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[Uppland]

where I live the average is 9 cm and 6'0 to 6'2 from you is equivalent to 5'10-6'0 here, and 6'0 looks good if u're skinny

Yeah maybe not that big of a difference but it is true us swedes are plenty tall, sometimes it's just crazy one time in Stockholm I saw my dad who is 187CM look small in a sea of 188-195CM people.

Other times I feel tall myself when walking around town it varies.

[TomD]

holy good looking man of steel wtf brah is this real life brah.   How tall were you before?   BRB searching for your diary.

First thing i look at is the torso. He does look like he has long legs. If I look like this I will be fine.

Did he do LL? No. How can I tell? Look how big his feet are. Its the dead giveaway.

I have size 9 feet. Most of my 6ft-6ft2 friends have size 11 or 12.

I have seriously considered wearing a size 10 shoe after LL just so people dont tell me how freakishly small my feet are.

[TomD]

Alright sure but one last thing: don't stare yourself blind at your armspan. Instead measure your arms because that's what really matters, I have a 174CM armspan and I'm 179CM tall but my arms are only 3CM shorter than my dad who is 187CM so wingspan is not all that.

Take your arm lenght and multiply it by 2,44 for example I have 75CM arms so that times 2,44 is 183. 183CM is really the most I should go for unless I also lenghten my arms. If I had my dads arms I could be 190CM but of course a smaller ratio is preferable, a normal arm lenght is somewhere in the 2,3 range. It's nerdy but I am a proportion nazi so I thought I'd share -think it's very important.

Hi Upland.

Let me see if the calculations are correct.

Upland  179cm tall , 174 wingspan and 75 cm arms. 

TomD  171 cm tall, 176 wingspan and 71cm arms. I guess I have broad shoulders.

Your advice is not to go past 2.44 x 71cm = 173cm . A whole whopping 2cm lengthening. Should I do 1 cm each segment or just do the whole 2cm on the tibs?

I am going to lengthen to 185cm. If this means I have to have 76 cm arms then so be it. I will get the humeral lengthening. However, I doubt it.

[Uppland]

Hi Upland.

Let me see if the calculations are correct.

Upland  179cm tall , 174 wingspan and 75 cm arms. 

TomD  171 cm tall, 176 wingspan and 71cm arms. I guess I have broad shoulders.

Your advice is not to go past 2.44 x 71cm = 173cm . A whole whopping 2cm lengthening. Should I do 1 cm each segment or just do the whole 2cm on the tibs?

I am going to lengthen to 185cm. If this means I have to have 76 cm arms then so be it. I will get the humeral lengthening. However, I doubt it.

That is the ratio yes, but I admit I do not know how it'll look in reality. The best most accurate way to determine your proportions are to look at them or ask someone you trust to do it for you -just make sure they're telling the truth. It seems like you have quite short arms statistcally so yes you might have to lenghten your arms especially if you plan to lenghten 14CM -that's a lot. I think most people start to leave the normal range at about an 6-8CM increase.

[Blackhawk]

I think that formula would be valuable if it was a range of observed occurrences.  Such as 90% of men have a height + or - 10 of 2.44 times arm length.  But you need a good amount of observations to get a valuable formula.

[ItsMyLife]

I think that formula would be valuable if it was a range of observed occurrences.  Such as 90% of men have a height + or - 10 of 2.44 times arm length.  But you need a good amount of observations to get a valuable formula.

where did u get that formula for arm length vs height

[Blackhawk]

where did u get that formula for arm length vs height

Upland suggested this:

Be careful arm lenght is more important than you might think -even a few CM can almost make or break an appearance. I've thought about this for a long time and I'm now certain that arms should be at the very least your height divided by 2,44. So if you're 183CM your arms should be at least 75CM or else it'll look increasingly bad especially in shoes.

Also we tend to think of only one dimension on this forum but when height is increased around a decimeter or more width also starts to be an issue. I've tried on shoes that boosted me to 190CM and I would not go over that height barefoot personally. Gaining height without width will make you seem weird no matter how long your arms are.

Like I said sometimes a few CM can be the difference between a normal person and a strange one. At some point it will be more valuable to give up some height to keep a proportionate body. Would you rather be a normal (if thin) 180Cm guy or a weird looking 184Cm guy?

[iampetite]

If you focus on the area of is femurs, then they look very short and then you go to the tibias and they look super long. But really, only if you mention limb lengthening, do his legs start to look a bit odd. If you don't mention it, no one would even notice that his tibias are very long

[ItsMyLife]

but the long legs do seem fine, actually :O

[ItsMyLife]

yeah but where did he get it from

[Peaceout]

First thing i look at is the torso. He does look like he has long legs. If I look like this I will be fine.

Did he do LL? No. How can I tell? Look how big his feet are. Its the dead giveaway.

I have size 9 feet. Most of my 6ft-6ft2 friends have size 11 or 12.

I have seriously considered wearing a size 10 shoe after LL just so people dont tell me how freakishly small my feet are.

lol man if you dont think to lengthen like 15-20 cms feet sizes are really not important.And its kinda weird that you think to wear bigger shoes after LL.Some people have small feet some dont.Its really not a big deal imo

[Sweden]

Haven't done any hair transplant yet and my calfs have exploded, that's how big they are now. This guys calf muscles doesn't even exist - like the rest of his muscles. He looks like a girl.


I don't think legs can handle much more lengthening than ~8cm.(femurs AND tibias)

You'll get away with it wearing clothes, yes, but as soon as you sit down...... Or drive a car, motorcycle, go to the beach, training any kind of group sports.
Everyone will notice.

The one who wants to get taller only see the good parts with becoming taller. There are far more bad parts actually. Still - height matters =\

[Peaceout]

You'll get away with it wearing clothes, yes, but as soon as you sit down...... Or drive a car, motorcycle, go to the beach, training any kind of group sports.
Everyone will notice.

The one who wants to get taller only see the good parts with becoming taller. There are far more bad parts actually. Still - height matters =\

are you saying these factors for over 8 cm? Because i dont think it will be that devestating (i mean proportionally/noticeably)  like you said for 8-9 cms(if you do it in 1 segment it might ruin the fem/tibia proportion of course)

[PatientZero]

Briana Banks--you guys have seen her before in movies.

SFW: http://i43.tinypic.com/2qbu15g.jpg

She is 5'10 with a 36" inseam (crotch to lower ankle, not floor). Guys who are around 6'5" have 36" inseams.

Before having height neurosis did you guys care that much about proportions? The benefits of greater height, especially for guys in the low 5 feet are much greater than appearing disproportionate. LL'ers are the only group aside from scientists to obsess about millimeters.

[Alu]

No, I certainly didn't care at all about proportions before I even found LL. But now that I'm taking an active part in altering the proportions of my body then yeah I care a lot more now then I ever did before hand. What ever amount you do on your legs is something you're gonna have to learn to live with for the rest of your life, so of course I'm gonna ensure I look my absolute best. I do believe height trumps dis-proportionality by a small margin; but it's still just as important as height in my view point.

Proportionality is a case by case basis that also deals with the subjective point of view of the person getting LL. I think most people can handle 4-5 CM as long as you're not supermodel leggy; others can handle 7-8 CM overall better then others. It's really hard to quantify it all together however.