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I found this website (http://www.sandowmuseum.com/ideal.html) and I think its really cool even though I don't agree with it 100%. You input your wrist measurement it and it tells you all your ideal measurements. My starting point is with a wrist of 7.25" and this is what it told me.
It said my ideal chest size would be 47.125". I'll buy that. I was wanting to go to 48" but I have never been over 44" so I like that its telling me I was closer to ideal that I thought.
It says my ideal waist should be 32.9875". I don't agree with that. I think ideal I should be about 31" but since I am at 32" right now it doesn't offend me. In anycase its not some far out number.
It puts my ideal hip size at 40.05625". That puts me right at ideal. I like that theory.
Says my biceps should be 16.965" making me ideal there as well. I like the sound of that but disagree. I would like to get that at least up to 18", preferably 19".
For the forearm it says 13.66625". I don't know if that is meant to be measured flexed or not. In anycase, I come up short at 12.5 or 12 (depending on how its measured).
For the thigh it says 24.97625". I guess my 24.5" is close enough.
For the calf its 16.0225. I am just under 16 and expect them to grow a little from calf rises, so I am happy with that.
And finally for the neck, it says I should be at 17.43625. At 16.75" I don't ever expect it to get that high. And I don't think I want to. So I dissagree with that one. Its a funny thing that this didn't mention weight. I would be interested in their theories about that. Every recomended weight to height chart I have ever seen has put me overweight. Some have even put me at obese.
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funny thing ab out those greeks statues...they may have some muscle definition but I would be a little embarrassed about that little thing behind the fig leaf.... no wonder they were so worried about self image:D
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Where's the website for the women to use?


I don't know where there is one, I am sorry but thats the only one I found. However I did find one which was made from polling women about how they rated men on a scale from 1-10 going soley on their waist to chest ratio. I think highest score was for a bout a .68. {currently and sadly I am at a .74} But hey as long as I don't let my waist get any bigger, I con only improve on that.
Actually they also had a lot of other information on that one the pertain specifically to women. the address for that one is, http://psych.mcmaster.ca/debruine/files/3F3_2002/Lecture7.pdf
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Nothing to eat, no books to read.

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funny thing ab out those greeks statues...they may have some muscle definition but I would be a little embarrassed about that little thing behind the fig leaf.... no wonder they were so worried about self image:D


I wouldn't disscuss specifics in that department on a public forum. However, with a size 12 shoe and a size 10 glove, I can say I don't feel at all insecure in that area.
If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

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"fat deposits on hips".....I don't like the sound of that.


Unfortunately it has to go somewhere. In men it always goes to the ab area. I don't know what its going to take for me to ever see a clearly defined six pack again. I am thinking, I still need to loose anther inch on the waist maybe even 2 more. That just sounds freaky, I don't ever remember being a 30 before. Besides from what I have seen, even if I could get my waist down to a size 30 I could never get my quads through size 30 jeans. But hey that is the goal after all, To need to have all your clothes specially made.
If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

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