I am 40 yo and started lifting recently. At 5'8" my arms are 16.75 inches flexed. Is that a good arm size?
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10-19-2015, 09:28 PM #1Registered User
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Arm size
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10-20-2015, 01:34 AM #2I'm a Swifty Now
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Originally Posted by Liftingat40
You sound like a 9 year old that just discovered his penis.
You just started lifting, your arms should be the least of your concerns.
The Michelin man has big arms and he never works out. Fat don't count.
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10-20-2015, 03:41 AM #3Registered User
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That's too general of a statement. 16.75" is good if they are all muscle, defined, etc. My mother has 17" arms but no muscle... just saying...
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10-20-2015, 04:00 AM #4Registered User
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No. They are too small. You need arms like these guys. These guys are 5% real
Alan Aragon, Brad Schoenfeld, Stu Phillips, Lyle McDonald. FTW.
Not a physique competitor but hope to compete in powerlifting next year. Max bench 1RM with pause 160kg. 352lbs.
Lift and learn.
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10-20-2015, 08:48 AM #5All the way from the UK
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As ever Overload is spot on, it's how you look, you could have two guys both 5'8" with 16.75 inch arms and one could be all fat and the other very muscular.Originally Posted by Overload
Tennis balls?...........my Biceps are as big as Grapefruits!
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10-20-2015, 09:25 AM #6Getting there...
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This is just one of the reasons I hate the tape measure method of tracking progress. Aside from the fact that fatceps are indistinguishable in measurement from muscle, how can you be sure that you are measuring the same way every time without actually having lines tattooed on your body? We're looking for incremental changes here as progress comes slowly, and we're going to trust a method of measurement that may be invalid if our instrument is just a few degrees off from the last time we measured?Originally Posted by clive
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10-20-2015, 09:44 AM #7Registered User
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This chick is sporting 20 inch guns so you still have some work to do. Good luck with that, OP.Originally Posted by Liftingat40
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10-20-2015, 01:50 PM #8Always evolving
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In other words OP, let's see a pic flexed for an accurate assessment
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10-20-2015, 04:38 PM #9Finally accused of juicin
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Piana, what a douche.Originally Posted by allrnder
No. They are too small. You need arms like these guys. These guys are 5% real
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10-20-2015, 05:44 PM #10Registered User
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Originally Posted by Corbi
Alan Aragon, Brad Schoenfeld, Stu Phillips, Lyle McDonald. FTW.
Not a physique competitor but hope to compete in powerlifting next year. Max bench 1RM with pause 160kg. 352lbs.
Lift and learn.
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