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Ursus:
In Stuart Mc Roberts Brawn (the natural hardgainers bible some might say) it highlights John Mc Callum's theory of reasonable expectations for full size potential for a natural athlete based on wrist size.

Obviously everyone is differnt with varing structure even between upper and lower body. This is a ROUGH estimate

here it is

chest              6.5 x wrist
hips                85pc of chest
waist              70pc of chest
thigh               53pc of chest
neck               37pc of chest
upper arm      36pc of chest
calf                 34pc of chest
forearm          29pc of chest

In Brawn there is a publication of David P Willoughby's 'optimum ideal standard'. this was a goal for youths and men of AVERAGE muscular potential.

Willoughby also showed the wrist to ankle girth to be 79% to 82%. if you compare your own you can see whether or not you have a noticeably heavier lower-upper body structure.

Willoughby also advised how to measure.

wrist: below the styloid process of the ulna, ie on the hand side of it with hand open. i think that means above the bone.
leg girth: all measurements to be taken with the legs straight but relaxed, including the ankle at the smallest part. knee across center or knee cap
thighs: largest circumference
waist:at the smallest point withhout pulling the waist in
hips: at the largest point with feet together
chest: level of nipples not expanded
upper arm: flexed at largest point
forearm: largest point clenched straight. not with fist turned towards body
neck: smallest point
delt: measured from lateral head of one delt to another. i take this using eye level high cupboard doors.

1Height          8 Waist
2 Weight        9 hips
3Neck           10 thighs
4Bicep          11 knees
5Forearm     12 calves
6Wrist          13 ankles
7Chest         14 bi deltoid

 1    2      3      4      5     6    7      8      9      10    11    12   13   14
60 114 14.1 13.2 11.0 6.3 36.7 27.5 33.0 19.8 12.9 13.2 7.7 17.2
62 126 14.5 13.6 11.3 6.5 37.9 28.4 34.1 20.5 13.3 13.6 8.0 17.7
64 138 15.0 14.1 11.7 6.7 39.1 29.3 35.2 21.1 13.8 14.1 8.3 18.2
66 151 15.4 14.5 12.1 6.9 40.3 30.2 36.3 21.8 14.2 14.5 8.5 18.7
68 165 15.9 15.0 12.5 7.1 41.5 31.1 37.4 22.4 14.7 15.0 8.8 19.2
70 180 16.4 15.4 12.8 7.3 42.8 32.1 38.5 23.1 15.1 15.4 9.0 19.8
72 196 16.8 15.8 13.2 7.5 44.0 33.0 39.6 23.7 15.5 15.8 9.3 20.3
74 213 17.3 16.3 13.6 7.7 45.3 33.9 40.7 24.4 16.0 16.3 9.6 20.9
76 231 17.8 16.7 13.9 8.0 46.5 34.8 41.8 25.1 16.4 16.7 9.8 21.4
78 250 18.3 17.2 14.3 8.2 47.7 35.8 42.9 25.7 16.8 17.2 10.1 21.9

Jr. Yates:
what is "pc"??

Ursus:

--- Quote from: Jr. Yates on January 23, 2006, 12:01:39 PM ---what is "pc"??

--- End quote ---

percent

Ursus:
strength targets also highlighted in brawn for the genetically average hard training 5'9 190lb lean male.

everyone is different these are typical for the average attainable 300-400-500 targets for bench squat and deadlift

regular squat to parallel 300x20 400x1
bent leg deadlift 385x15 500x1
stiff leg deadlift from floor 300x10
bench press 260x6 300x1
parallell bar dip bw plus 100lbs x6
overhead press 175x6
pulldown 240x6
chin bw plus 50-60 x6
1 arm dumbell row 110x6
barbell curl 120x6
shoulder width bench pressx220x6
single leg calf raise 20 with a 60lb dbell

all ecercise to be completed with full range of motion.

Bossa:
The strength #'s are decent #'s for teh avg guy to reach, the measurements are a load of shit.

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