens, http://conanstevens.com .

If anyone can name a guy with under 12% bodyfat, who is 6’10”+ and has better quads than either of these two I would be very surprised.

[PEWN]

Nope. I don't think so.

no offence .... but i would like to see what yours would look like if you were 7 foot and not 5 6" ..... i think those are amazing for such a big guy.... and if he cut for a comp i bet they would look even more ripped....

[Carlos_E]

no offence .... but i would like to see what yours would look like if you were 7 foot and not 5 6" ..... i think those are amazing for such a big guy.... and if he cut for a comp i bet they would look even more ripped....

Quad size has nothing to do with height. There are guys over 6' at my gym with quads as big as or bigger than mine. I don't get your point. Don't use being tall as an excuse to not have legs.

[DSM4Life]

Quad size has nothing to do with height. There are guys over 6' at my gym with quads as big as or bigger than mine. I don't get your point. Don't use being tall as an excuse to not have legs.

pewntang has no legssssssssssssssssssssss

[meathead320]

Quad size has nothing to do with height. There are guys over 6' at my gym with quads as big as or bigger than mine. I don't get your point. Don't use being tall as an excuse to not have legs.

I agree that being tall is no excuse to not have legs, but the guy can deep squat 600+ pounds, and parallel 800.

If he can deep squat 600+ he definitely was not using his height as an excuse to not train legs.

Either way, at 7ft (or 6’10”) there is a big difference than 6ft.

You may know some guys who are over 6ft, with thick legs, but do you know any who have legs thicker than Jones had, for the Troy shoot (when he was 340 pounds), who are also 6’10” or taller?

That is the difference of 12 more inches than a 5'10" bodybuilder , and 60% of that increased length in the femur.

Length of the leg does effect how thick they can get. The bone is 40% longer, yet only 20% thicker around. This is why you will not see legs like jay Cutler 5'9", on a guy who is a full foot taller than him. Even if they used the same weights, and the same drugs, and has a similar response to the drugs too, the thighs may be the same circumference, however a 34” Quad just does not look the same on a 7ft man as it looks on a 5’9” man. Even if the strength is the same too.

For a 7fter to have the equivalent of a 34” quad on a shorter guy, he would need 39” quads, and that just ain’t going to happen.

[peachfuzz]

agreed, height gives an illusion of having a smaller circumference

[Carlos_E]

I agree that being tall is no excuse to not have legs, but the guy can deep squat 600+ pounds, and parallel 800.

If he can deep squat 600+ he definitely was not using his height as an excuse to not train legs.

Either way, at 7ft (or 6’10”) there is a big difference than 6ft.

You may know some guys who are over 6ft, with thick legs, but do you know any who have legs thicker than Jones had, for the Troy shoot (when he was 340 pounds), who are also 6’10” or taller?

That is the difference of 12 more inches than a 5'10" bodybuilder , and 60% of that increased length in the femur.

Length of the leg does effect how thick they can get. The bone is 40% longer, yet only 20% thicker around. This is why you will not see legs like jay Cutler 5'9", on a guy who is a full foot taller than him. Even if they used the same weights, and the same drugs, and has a similar response to the drugs too, the thighs may be the same circumference, however a 34” Quad just does not look the same on a 7ft man as it looks on a 5’9” man. Even if the strength is the same too.

For a 7fter to have the equivalent of a 34” quad on a shorter guy, he would need 39” quads, and that just ain’t going to happen.

You lost me at "I agree." The rest is too much to read.

[Carlos_E]

Tony is over 6 foot.





These are nice quads.

[meathead320]

Tony is over 6 foot.

Ok, I'll make this shorter:

Over 6'10"

I meant 6 foot, and TEN inches+.

I never said over 6ft (there are a lot of guys who are < 6'6" with huge quads) I meant over 6-10, or close to 7ft.

Find a guy with better Quads than Jones, or Conan Stevens, who is at least 6-10.

Tony is over 6ft, and those are BIG quads, but he is FAR away from being 6-10.

[xero]

...There are guys over 6' at my gym with quads as big as or bigger than mine...

That means nothing...relative to the size of your quads...which are how big?

[JDawg1536]

You lost me at "I agree." The rest is too much to read.

Of course it is...... It makes you look stupid.

