the grecian ideal

[theory of knowledge]

i found this off a site dedicated to Sandow, the father of modern body builders, ancient greeks used to follow a certain proportion and trained reguarly in their gyms, measurements were taken off roman statues of gods and the ratio is derived in this calculator...seems fairly reasonable, but looks good.

http://www.sandowmuseum.com/ideal.html
Ideal Body Measurement Calculator

 

[blinkwatt]

Thanks for the link. I found that the measurements are a tad bit small. I reach almost all of them(I'm only off by 1/4 of a inch on three of them),but only feel I'm "fit" not built like I would like to be(Vin Diesel).

 

[theory of knowledge]

Thanks for the link. I found that the measurements are a tad bit small. I reach almost all of them(I'm only off by 1/4 of a inch on three of them),but only feel I'm "fit" not built like I would like to be(Vin Diesel).

hey...the greeks didn't have protein powder, did they

 

[afc_recovering]

Interesting, I'm going to have to guess that the Greek's weren't too fond of working their legs? My calves are 1.5 inches 'too big' and my thighs are 3 inches 'too big' :nervous: and then my chest is like 4 inches too small bi's are about 1 inch too small. I'm not sure I want my arms to be bigger than my legs though.... Someone tell those Greeks to get their squats in... :nono:

Anyone else notice this, I mean I know I had big legs but I thought they were proportionate...

PS. Never realised that my wrist is almost as big as my d!ck is....:crazy:

EDIT: Haha look at the statue, pretty sure his wrist is bigger than his.....