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[LittleWhiteMan]

I have it planned, I will lengthen 10 cm to become 165 cm tall. However, my sitting height is 78.5 cm and right now with a 154.5 total height my ratio is around 0.51, which is kind of natural and normal. However if I become 165 and my sitting height keeps being 78.5 my ratio will be around 0.47, which I had never seen someone with such ratio. Should I do it? Will I look weird after it?

[ReadRothbard]

It probably won't be noticeable. People don't pay attention to proportions that much in real life--only on this forum lol. I remember calculating that in order for your proportions to be "perfect", that you need to be 5'9. You'd probably pull off 5'7 decently .

[Blackhawk]

I think at a ratio of .47 you will be kind of leggy but it probably won't look unnatural if you add 5 cms to each segment.  Post some mock ups.

[Smallguy]

It doesn't matter how other people think. It depends on how you feel. If you seek 10cm increase, try wearing a 10cm lift. That's how you are approximately after you lengthen 10cm. Wear a pair of jeans and check yourself in the mirror. Your legs will look long but if you feel comfortable with pulling that off, then go for it. It's your life so do whatever that makes you happy.

Personally, my tibias are a bit long but I'm still experimenting with a 2.5inch lift. I can think I can pull off another 7-8cm in the femur and feel happy about myself. Obviously, you won't look like a normal male model with long torso and your legs will look longer than average. There is always a trade-off between proportion and height. For me, I would choose the later.

[KrP1]

wow, you have a very small ratio, my natural ratio is 0.55   , 91cm sitting height for 165cm

[kunta kinte]

wow, you have a very small ratio, my natural ratio is 0.55   , 91cm sitting height for 165cm

You have short legs, very good for lengthening 

[KrP1]

Yes i have . I think short legs are very anti aesthetic. My image will improve  a lot after lengthening

[kunta kinte]

Yes i have . I think short legs are very anti aesthetic. My image will improve  a lot after lengthening

I agree with your claim that short legs look anti aesthetic, but not yours tough. Yours are slightly below average. Average is about 45% leg length to height ratio. Ive got a good friend of mine, I didnt measure him but Im sure he has like a 41-42%, it really looks goofy and unattractive.

You can get away with 10 cm of lengthening and after 10 cm your leg to height ratio will be 48% and thats in the range of ideal(in my opinion). As long as you stay above 45% and below 49%, you will be fine. How much are you planing to lengthen?

[KrP1]

I agree with your claim that short legs look anti aesthetic, but not yours tough. Yours are slightly below average. Average is about 45% leg length to height ratio. Ive got a good friend of mine, I didnt measure him but Im sure he has like a 41-42%, it really looks goofy and unattractive.

You can get away with 10 cm of lengthening and after 10 cm your leg to height ratio will be 48% and thats in the range of ideal(in my opinion). As long as you stay above 45% and below 49%, you will be fine. How much are you planing to lengthen?

A maximum of 10cm in two surgerys. And a minimum of 6cm in one.

[Morgenst.]

I have it planned, I will lengthen 10 cm to become 165 cm tall. However, my sitting height is 78.5 cm and right now with a 154.5 total height my ratio is around 0.51, which is kind of natural and normal. However if I become 165 and my sitting height keeps being 78.5 my ratio will be around 0.47, which I had never seen someone with such ratio. Should I do it? Will I look weird after it?

I don't think you'll look weird at all man just be sure to work On Your upper body. Unless you got abnormally broad shoulders you'll have to work to not seem like the those typical skinny slender man looking guys out there. Far as proportions most of those discrepancies if any can be fixed with the right clothes. I don't think .47 that terrible a ratio it's what I'll have when I'm through 

[ReadRothbard]

My natural ratio is 0.58 at a 169 cm height. My sitting height is 98 cm.

It's weird how nature works.

[Shor7Guy]

My natural ratio is 0.58 at a 169 cm height. My sitting height is 98 cm.

It's weird how nature works.

Are you serious?! that's a sitting height 1cm above the 95th percentile at a 15th percentile height, are you sure you measured correctly? Do your legs look abnormally short?

[ReadRothbard]

Are you serious?! that's a sitting height 1cm above the 95th percentile at a 15th percentile height, are you sure you measured correctly? Do your legs look abnormally short?

