What's the correct way to measure waist size?

SleepLifter · 01-08-2007, 09:15 AM

Is "sucking in" acceptable, or is it cheating? On men, where should the waist be measured, at pants level, or around the belly button?

thx,

Dan

coloBB · 01-08-2007, 10:34 AM

measured around the belly button, not sucked in, just relaxed, normal.

thaibodybuilder · 01-09-2007, 09:30 AM

so...put on any inches since the holidays? lol

SleepLifter · 01-09-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by squarebx

so...put on any inches since the holidays? lol

lol mayyyyybe!

Ivan25 · 01-10-2007, 10:17 AM

Hey fellas... The waist is not around the belly buttom... That is the ab measurement... Waist is the narrowest part between the belly buttom and the sternum.... A good gauge is to measure both ways.... Relaxed and sucking in... If relaxed measurement increases, so will vacuum measurement... The increase in relaxed pose is from body fat accumulation... The increase in vacuum pose is from body fat accumulation AND deconditioning of the transversis abdominis.... This is why I constantly track my waist while training for size... It will increase a little, but it should not blow up... Plus I continually train my abs off-season to maintain function and form...

SleepLifter · 01-10-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivan25

Hey fellas... The waist is not around the belly buttom... That is the ab measurement... Waist is the narrowest part between the belly buttom and the sternum.... A good gauge is to measure both ways.... Relaxed and sucking in... If relaxed measurement increases, so will vacuum measurement... The increase in relaxed pose is from body fat accumulation... The increase in vacuum pose is from body fat accumulation AND deconditioning of the transversis abdominis.... This is why I constantly track my waist while training for size... It will increase a little, but it should not blow up... Plus I continually train my abs off-season to maintain function and form...

So if I say "I have an "x" inch waist, that's referring to the measurement between the belly button and the sternum? I always thought waist was simmilar to pants size. If you wear a 32, you have about a 32' waist.

lionelxxl · 01-11-2007, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Ivan25

Hey fellas... The waist is not around the belly buttom... That is the ab measurement... Waist is the narrowest part between the belly buttom and the sternum.... A good gauge is to measure both ways.... Relaxed and sucking in... If relaxed measurement increases, so will vacuum measurement... The increase in relaxed pose is from body fat accumulation... The increase in vacuum pose is from body fat accumulation AND deconditioning of the transversis abdominis.... This is why I constantly track my waist while training for size... It will increase a little, but it should not blow up... Plus I continually train my abs off-season to maintain function and form...

I've always measure just below my belly button.. where i get the widest measurement.

Either way, the key is to measure the same exact spot, wither sucked in or relax EVERY SINGLE TIME to get an accurate reading and to chart your progress.

Kerry77 · 01-11-2007, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SleepLifter

So if I say "I have an "x" inch waist, that's referring to the measurement between the belly button and the sternum? I always thought waist was simmilar to pants size. If you wear a 32, you have about a 32' waist.

That's what I thought as well

W8isGR8 · 01-11-2007, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivan25

Hey fellas... The waist is not around the belly buttom... That is the ab measurement... Waist is the narrowest part between the belly buttom and the sternum.... A good gauge is to measure both ways.... Relaxed and sucking in... If relaxed measurement increases, so will vacuum measurement... The increase in relaxed pose is from body fat accumulation... The increase in vacuum pose is from body fat accumulation AND deconditioning of the transversis abdominis.... This is why I constantly track my waist while training for size... It will increase a little, but it should not blow up... Plus I continually train my abs off-season to maintain function and form...

That's not going to help if you accumulate fat around the lower abs/lovehandles

Ivan25 · 01-13-2007, 01:30 PM

Sure it is... First of all, you all need to argue with the surmountable stack of research and literature supporting the "Waist" measurement... Secondly, You could measure different segments of waist, just so long as you standardize the site and keep it same everytime.. Nuff said little kids...

jjenjjen · 01-25-2009, 03:24 AM

I always measured myself around the waist at the smallest part under my rib cage - where it goes in the most. But the guy I was training with was being really horrible to me and saying 'NO!' that's not the waist - the waist is where the belly button is. Well I think for men that might be the case - but for women the belly button sits a lot lower from the smallest part of the waist... perhaps a couple of inches down.

After that he said my waist increased by a cm. I think he's wrong. Do you?

Anyway my question: where do you measure a man's waist and where to you measure a woman's waist?

(my answer: a man is measured at the belly button point, a woman is measured at the smallest point under the rib cage.)

Let me know your thoughts thanks

imccarthy · 01-25-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ivan25

Sure it is... First of all, you all need to argue with the surmountable stack of research and literature supporting the "Waist" measurement... Secondly, You could measure different segments of waist, just so long as you standardize the site and keep it same everytime.. Nuff said little kids...

Stop calling people "students" and "little kids". Seriously, you're not superior to anyone on this site.

Frankdaddy · 01-25-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Kerry77

That's what I thought as well

Nahh, I wear a 32 in pants during offseason, but my waist got up to 34, and I was still wearing the same pant size. You are suppose to measure about 1 inch above the belly button to get an appropriate measurement. This goes along with people who have measured my waist for a tuxedo in the past, and last year the lady asked how big my waist was, and I told her 30 inch ATM and she said did Im easure 1 inch above belly button, for accuracy.