[Carlos_E]

Of course it is...... It makes you look stupid.

He's rambling about nothing. Who give a shit number one. The guys legs aren't impressive. If you think so, you need to train legs.

FYI, calling someone stupid is a flame. Maybe I should report you. How many times have you been suspended? Maybe if I'm lucky you'll be banned.

[Carlos_E]

That means nothing...relative to the size of your quads...which are how big?

Search the member picture section. I posted pictures 6 months ago. They're bigger now. And yours?

[DSM4Life]

FYI, calling someone stupid is a flame. Maybe I should report you. How many times have you been suspended? Maybe if I'm lucky you'll be banned.

[JDawg1536]

He's rambling about nothing. Who give a shit number one. The guys legs aren't impressive. If you think so, you need to train legs.

FYI, calling someone stupid is a flame. Maybe I should report you. How many times have you been suspended? Maybe if I'm lucky you'll be banned.

Go ahead and report it. Where does it say calling someone stupid is a flame? That is your opinion that you are stating as fact. Typical.

I've never been suspended, what about you?

[Carlos_E]

Go ahead and report it. Where does it say calling someone stupid is a flame? That is your opinion that you are stating as fact. Typical.

I've never been suspended, what about you?

You've been suspended at least twice. I remember lau***ng when I saw it. Me, only once for posting picture of SVT and calling him a closet queen.

[JDawg1536]

You've been suspended at least twice. I remember lau***ng when I saw it. Me, only once for posting picture of SVT and calling him a closet queen.

You must be thinking of someone else, because in almost 6 years on here I have NEVER been suspended. Not once. Sorry.

[meathead320]

You do have some very thick Quads Carlos.

Credit where it is due.

[Amorphic]

You've been suspended at least twice. I remember lau***ng when I saw it. Me, only once for posting picture of SVT and calling him a closet queen.

you and Bino got suspended a few months ago for flaming eachother if i remember correctly.

-runs away, dont ban me!-

edit: as a result of this thread:

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=317355

[PEWN]

lol.... if you havnt been suspended then count your blessings ..... shit i got suspended for something lame.... it happened to all of us on here ... you just have to keep you mouth shut and not state opinions.... thats why i spend time in the whore forum so i dont get into threads like this where its a pissing contest ....

[Carlos_E]

you and Bino got suspended a few months ago for flaming eachother if i remember correctly.

-runs away, dont ban me!-

edit: as a result of this thread:

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=317355

Ahh... I forgot that one. I must have gotten warned for SVT, not suspended.

[Amorphic]

Ahh... I forgot that one. I must have gotten warned for SVT, not suspended.

[JDawg1536]

lol.... if you havn't been suspended then count your blessings ..... shit i got suspended for something lame.... it happened to all of us on here ... you just have to keep you mouth shut and not state opinions.... thats why i spend time in the whore forum so i don't get into threads like this where its a pissing contest ....

I have no reason to ever get suspended. I give everyone the highest level of respect to everybody until given a reason not to. I joke around 99% of the time, and if I do offend somebody, I apologize and mean it sincerely. In six years here I have never had a problem with anybody (with one exception). Its all good.

[xero]

Search the member picture section. I posted pictures 6 months ago. They're bigger now. And yours?

Fair...very nice size...just dont assume that everybody must just accept that your quads are a good benchmark without providing the evidence.

Size of my quads? Question is irrelevant as i was not offering up my quads as a measuring standard.
But I will admit they are poor in comparison with yours.

[meathead320]

Perhaps when I made the thread I should have asked the question:

Do "Jone's legs match his arms?", instead of "are they decent legs?"

As for all I know Carlos may think that the legs do match the arms, but that the arms are not good either.

I think both are decent for a guy almost 7ft tall, and very good by my standards, but everyone's subjective opinion is different.

[Carlos_E]

Perhaps when I made the thread I should have asked the question:

Do "Jone's legs match his arms?", instead of "are they decent legs?"

As for all I know Carlos may think that the legs do match the arms, but that the arms are not good either.

I think both are decent for a guy almost 7ft tall, and very good by my standards, but everyone's subjective opinion is different.

Any particular reason why you care? You're not Nathan Jones are you? If you're Nathan you look AWESOME! Keep bangin' the weights. Reach your potential!!!!