Yeah, I measured correctly. I was honestly pretty shocked when I first measured it, too. I'm not so sure if the short legs are noticeable, though I've had a few powerlifting mentors comment on how my short leg should help with squatting a lot of weight.

My theory is that my legs are short because I was supposed to be tall (around 186 cm, based on my height when I was two years old and my parents' heights), but that my leg growth was stunted due to precocious puberty (when you hit puberty really early, like at 9 years old). I was actually about 167 cm when I was 12, if you can believe at. At about 13, I was fully developed and had reached my current height of 169 cm lol.

[Joel]

Just do what RG KEY did 9cm tibia's 8cm femur be like 175 or a lot taller for you.   Totally worth it people can't tell it's your legs people are full of   about how you look.   One guy here went from 5'1 - 5'8 that's pretty damn big lol.

[ReadRothbard]

I'm sorry, I was slightly off. My sitting height is 95 cm.

[Greek-Semidget]

Yeah, I measured correctly. I was honestly pretty shocked when I first measured it, too. I'm not so sure if the short legs are noticeable, though I've had a few powerlifting mentors comment on how my short leg should help with squatting a lot of weight.

My theory is that my legs are short because I was supposed to be tall (around 186 cm, based on my height when I was two years old and my parents' heights), but that my leg growth was stunted due to precocious puberty (when you hit puberty really early, like at 9 years old). I was actually about 167 cm when I was 12, if you can believe at. At about 13, I was fully developed and had reached my current height of 169 cm lol.

I had precocious puberty too. I stopped growing at 13 at 5'8 though by dad is 5'10 and mum is 5'9 so I should have grown to 5'11+ my brother though is 14 and he is now at almost 5'10 and still growing like a boss. I am 16+ and have not grown a  . Sometimes nature acts wierd...

[ReadRothbard]

We were predicted to be the same height--6'0. It sucks enough for short guys, but at least they grew up knowing they'd be short. We grew up being told "oh, you're going to be a tall, handsome 6'0-6'3 man"! Then, you reach junior high school, and you're like "sweet, I'm already my mom's height, and I'm developing all of my muscles and stuff; this is awesome". Then...nothing. You're done. Then you have an endocrinologist tell you your senior year that you have rare precocious puberty and that you're growth plates are closed, then you sit there thinking "what the fk? This wasn't the deal. I was supposed to be 6'0+; that's what I was told. I was this fking height in eighth grade! Are you serious?! I'm DONE growing?!".

It's the biggest bull  ever. Like I said, at least naturally short guys grew up knowing they'd be short. We got raped in Jr. High by nature.

[kunta kinte]

We were predicted to be the same height--6'0. It sucks enough for short guys, but at least they grew up knowing they'd be short. We grew up being told "oh, you're going to be a tall, handsome 6'0-6'3 man"! Then, you reach junior high school, and you're like "sweet, I'm already my mom's height, and I'm developing all of my muscles and stuff; this is awesome". Then...nothing. You're done. Then you have an endocrinologist tell you your senior year that you have rare precocious puberty and that you're growth plates are closed, then you sit there thinking "what the fk? This wasn't the deal. I was supposed to be 6'0+; that's what I was told. I was this fking height in eighth grade! Are you serious?! I'm DONE growing?!".

It's the biggest bullcrap ever. Like I said, at least naturally short guys grew up knowing they'd be short. We got raped in Jr. High by nature.

well look on the bright side, you have a short pair of legs and you will look good or even better after the surgery unlike someone that has a 50% ratio, they will just look like a spider, you on the other hand can get away with a monster gain and still look good.

what is your armspan?

[Blackhawk]

I remember being told when I was about 7 or 8 that I would be my dad's height, 5'11".  I was always small so I didn't totally believe it but I hoped I would get that late growth spurt that everyone told me about.  Didn't happen, 5'6".  Not even close to what the doctors told me.

[KiloKAHN]

Heh, I was 4'9 when I was twelve. Was surprised as hell that I made it to 5'5 when I stopped growing at 15.

[ReadRothbard]

About 68.5 inches, or 174 cm.

[kunta kinte]

About 68.5 inches, or 174 cm.

and what height are you aiming for, 178, 180, . . .? because you can get away with 182-3 max in my opinion unless you plan on doing humerus lengthening.