Femur: Height

Training Powerlifting
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I think you’d have to use the outside of your leg and just feel where your hip socket is with your fingers.

edit: Specifically, where the inguinal crease is farthest away from your patella

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oh, I did it by going pushing into the bend at the hip

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Maybe we should start an anthropometry and body ratio thread complete with peer reviewed instruction for anthropometrics and that Leonardo Devinci anatomy diagram.

Anyone know of any studies or generalities involving anthropometric ratios of various athletes and specifically for PLers?

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http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm#european_skulls

http://www.makemetaller.org/index.php?topic=293.0

First link is really interesting. In the height section it shows you how to calculate your height from bone lengths, but if you do the formula backwards, then you can calculate what your femur, humerus and radius should be, and if it’s smaller than what you calculated, than that could mean you have short femurs, humerus and radius relative to your height, or larger if the you are bigger than the number you calculated.

The second link is the Leonardo Devinci anatomy diagram.

I think we should make a thread on anthropometrics and body ratios.

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you guys are using some big damn words for the power lifting forum…lol eurry boddy is a doctor and shit…lol

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[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
you guys are using some big damn words for the power lifting forum…lol eurry boddy is a doctor and shit…lol
[/quote]

aha, we’ll dumb it down from now on :wink:

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I have no idea if I measured right, but I got 19" femur at 5’7". 28%?

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[quote]Jab1 wrote:
I have no idea if I measured right, but I got 19" femur at 5’7". 28%?[/quote]

It’s a little difficult to measure, damn that seems like a long femur aha

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Yeah I have pretty long legs so I wasn’t surprised. My torso is really short.

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[quote]Jab1 wrote:
Yeah I have pretty long legs so I wasn’t surprised. My torso is really short. [/quote]

What do you consider long? a femur greater than 25% of height?

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~26.5% is what the study I saw suggested

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[quote]XArena wrote:

[quote]Jab1 wrote:
Yeah I have pretty long legs so I wasn’t surprised. My torso is really short. [/quote]

What do you consider long? a femur greater than 25% of height?
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Oh I don’t know about that, I’m just eyeballing the whole length of my leg compared to my torso/height.

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[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
~26.5% is what the study I saw suggested[/quote]

Seems pretty good… 26.5% of height is a pretty long femur in my opinion

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14 inches, 21%

Do I win?

EDIT: hold on, I measured wrong. It’s actually 13.5 inches, 20%.

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[quote]hastalles wrote:
14 inches, 21%

Do I win?

EDIT: hold on, I measured wrong. It’s actually 13.5 inches, 20%.[/quote]

Pree’ short thighs compared to the standard brah! You should be a squatting machine!

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[quote]XArena wrote:

[quote]hastalles wrote:
14 inches, 21%

Do I win?

EDIT: hold on, I measured wrong. It’s actually 13.5 inches, 20%.[/quote]

Pree’ short thighs compared to the standard brah! You should be a squatting machine!
[/quote]

That’s the plan :slight_smile:

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Get to it then yah slacker! :wink:

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[quote]XArena wrote:
Get to it then yah slacker! ;)[/quote]

Ha I’m workin on it. You too! we’re racing to 1000, remember! haha

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[quote]hastalles wrote:
14 inches, 21%

Do I win?

EDIT: hold on, I measured wrong. It’s actually 13.5 inches, 20%.[/quote]
Dang brah. You better be squatting a grand in ten years time!

I guess this explains why I’ve struggled with back squat form so much yet front squats are easy.

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[quote]Jab1 wrote:

[quote]hastalles wrote:
14 inches, 21%

Do I win?

EDIT: hold on, I measured wrong. It’s actually 13.5 inches, 20%.[/quote]
Dang brah. You better be squatting a grand in ten years time!

I guess this explains why I’ve struggled with back squat form so much yet front squats are easy. [/quote]

That’s what I’m sayin!!