[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
PrincessFab wrote:
ew shave ur armpits before u post
Apologies. I forgot that I am posting on the Bodybuilding forum.[/quote]
What?
Who the hell cares if you shave?
That poster has a pic of Ru Paul as an avatar. Why are you apologizing for being a guy?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
hawaiilifterMike wrote:
PrincessFab wrote:
ew shave ur armpits before u post
Apologies. I forgot that I am posting on the Bodybuilding forum.
What?
Who the hell cares if you shave?
That poster has a pic of Ru Paul as an avatar. Why are you apologizing for being a guy?[/quote]
Now that is funny.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
18.75
booyah
i agree with stu in that my arms take over when i bench. oh well.
just found this thread. glad to see some guys out there with some decent size.
i think i remember reading somewhere that your max arm circumfrenece was your wrist plus 10’'.
wonder how true that is.[/quote]
Damn you and your big arms.
Mine are a pathetic 15.5". Trying to bring them up now, we’ll see…
Arite lads,
new to this site so just having a good look about and found this thread. what would you lot say was a decent size arm. Well not just arm but every measurment?
[quote]k4pp4 wrote:
Arite lads,
new to this site so just having a good look about and found this thread. what would you lot say was a decent size arm. Well not just arm but every measurment?[/quote]
Oh man, not this again…please…
[quote]k4pp4 wrote:
Arite lads,
new to this site so just having a good look about and found this thread. what would you lot say was a decent size arm. Well not just arm but every measurment?[/quote]
Someone 5’8" would probably begin to look pretty big with 17" arms. Someone 6’6" would not. Plus many other factors.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
red04 wrote:
Not true at all? I don’t think there are many dudes out there with 10" wrists
which is probably why you don’t see to many 20" (muscular) arms.
the wording of my sentence may be off, but i’m pretty confident there is a correlation between wrist circumfrenece and the ability to add a certain amount of size to your arm.[/quote]
Eh… Then my arms would be stuck at 16.5 (or 17.5 now, as my wrists grew about an inch over the course of my training career).
Well, I’m just glad you’re wrong 
Oh man, not this again…please…
what do you mean by this patrikk? every1 gota start some where? did u wake up big 1 day or know ur goal, and what would be a respectable target to aim for? im guessing no so please keep ur comments to ur self if there not help full,
Thankyou
[quote]Professor X wrote:
HolyMacaroni wrote:
red04 wrote:
Not true at all? I don’t think there are many dudes out there with 10" wrists
which is probably why you don’t see to many 20" (muscular) arms.
the wording of my sentence may be off, but i’m pretty confident there is a correlation between wrist circumfrenece and the ability to add a certain amount of size to your arm.
You mean like tons of speculation and bullshit? Then YES.
In general, if you can build 18" arms naturally within less than 5 years of training, you have good genetics for bodybuilding. The average person can not build 18" muscular arms. Some people apparently can’t get much past 17" from what I’ve read around here.[/quote]
Yeah, we seem to have 90 percent of the “genetically” disadvantaged people on here lol
Remember, it’s all genetics. Has nothing to do with doing either way too much or no arm training at all. Or eating too little. Or partying every night of the week.
It’s that stupid arm-size-limitation-gene(c).
[quote]k4pp4 wrote:
Oh man, not this again…please…
what do you mean by this patrikk? every1 gota start some where? did u wake up big 1 day or know ur goal, and what would be a respectable target to aim for? im guessing no so please keep ur comments to ur self if there not help full,
Thankyou[/quote]
I’m not getting into this. Good luck on your journey to “decent”…
[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
At an obese 247lbs (for my small frame) and 5’10", arm was 18.5"+, but now that I am only 216lbs and getting smaller by the day, barely over 17.5"
[/quote]
I was 17.5" at 295 but lost a LOT of weight, mostly fat, and of course the arms are now 16.5." One of my troubles is height — 6’7". Hard to add much with these long arms of mine.
17.5 cold
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
17.5 cold[/quote]
Good job, man. You’re getting big.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
18.75
booyah
i agree with stu in that my arms take over when i bench. oh well.
just found this thread. glad to see some guys out there with some decent size.
i think i remember reading somewhere that your max arm circumfrenece was your wrist plus 10’'.
wonder how true that is.[/quote]
I’ll be proving that wrong in .5’'.
Some of you guys have made some sick progress. Fuck my arms!
The Myth.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
i think i remember reading somewhere that your max arm circumfrenece was your wrist plus 10’'.
wonder how true that is.[/quote]
It’s probably a myth. Just look at Sergio, whose arms are over 13 inches bigger around than his wrists. Granted, Sergio has better genetics than practically all of us, but still, wrist+10 didn’t seem to be his max.
Poliquin sez:
"Traditionally, there have been three different methods for estimating arm growth potential. The first two are wrong:
For example, if I applied this theory to my own arm development, my arms should never have grown to their present size. Obviously, they did. But it shouldn’t have been possible, given my wrist measurement. If I’d taken this advice seriously, I would’ve psychologically sabotaged my arm development. If I believed that it was limited to a certain amount, based on this silly equation, my arms probably would’ve stopped growing long ago.
Some authors would say that a realistic goal of arm development is ten inches over your wrist measurement. Again, had I taken this advice to heart, it would’ve given me an arm measurement of 17 inches, again shortchanging my potential.
In my opinion, this is the best approach, as it takes into account that arm size is a byproduct of overall mass gains.
Genetic factors play a big part in arm potential. If you come from a family whose members all resemble comedian JJ Walker, chances are that you’ll never really have arms that serve as shade for small forest animals."
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
The Myth.
HolyMacaroni wrote:
i think i remember reading somewhere that your max arm circumfrenece was your wrist plus 10’'.
wonder how true that is.
It’s probably a myth. Just look at Sergio, whose arms are over 13 inches bigger around than his wrists. Granted, Sergio has better genetics than practically all of us, but still, wrist+10 didn’t seem to be his max.
Poliquin sez:
"Traditionally, there have been three different methods for estimating arm growth potential. The first two are wrong:
For example, if I applied this theory to my own arm development, my arms should never have grown to their present size. Obviously, they did. But it shouldn’t have been possible, given my wrist measurement. If I’d taken this advice seriously, I would’ve psychologically sabotaged my arm development. If I believed that it was limited to a certain amount, based on this silly equation, my arms probably would’ve stopped growing long ago.
Some authors would say that a realistic goal of arm development is ten inches over your wrist measurement. Again, had I taken this advice to heart, it would’ve given me an arm measurement of 17 inches, again shortchanging my potential.
In my opinion, this is the best approach, as it takes into account that arm size is a byproduct of overall mass gains.
Genetic factors play a big part in arm potential. If you come from a family whose members all resemble comedian JJ Walker, chances are that you’ll never really have arms that serve as shade for small forest animals."
[/quote]
x2
After reading all these stupid 12-14" arm threads its good to see someone with real progress to discuss. Good job.
Sigh
Maybe they’ll look better at 18.
Close up. It’s actually a little past 17 but I haven’t measured in a while and wanted to feel special in this thread with everyone else.