Your Body Structure Influences The Optimal Exercises Strategy… Part 2

Bigger Stronger Leaner Christian Thibaudeau Coaching
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Let’s move on to the impact of limb length on upper-body muscle development.

KEEP IN MIND THAT LIMB LENGTH IS RELATIVE TO TORSO LENGTH. You could be a short person with “long limbs” and vice versa.

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This is interesting. I’m a long limb person and I think a long torso as well and my chest is the hardest to grow.

Is there measurements for limbs and torso to determine if they are long or short?

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You cannot be long-limbed and have a long torso. It’s a ratio. So if your torso is long, it represents a large proportion of your height, so your legs cannot be “long” relative to your torso.

You CAN have a long torso, short legs and long arms though.

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I think there was an article on here our your website thibarmy talking about figuring out if you are long limbed or not. I’ll try to find that and see where I fall. Thanks for the reply!

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There is also one on T Nation by Tom Sheppard, who is my head coach.

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Great video coach.
I am 75" tall with a 76" wingspan (average per the article above) and a 32" inseam (short for my height).