Trading while trying to lose weight on Atkins
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After spending a lot of time in weight lifting gyms,
my experience has been quite different.
I've never seen some little skinny dude who could
bench that much weight.
He wouldnt happen to have 4 inch long arms would he?
I've never benched that much, but have very long arms
that work against me.
Agree on the wieght lifters versus body builders.
But who wants to look like a power lifter?
peace
axeman
my experience has been quite different.
I've never seen some little skinny dude who could
bench that much weight.
He wouldnt happen to have 4 inch long arms would he?
I've never benched that much, but have very long arms
that work against me.
Agree on the wieght lifters versus body builders.
But who wants to look like a power lifter?
peace
axeman
Quote from GeeTO69:
LOL ahhh you are not serious are you?
I know a couple very thin guys that bench press more than that, you'd never know it to look at them.
The bench press is much about leverage and technique, and less about absolute strength.
Generally weightlifters are "stronger" lb for lb as compared to bodybuilders for the same reasons.
Good health to all!
6.5 to 7.5 inches is a MEDIUM wrist according to:
http://www.sbch.org/healthyliving/fitness/jan03fitnesshealthyweight.htm
Men taller than 5 feet, 5 inches:
Small frame:
wrist smaller than 6.5 inches
Medium frame:
wrist size 6.5 inches to 7.5 inches
Large frame:
wrist size larger than 7.5 inches
peace
axeman
http://www.sbch.org/healthyliving/fitness/jan03fitnesshealthyweight.htm
Men taller than 5 feet, 5 inches:
Small frame:
wrist smaller than 6.5 inches
Medium frame:
wrist size 6.5 inches to 7.5 inches
Large frame:
wrist size larger than 7.5 inches
peace
axeman
No offense takenQuote from GeeTO69:
Please don't take offense I certainly don't have the guts to post my pic here.
However I must be truthful. Look at your hands and wrists. Smallish. Small to medium to be more precise. What does your wrist measure (circumference)? My guess is -- 7 1/4 inches tops. Your wrist will measure under 7 after losing more fat. Sorry but this is smallish. Don't feel bad I am not any powerhouse either.
Peace and good health to you.
. My dad, brother and I all have long arms (we can come pretty close to touching our knees while standing fully upright), and my wrists and fingers have always been slender. Can't really explain it. Back when I was into boxing (yeah, I miss that heavy bag too) I always had to make sure my wrist and hand wraps were nice and tight or I risked busting them up just by working out. My forearms are admittedly in pretty sad shape right now though 
, so I can see where you might have derived your conclusion.Wow a 6.5 inch wrist on a man is pretty small but they consider this meduim which is another way of saying average? I don't know...
I've read otherwise but I can't recall just where at the moment. In any event that 6.5 to 7.5 range does seem a bit "rangy" but right now I can't give more to show this.
Another thing is on that site they seem to figure ideal weights in an arbitrary fashion, like they are "ballparking" their recommendations.
If you have thick bones the wrist (and ankles) are also thicker meaning your skeletal frame in general is also thicker overall giving "small", "medium" and "large". Another way of saying large frame is 'stocky". Small frame -- "Thin". Medium -- "average"
The hands also belie your frame size to some extent.
Champion bodybuilders need a meduin to large frame to look large. Too large of bone structure and they look too "boxy". Too small they look too slender. Medium-large just about right. They look large but proportionate.