Blazed · 01-25-2009, 01:03 PM

Pants sizes are much smaller than the Inch counterpart. People that think they have a 34 or 36 inch waist because they wear the respective pant size are in for a rude awakening. Usually you will fit into pants that are 3-4 size smaller than your actual waist measurement. My 34's are falling off and I am fitting into 32's fine with a 35.7" waist right now. When I had a 48" waist I wore a size 42.

imccarthy · 01-25-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazed

Pants sizes are much smaller than the Inch counterpart. People that think they have a 34 or 36 inch waist because they wear the respective pant size are in for a rude awakening. Usually you will fit into pants that are 3-4 size smaller than your actual waist measurement. My 34's are falling off and I am fitting into 32's fine with a 35.7" waist right now. When I had a 48" waist I wore a size 42.

I'm the opposite. I have a 28-30 inch waist and wear 32" jeans. It's weird.

Blazed · 01-25-2009, 02:50 PM

I don't know how that's possible lol. I have found pants sizes, at least in the US to be marked as much smaller than the actual circumference of the waist. Maybe you live overseas? I just measured 8 pairs of pants and all of them were 2-4" larger than the size (^_^)

Its actually been proven that womans clothes have gotten bigger and the sizes have been refit so to speak as our country got fatter. A size 2 these days, used to be a size 8-10 just 20-30 years ago. I think the same thing has happened with mens pants.

Frankdaddy · 01-25-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazed

I don't know how that's possible lol. I have found pants sizes, at least in the US to be marked as much smaller than the actual circumference of the waist. Maybe you live overseas? I just measured 8 pairs of pants and all of them were 2-4" larger than the size (^_^)

Its actually been proven that womans clothes have gotten bigger and the sizes have been refit so to speak as our country got fatter. A size 2 these days, used to be a size 8-10 just 20-30 years ago. I think the same thing has happened with mens pants.

Its possible as a guys HIPS can be bigger than his waist, which what the label should read anyways 32 inch HIP

Blazed · 01-25-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankdaddy

Its possible as a guys HIPS can be bigger than his waist, which what the label should read anyways 32 inch HIP

That makes even LESS sense bro. I have 39 Inch hips and wear 32/34. I am pretty sure if you look at someone rocking size 38 jeans that are actually fitting them they will have A) a waist larger than 38" B) Hips even larger than their waist. No man wearing size 34 jeans has 34" hips lol.

Blazed · 01-25-2009, 03:45 PM

I don't think the label reads hip or waist. Just a size, and most people assume that is their waist size. Maybe if our pants were sized by actual " then people would realize how ridiculously obese they have become.

Frankdaddy · 01-25-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazed

I don't think the label reads hip or waist. Just a size, and most people assume that is their waist size. Maybe if our pants were sized by actual " then people would realize how ridiculously obese they have become.

Yes I know I didnt make sense, but lets go with what you have here haha. Either way I say measure 1 inch above belly button.

jjenjjen · 01-25-2009, 06:34 PM

I always measured myself around the waist at the smallest part under my rib cage - where it goes in the most. But the guy I was training with was being really horrible to me and saying 'NO!' that's not the waist - the waist is where the belly button is. Well I think for men that might be the case - but for women the belly button sits a lot lower from the smallest part of the waist... perhaps a couple of inches down.

After that he said my waist increased by a cm. I think he's wrong. Do you?

Anyway my question: where do you measure a man's waist and where to you measure a woman's waist?

(my answer: a man is measured at the belly button point, a woman is measured at the smallest point under the rib cage.)

Let me know your thoughts thanks

jjenjjen · 01-26-2009, 08:30 AM

CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY POST PLEASE

I always measured myself around the waist at the smallest part under my rib cage - where it goes in the most. But the guy I was training with was being really horrible to me and saying 'NO!' that's not the waist - the waist is where the belly button is. Well I think for men that might be the case - but for women the belly button sits a lot lower from the smallest part of the waist... perhaps a couple of inches down.

After that he said my waist increased by a cm. I think he's wrong. Do you?

Anyway my question: where do you measure a man's waist and where to you measure a woman's waist?

(my answer: a man is measured at the belly button point, a woman is measured at the smallest point under the rib cage.)

Let me know your thoughts thanks

CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY POST PLEASE?

Jack_the_Repper · 01-26-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ivan25

The increase in relaxed pose is from body fat accumulation... The increase in vacuum pose is from body fat accumulation AND deconditioning of the transversis abdominis.... This is why I constantly track my waist while training for size... It will increase a little, but it should not blow up... Plus I continually train my abs off-season to maintain function and form...

*Transverse Abdominis, no such thing as transversis abdominis.

jjenjjen · 01-27-2009, 03:15 AM

CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY POST PLEASE

I always measured myself around the waist at the smallest part under my rib cage - where it goes in the most. But the guy I was training with was being really horrible to me and saying 'NO!' that's not the waist - the waist is where the belly button is. Well I think for men that might be the case - but for women the belly button sits a lot lower from the smallest part of the waist... perhaps a couple of inches down.

After that he said my waist increased by a cm. I think he's wrong. Do you?

Anyway my question: where do you measure a man's waist and where to you measure a woman's waist?

(my answer: a man is measured at the belly button point, a woman is measured at the smallest point under the rib cage.)

Let me know your thoughts thanks

CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY POST PLEASE?

jjenjjen · 01-29-2009, 05:49 AM

Answer Meeeee! :'(

Where Do You Measure A Man's Waist And Where Do You Measure A Woman's Waist?!