Did your arms grow by so much rubbing your chest on your avatar? or do you really curl it?
Hard to base just on pure #, since you can carry a lot of bodyfat and have big arms… but generally if you are pretty lean I think 17 is considered big. Hell I had a friend who was very lean with 15’’ biceps and they looked pretty big to most people. He was fairly short though.
[quote]jtg987 wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
Razorslim wrote:
17 3/4 is the cutoff. Sorry jtg keep up with the curlz
lol, i believe my arms are too big for my body at the moment, so i wont be doing any direct arm work for awhile
Really?
i try to avoid curls,so as i said earlier i generally do 3 sets a week as I’d rather do big heavy compound movements…it seems like my arms grow too easily at times, i would like too eventually get 18+…[/quote]
That makes sense…you want bigger arms…so you avoid working them directly because they grow too fast.
How much are they measuring now?
Your arms may have grown quickly up to this point, but from what I’ve seen, most of the guys with the genetics to build arms close to 20" would have popped up to 18 pretty quickly (as in 2-3 years). You may experience a lot more turbulence to actually reach that 18". Putting the breaks on now may not be the best decision you’ve made.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
Razorslim wrote:
17 3/4 is the cutoff. Sorry jtg keep up with the curlz
lol, i believe my arms are too big for my body at the moment, so i wont be doing any direct arm work for awhile
Really?
Yes. Really. I often tell myself this while speaking to my muscles as if they were living entities.
“Biceps, you seem a little TOO big for my body. Cutting the sleeves off of all of my dress shirts does not go over well at board meetings and driving with one arm hanging out of the window causes enough property damage to the concrete that I’ll be paying back the city through 2025. Damn you, biceps. Damn you to hell.”[/quote]
I have the exact same problem.
Admittedly somewhere else but try never to have had a BJ at Thirtyfi…
Damn, I hate my penis…
When are MY arms considered big?
Just as soon as I wake up each morning -lol
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[quote]Professor X wrote:
The Mighty Stu wrote:
I think I gave my opinion on this a while ago on a different thread, but when I started training, my arms were 14" (and I thought I looked pretty ‘athletic’, from martial arts, boxing, and shotput).
Once I reached 16", I felt that I looked like a ‘bodybuilder’, not just someone who played sports (I’m 5’9, with a pretty small boned frame, so of course this may be different for someone else). At 17", I thought I was hyooooge.
At 18", I was honestly shocked, but couldn’t really argue with any sincerity when someone would tell me that I had big arms (I always try to feign humility when complimented -lol).
I also do very little direct arm work. While I get a lot of questions about my tricep training, I figure it’s just from years of heavy presses.
I think 15 is around right even a little less, especailly with high school kids, you should hear what they thing big is…
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The general public seems to think anything much over 15" is big, especially if they are on a movie star. In bodybuilding, I think most would put that number over 17" with anything over 18" making you one of the few with the genetics to carry that much mass overall.
In general, if you can build lean arms over 18", it is a safe bet that you could possibly walk on stage and actually do well as a heavy weight or better instead of simply being looked over.[/quote]
Your arms are big when you have a high arm size to weight ratio.
Mine is .10
What’s yours?
I started training August '07, at 12" arms. I just hit 15" (not quite lean though). I’m getting a few compliments nowadays, but I’m still shooting for 17" before I plan to stop my bulk. Hopefully it’ll happen before August '09 (my two year bulk mark). Being 5’7", 16-17" lean should be decent.
Mine are 15" and look small, I have a huge bicep peak too which probably adds a bit.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Your arms may have grown quickly up to this point, but from what I’ve seen, most of the guys with the genetics to build arms close to 20" would have popped up to 18 pretty quickly (as in 2-3 years). You may experience a lot more turbulence to actually reach that 18". Putting the breaks on now may not be the best decision you’ve made.[/quote]
Yeah, my arm progress has stalled somewhat. I didn’t do arms much early in my training, because I feel into the no-direct-arm-work trap and have small biceps.
The last year or so I have gotten up to over 17 inches, but I just can’t make over 17 1/2. I’m sure this a lot to do with my diet since I have been stuck around 225-230 for almost 6 months now. I would love to get to 18 inches.
Anyway, the point is, the further you get from the norm, or the average or whatever, the more work it is going to take to keep progressing. This is true in just about anything.
