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just wondering if there was any chart/ rule of thumb comparing body parts to body parts (proportional)
Example: i once read that your calves should be very close to your bicep measurements ( both flexed).
I thought that was pretty cool when i read that and was hoping to find more general rules as such.
It gives people an idea what body parts are lacking as far as size goes anyways .
Thanks
GZ
One of the biggies (expanding on what you said) is that neck, calves and bis should ideally be the same.
Rule of thumb......The bigger the better, the tighter the sweater(oops, no that was something else)sorry:D
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Originally posted by thegame01
just wondering if there was any chart/ rule of thumb comparing body parts to body parts (proportional)
Example: i once read that your calves should be very close to your bicep measurements ( both flexed).
I thought that was pretty cool when i read that and was hoping to find more general rules as such.
It gives people an idea what body parts are lacking as far as size goes anyways .
Thanks
GZ
If you find anything let me know. I know about the calf, neck, arm measurement and I remember someone telling me your forearms should be a certain percentage of your arm measurement.
I also remember someone telling me if you take a yardstick going straight down from your chest to your quads, the arch of your quads should match the peak of your chest.
I did a search on the web to try and find more info and I can't find anything anywhere.
Here's two that I've come across in the past:
1. (From John McCallums)
6-1/2 times your wrist gives chest girth
85% of chest gives hips
70% of chest gives waist
53% of chest gives thigh girth
37% of chest gives neck
36% of chest gives upper arm
34% of chest gives calves
29% of chest gives forearms
2. (source unknown...someone gave me a clipping from a magazine of this...looks like Ironman maybe? Def not flex or m&f)
waist: proportionate to height (whatever that means)
upper arm: one-half of waist
forearm: one-half of waist less 1 inch
thigh: three-quarters of waist
calf: one-half of waist less 1 inch
neck: one-half of waist plus 1 inch
chest: one and one-thirds times waist.