17 Inch Arms

[quote]1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition. [/quote]

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.

[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition.

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.[/quote]

Eh - probably more towards me, and that’s ok. I know I’m still carrying a good amount of fat, but I’m working on bringing it down.

As it is, even at this bodyfat level, I can see decent shape in my arms, shoulders and chest, so as I lean out, I’ll look better and more shaped…

But don’t mean to hijack your thread AB, kudos again on reaching the 17" mark… : )

last i measured my arms they were 17 inches too. but idk maybe they arent cause they look similar to yours but im 2 inches shorter.

err wait what am i talking about, 17 inches is 17 inches lol

[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
err wait what am i talking about, 17 inches is 17 inches lol[/quote]

Lol good for you man!

[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition.

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.[/quote]

not directly pointed towards you but i have to be honest in that i guess i just don’t see what you see. it’s not a jab mind you but merely an objective opinion. apparently your idea of shape and definition isn’t the same as mine.

[quote]1morerep wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition.

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.

not directly pointed towards you but i have to be honest in that i guess i just don’t see what you see. it’s not a jab mind you but merely an objective opinion. apparently your idea of shape and definition isn’t the same as mine.[/quote]

He’s a kid! Did you really expect to see what you might find on a 30 year old who has been lifting for 5 years or more?

He is way ahead of the game at his age.

What, you think he should diet now?

I can see why there are so few people who actually have big arms lately. The moment you can’t see definition in clear detail, they get jumped by a bunch of people acting like you get big and contest ready all at the same time.

i don’t know. at 15 i was a kid…i had some size…i had some definition. what’s the problem?

[quote]Professor X wrote:
1morerep wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition.

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.

not directly pointed towards you but i have to be honest in that i guess i just don’t see what you see. it’s not a jab mind you but merely an objective opinion. apparently your idea of shape and definition isn’t the same as mine.

He’s a kid! Did you really expect to see what you might find on a 30 year old who has been lifting for 5 years or more?

He is way ahead of the game at his age.

What, you think he should diet now?

I can see why there are so few people who actually have big arms lately. The moment you can’t see definition in clear detail, they get jumped by a bunch of people acting like you get big and contest ready all at the same time.[/quote]

I agree with this whole heartedly.
this “kid” is doing good,ya maybe his arm is “fat” they are not near as fat as some.
Mine for example,are"fat and shapeless" my concern was to make my arms and legs bigger while keeping the same body weight even though I was obese,I chose that over dieting down and loosing fat first.

I was able to get my arms to 19" and very slowly reaching 20" but again they are fatter than I want so when I do diet down the goal is to have a solid 16-17 inch arm which is well within reach,years down the road but still within reach.

we have no room to say hes wrong,yes give him tips on other ways of doing it but he is certianly not wrong.

I see nothing at all except a job well done.
this is obviously his first stage,which is to eat alot and lift even more.
once he gets the size up then he can worry about tuning and tweaking in order to chisle that fat off.

1morerep, I mean you no disrespect at all, you are massive and look wonderful you obatined something after years of hard work that is the envy of alot of lifters.

but you have been at this for so long and even your teen pics look great so I really dont see where you can fully understand where this kids coming from. You just have never been in the situation of tryng get massive like X,myself or the OP.

Give him a break,he is working really hard and getting where he needs to be,its not how you would or have done it but he is still doing alright for himself.

[quote]1morerep wrote:
i don’t know. at 15 i was a kid…i had some size…i had some definition. what’s the problem?[/quote]

Dude, no offense, but at your weight, most people of average height would still look skinny. That means when you insist on giving advice from ONLY your own experience, it will NOT apply to most of the people you are aiming it at.

The shape of your muscles allow you to carry less overall size and still look bigger. That means why YOU alone may not need to pay attention to measurements at all, for the rest of us with a goal of standing out, the rules are different.

If this still has not sunk in after all of this, then it may just be hopeless.

For the record, mine measured out last night at 17" at 5’9" and 202 lbs.