[quote]orion wrote:
Professor X wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
Razorslim wrote:
17 3/4 is the cutoff. Sorry jtg keep up with the curlz
lol, i believe my arms are too big for my body at the moment, so i wont be doing any direct arm work for awhile
Really?
Yes. Really. I often tell myself this while speaking to my muscles as if they were living entities.
“Biceps, you seem a little TOO big for my body. Cutting the sleeves off of all of my dress shirts does not go over well at board meetings and driving with one arm hanging out of the window causes enough property damage to the concrete that I’ll be paying back the city through 2025. Damn you, biceps. Damn you to hell.”
I have the exact same problem.
Admittedly somewhere else but try never to have had a BJ at Thirtyfi…
Damn, I hate my penis…
[/quote]
Someone knew where I was going with this one.
A better question would be, “for my height/weight, what is considered big?”
Ratios baby. Its all about the ratios.
When your mind doesn’t ponder such questions.
[quote]Neebone wrote:
A better question would be, “for my height/weight, what is considered big?”
Ratios baby. Its all about the ratios.[/quote]
Here is some info that I found interesting. Take it with a grain of salt because from what I have been reading (yes I am a newb), it does not reflect current mainstream standards for bodybuilding. But I bet these measurements/goals still beat those Men�??s Health Magazines.
Steve Reeves wrote about ideal measurements frequently and was always striving for his idea of perfection in this regard (and came close to achieving his own personal ideal). One of his criteria for ideal proportions included having his arms, calves and neck measure the same.
Steve Reeves Unpumped Measurements:
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Arms: 18.25 inches
Calves: 18.25 inches
Neck: 18.25 inches
Thighs: 26 inches
Chest: 52 inches
Waist: 29 inches
In his �??classic physique�?? book, Reeves said his formula for �??ideal proportions�?? was as follows:
Muscle to bone ratios:
Arm size= 252% of wrist size
Calf size= 192% of ankle size
Neck Size= 79% of head size
Chest Size= 148% of pelvis size
Waist size= 86% of pelvis size
Thigh size= 175% of knee size
Steve Reeves�?? height and weight chart for a bodybuilder (natural)
5�??5�?? 160lbs
5�??6�?? 165lbs
5�??7�?? 170lbs
5�??8�?? 175lbs
5�??9�?? 180lbs
5�??10�?? 185lbs
5�??11�?? 190lbs
6�??0�?? 200lbs
6�??1�?? 210lbs
6�??2�?? 220lbs
6�??3�?? 230lbs
6�??4�?? 240lbs
6�??5�?? 250lbs
Man, his arms are good, but not 20 inches or anything, But I am amazed at his waist size for his height and weight of 216. His upper body must have looked like a frickin upside down pyramid.
FYI~For his height and weight chart, I don�??t know how much lean mass these weights are but I would assume a bf% close to 10? Anybody know for certain, let me know.
Here is another way to determine what the ideal bicep (and other measurements) is/(are) using the Grecian ideal. I take this with a grain of salt and for fun since this would be slightly undersized for most of our goals. If nothing else when you are watching 300 again, you can say that you are larger than what the Greeks thought was the ideal body. In my case, especially the waist size.
http://www.fitness.com/tools/greek_proportions/?wrist=6.25&rdbUnit=1.
The more I think about this thread, the more outrageous it is to me.
Can your arms really be too big? How many people really have that problem?
Am I just suffering from ‘The grass is greener on the other side’ syndrome?
I don’t think anyone really bothered if they’re arms get too huge…
look at gregg, he ain’t complaining lol
When they stretch out the sleeves of all your shirts.
[quote]elano wrote:
when they stretch out the sleeves of all your shirts.[/quote]
From now on I’m buying XXXS shirts.
My arms are roughly 18.5 inches. I thought after reading this thread that my arms were massive.Then i remembered i was 6’4 
For tall people 6’3 and over id go with 20 inch plus arms as being “big”
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
The more I think about this thread, the more outrageous it is to me.
Can your arms really be too big? How many people really have that problem?
Am I just suffering from ‘The grass is greener on the other side’ syndrome?[/quote]
i just feel like they’re starting to get out of proportion to the rest of my body, they’re never going to be too big, just getting to that stage where i feel like they’re getting out of proportion…i aint going to be a 150lb weakling