[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Well my arms are a little bigger than 16 inches cold and most shirts are not made for an arm size that big. [/quote]
Try buying shirts that fit -lol. I have to buy XLs because of my back and shoulders (and probably my arms as well). Sure, the rest of the shirt fits a little baggy, but I’d rather have a shirt that ‘fits’ than look like ‘that guy’, who buys his shirts intentionally too small, hoping for someone to comment.
S
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Well my arms are a little bigger than 16 inches cold and most shirts are not made for an arm size that big. So any shirt I wear the sleeve is squeezing my arm which gives an exagerated effect. Though it isn’t that impressive at 18% bf, :P.[/quote]
Stop wearing shirts two sizes too small. My arms are bigger than yours and I don’t have trouble finding sleeves that fit. But then, I’m not crazy enough to try to fit into a medium.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
Well my arms are a little bigger than 16 inches cold and most shirts are not made for an arm size that big. So any shirt I wear the sleeve is squeezing my arm which gives an exagerated effect. Though it isn’t that impressive at 18% bf, :P.
Stop wearing shirts two sizes too small. My arms are bigger than yours and I don’t have trouble finding sleeves that fit. But then, I’m not crazy enough to try to fit into a medium.[/quote]
Well, you are “Professor X”, it make no sense, because you would become “Professor M”.
[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Professor X wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
Well, you are “Professor X”, it make no sense, because you would become “Professor M”.[/quote]
Holy crap, I can’t believe I laughed at that! -lol
S
I can’t believe no one has posted this picture on here. And yes, arms can get too big at least when you inflate your muscle instead of earning it.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
juanjromero wrote:
Professor X wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
Well, you are “Professor X”, it make no sense, because you would become “Professor M”.
Holy crap, I can’t believe I laughed at that! -lol
S
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I (not so) secretly liked that one, too.
[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Professor X wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
Well my arms are a little bigger than 16 inches cold and most shirts are not made for an arm size that big. So any shirt I wear the sleeve is squeezing my arm which gives an exagerated effect. Though it isn’t that impressive at 18% bf, :P.
Stop wearing shirts two sizes too small. My arms are bigger than yours and I don’t have trouble finding sleeves that fit. But then, I’m not crazy enough to try to fit into a medium.
Well, you are “Professor X”, it make no sense, because you would become “Professor M”.[/quote]
He’s got a point prof. Though in all seriousness I agree. My arms are 17 and some change and I do not have trouble with most XL’s. The ones that are snug just need to be tugged at slightly.
I think that shirt industry is aimed to fit on regular pepople, and this bring up the fact that having big arms is kind of related to the neck/gut diameter.
The shirts are cut in a way that fits easyly on big gut guys.
Now, the shirts use the same measure for neck and sleeve because that is proportional, but we keep our gut the smallest possible and arms as large as possible, we break the regular guy proportion.
I am not big, I am S (not ashamed to say), but sleeves are becoming smaller to me, if I start using the M size, I will have a lot of fabric to deal around my waist. also the shoulders will hang terrible. Actually people comment about my arms (15.1/4") in a S guy with 30" waist are big (just bigger than regular guys on same size, not as big as yours Prof. X).
My consideration is looking for shirts starting on the sleeve, no tight, but on my size.
BTW, my neck is 16" and calves 15.5". I think proportion is ok for a regular guy like me.
[quote]DickBag wrote:
but still, even good fitting shirts ( sorta baggy) tend to be tightish on the arms. not skin tight, just the same size as the arm.
this is probbaly true for every poster on T-Nation.
average people usually have normal sized bodies but small arms ( 12/13 inch) so i think the shirt is usually normal sized everywhere else but the arms.
i think i could very well be talking shit, who knows
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your right, the thing is the trend at the moment is too make shirts smaller especially in the arms…i’ve been doing all my shopping online lately and usually buying sean john stuff and they’re cut great except the neck gets a bit tight, hip hop clothing is the way too go on this issue
[quote]jtg987 wrote:
DickBag wrote:
but still, even good fitting shirts ( sorta baggy) tend to be tightish on the arms. not skin tight, just the same size as the arm.
this is probbaly true for every poster on T-Nation.
average people usually have normal sized bodies but small arms ( 12/13 inch) so i think the shirt is usually normal sized everywhere else but the arms.
i think i could very well be talking shit, who knows
your right, the thing is the trend at the moment is too make shirts smaller especially in the arms…i’ve been doing all my shopping online lately and usually buying sean john stuff and they’re cut great except the neck gets a bit tight, hip hop clothing is the way too go on this issue[/quote]
Im gonna have to look into this, All the shirts I have are tight as shit around the arms/chest/shoulders and looks like a parachute in the waist.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
DickBag wrote:
but still, even good fitting shirts ( sorta baggy) tend to be tightish on the arms. not skin tight, just the same size as the arm.
this is probbaly true for every poster on T-Nation.
average people usually have normal sized bodies but small arms ( 12/13 inch) so i think the shirt is usually normal sized everywhere else but the arms.
i think i could very well be talking shit, who knows
your right, the thing is the trend at the moment is too make shirts smaller especially in the arms…i’ve been doing all my shopping online lately and usually buying sean john stuff and they’re cut great except the neck gets a bit tight, hip hop clothing is the way too go on this issue
Im gonna have to look into this, All the shirts I have are tight as shit around the arms/chest/shoulders and looks like a parachute in the waist.
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Stop wearing mediums.
Some people I know are a good deal smaller than me but have 8-10% bodyfat (sometimes less) and their arms look bigger than mine.
Their arms are not bigger than mine, but lean looks bigger, at least when you’re wearing short sleeves (and a shirt 2 sizes too small).
The way I figure it, if you can wipe your ass then your arms aren’t too big.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
DickBag wrote:
but still, even good fitting shirts ( sorta baggy) tend to be tightish on the arms. not skin tight, just the same size as the arm.
this is probbaly true for every poster on T-Nation.
average people usually have normal sized bodies but small arms ( 12/13 inch) so i think the shirt is usually normal sized everywhere else but the arms.
i think i could very well be talking shit, who knows
your right, the thing is the trend at the moment is too make shirts smaller especially in the arms…i’ve been doing all my shopping online lately and usually buying sean john stuff and they’re cut great except the neck gets a bit tight, hip hop clothing is the way too go on this issue
Im gonna have to look into this, All the shirts I have are tight as shit around the arms/chest/shoulders and looks like a parachute in the waist.
Stop wearing mediums.
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The only sizes I own are XL and XXL…the 2 X’s work fine but the XL’s are what I was referring too…I just recently hit 250 lbs so I am transitioning to the XXL’s now and they are working well.
on a bit of an update I lost 35lbs in a cut, now the problem I have is all my tshirts are stretched lol, but I lost quite a bit of body fat and now my t shirts fit fine…next year should be interesting planning on a 2 year bulk