(There’s picture taken a week or two ago on my training log)

Austin this is a great accomplishment and I’m sure you will achieve much better in the years to come

Keep on pushing…

[quote]AngryVader wrote:
For the record, mine measured out last night at 17" at 5’9" and 202 lbs.

(There’s picture taken a week or two ago on my training log)[/quote]

and was this an easy thing to do?

[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
finally hit 17 inch arms pumped, im pretty excited. not gloating but just am proud of myslef. 18 inches is the next milestone. best of luck to everyone with there goals.[/quote]

My reason for posting was the same. Nothing impressive (IMHO), just another milestone reached and to ask about AB’s progress. There are a few logs and a few people on this board who seem sincere about making progress-- that interests and inspires me, so I read their logs and follow their BB/progress posts.

I don’t mind the criticism, because, frankly, I do this for me. I know my body and how it reacts and I know what I’m capable of. I know that I’m only 8-12 weeks away from dropping 50 lbs if that’s the route I ever decide to take. MUCH easier to drop fat than to put on muscle.

1rep-- I appreciate your posts and admire what you’ve accomplished for yourself. At this point in time, I don’t have the luxury of ‘laser-like precision’ technique for adding mass while being ripped.

I’ll go for ‘full house’ for the time being, and that’s going to pay off in the long run. I know how to reach long term goals, and ‘instant gratification’ is rarely part of those plan. Patience and sensible milestones are.

Besides, this ain’t so bad at just before I hit 17" back in late August :wink:

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I wouldn’t attempt to say ‘ripped’ or even ‘impressive’ (it’s not), but certainly not ‘fat and shapeless’. Work in progress and a long, long way to go.

[quote]Nich wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
For the record, mine measured out last night at 17" at 5’9" and 202 lbs.

(There’s picture taken a week or two ago on my training log)

and was this an easy thing to do?
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Yeah, it was pretty easy to measure them. :stuck_out_tongue:

Seriously though, yes and no. Yes, it was easier once I started eating enough and stopped caring about my abs. I had spent a few years sabotaging myself with that.

The hard part recently has been that I’ve had some injury setbacks, so I’m still getting back some strength and size. I’m still not quite 100%, so I hope to have them even bigger 6 months from now.

[quote]1morerep wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
1morerep wrote:
like body weight, the actual numbers of your measurements are meaningless. a 17" or even a 20" arm looks like shit without decent shape and definition.

I honestly hope this was directed towards me because I do have shape and definition in my photos on page 3. I’m not 6% bodyfat or some crazy shit but my peak is there tricep seperation is shown a bit and they look decent in my opinion.

Wait til I’m in my 20’s though rockin’ 22+ inch arms, I can’t wait to compare it to these photos.

not directly pointed towards you but i have to be honest in that i guess i just don’t see what you see. it’s not a jab mind you but merely an objective opinion. apparently your idea of shape and definition isn’t the same as mine.[/quote]

No my idea of shape and definition is exactly the same as yours, but I never claimed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger or said I had the conditioning of Dector Jackson. In the fornt double bi shot you can clearly see the seperation between my bis and tris and some definition and my arm is far from fat maybe not ripped but far from fat.

Steely posted his progress I posted mine, this was just about showing how big our arms were not some “I’m Mr. Olympia Stage Ready” come have a fucking look.


I managed 17" a little while back, think they are still around the same now although with lower bodyfat, at 6’3" my arms were a bodypart I have had to really work on cause they are so long, fucken long hard way to get em to 17".


One more of my arm extended, I kinda like this shot more.

[quote]nthnbeachesguy wrote:
I managed 17" a little while back, think they are still around the same now although with lower bodyfat, at 6’3" my arms were a bodypart I have had to really work on cause they are so long, fucken long hard way to get em to 17".

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crazy peak you have there!

Yeah my right arm has a good peak, better than my left but I am right handed I guess. Right arm is a little stronger than left but too much, been working on the difference as best I can.