Arm size

[delta1111]

Hi everyone,
Does your original arm size (before starting body building) determine how big you can make your arms grow? What I mean is, with the help of anabolics, if a person started off with say 14" arms, is their maximum potential going to be less than someone that starts with 16" arms? or could both individuals finish with the same size arms. Also, when we see big guys with 20" - 22" arms would any of these guys have started with really thin arms amd is it possible for someone starting at 14" or smaller to get to 20" and over?

[TopDogUK]

Course its possible, its down to genetics and how hard you train. There is no way of predicting what size your arms are going to grow to or comparing to anyone else. every one is unique. It doesnt really matter what you started with, look at Dorian Yates as a teen he was built like a cheestring and he went on to have a successful bodybuilding career.

[TopDogUK]

[boxin23]

whats the pic?

[HawaiianPride.]

Dorian.

[boxin23]

wow....i see the tattoo now....incredible change....unreal actually.

[Bigdog99]

wow...he has come along way

[dec11]

hope for us all lol

[TopDogUK]

A young Dorian Yates!

[Ashop]

whats the pic?

Thats a perefect example. Thats an early DORIAN YATES

[ScotchGuard02]

Whoa, no way. That's incredible.

[delta1111]

Course its possible, its down to genetics and how hard you train. There is no way of predicting what size your arms are going to grow to or comparing to anyone else. every one is unique. It doesnt really matter what you started with, look at Dorian Yates as a teen he was built like a cheestring and he went on to have a successful bodybuilding career.

Thats encouraging. Many thanks for the reply.

[bodybuilder]

Its always fun to see how far some people have gotten in the bodybuilding world. Truly amazing

[theryano]

woww...you have deff opened up my eyes i had no idea that that much of a transformation was possible. Genetics does play a key role though..look at arnolds pics when he was a teenager..unreal !

[laduem88]

genetics...people usually have a hard time building there chest but there arms blow up...im the opposite, my chest has always been huge in comparison to my arms..i hate it/love it at the same time.

[codeegee]

here's some very rough guidelines I've come across in the past, cheers.

Muscle bellies--works most of the time: flex your bicep and place fingers in between your elbow joint and biceps muscle belly. More than two fingers means you have high origin/insertions and probably have to work a very hard for mass. Two fingers tightly probably means a medium muscle build. One finger or less and you are pretty blessed with big, full muscle bellies.

Joints--In bodybuliding, it's always impressive when someone puts on a lot of mass with small joints. The bellies look huge. Unfortunatly, those with small joints tend to have a little more trouble building size. To test joint size, measure you wrist circumference. Grasp your wrist with your opposing thumb and middle finger. If your fingers overlap easily--small frame. If they barely touch--medium frame. If they don't touch at all--large frame. Usually larger frames have the capasity to hold more mass.

keep in mind these are very very rough estimates.

[TopDogUK]

here's some very rough guidelines I've come across in the past, cheers.

Muscle bellies--works most of the time: flex your bicep and place fingers in between your elbow joint and biceps muscle belly. More than two fingers means you have high origin/insertions and probably have to work a very hard for mass. Two fingers tightly probably means a medium muscle build. One finger or less and you are pretty blessed with big, full muscle bellies.

Joints--In bodybuliding, it's always impressive when someone puts on a lot of mass with small joints. The bellies look huge. Unfortunatly, those with small joints tend to have a little more trouble building size. To test joint size, measure you wrist circumference. Grasp your wrist with your opposing thumb and middle finger. If your fingers overlap easily--small frame. If they barely touch--medium frame. If they don't touch at all--large frame. Usually larger frames have the capasity to hold more mass.

keep in mind these are very very rough estimates.

Going off that guide, Two fingers tightly means for me medium muscle build :P I can work with that :P And joint wise i can barley touch my middle finger so happy with that too! Thanks for that bit of info!

[Far from massive]

Yeah I just came across that very interesting, I also scored two on the biceps barometer and my finger also barely touchs the thumb, hell between that and my big feet, pronounced adams apple, long nose and fingers Im a genetic masterpiece...until I walk by a mirror!

[Far from massive]

Yeah I just came across that very interesting, I also scored two on the biceps barometer and my finger also barely touchs the thumb, hell between that and my big feet, pronounced adams apple, long nose and fingers Im a genetic masterpiece...until I walk by a mirror!

[Far from massive]

Yeah I just came across that very interesting, I also scored two on the biceps barometer and my finger also barely touchs the thumb. Thanks for the info.