i meant that the details are ultimately trivial and out of your control
[quote]schultzie wrote:
i meant that the details are ultimately trivial and out of your control[/quote]
I know where you were headed with that and it makes sense, but well developed muscles can look odd if they are oddly shaped anyway for genetic reasons (or injury), and so growing 'em makes it more obvious.
Still worth growing them though!
[quote]schultzie wrote:
to most girls, a 16" arm is a 16" arm[/quote]
Small?
here are some movements that you might want to give a try to.
- close grip floor presses,
- JM presses
- Elbows out db extensions (on a flat or incline bench)
- Seated db extensions (let the elbows flare out).
I started doing powerlifting styled training about 2 1/2 years ago, My triceps have improved alot and I do less direct (or less traditional) tricep movements,
You can make significant changes. Just believe in your ability to do so.
Good luck.
[quote]texasguy1 wrote:
Nate Dogg wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
You can thank your parents for the origin and insertion points as well as the overall shape of your muscles. What you seem to be describing is not substantially alterable.
Yep. Some of us were “blessed” with short muscle bellies. So we have “high calves” and the “high biceps and triceps” that never look impressive unless flexed.
Not true. I have this “syndrome” myself and have found that the bigger I get the less noticeable it is. At first I thought my arm looked a little goofy, almost like my tricep was a tumor growing off the back of my arm because it seemed to disproportionate, but as my biceps, shoulders and body in general got bigger, the muscles over took my skeletal structure as it were and grew enough to “fill in the blanks”.
At 180, I looked muscular shirtless and had the skinny perception with a shirt on, at 215 I just look big and my muscles look the same now as any “normal” guy at 180 or so.
I like my genetics really, my chest is perkier than a strippers fake tits, my lats are awesome and my rhomboids traps grow like a leg on an insane squat program. And shoulders with an “outward” growth? people pray for that.
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Well, that sounds great for you. But remember, I’m only 5’4" with a very small bone frame. No matter how “big” I get, my biceps and triceps don’t appear large or look good in a t-shirt under normal conditions (unless I wear a tight tee with very short sleeves).
You can only overcome so much by building up your muscles all over. Luckily, my chest, back and upper legs are a good size for my body, so they get noticed in clothing, even if my arms don’t. 
[quote]texasguy1 wrote:
schultzie wrote:
to most girls, a 16" arm is a 16" arm
Small?[/quote]
well… not to them