Debunking Arnolds "19 inch" arms myth once and for all

[Deicide]

Probably 22 and ripped......i have world class arms,you guys can blow a gasket all day long... doesn't change the fact 

You never trim your nose hairs?

[ARNIE1947]

 

[Fallsview]

Bam-bam, you are wise!!!!!





STAY/ACT/BE/REMAIN POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bam-bam]

19 inches...

 

[Palpatine Q]

You never trim your nose hairs?

I don't find other people's personal hygiene interesting 

[mesmorph78]

i personally think arnies arms are near enogh 22 inches

[WingedLion]

Poeple wish they were 19 to make themselves feel better ... Arnie had 21-22's .. and that is ripped ...

[Man of Steel]

Arnold's arms were about 21 inches....thread over.

[Jaime]

Then you are shooting your own arguement in the foot - it is a fact Arnolds arms were measured less than sergios - muscle bellies and illusion plus the mags editing pics play a huge part in what you see.

Arnold at his "biggest" before he made a splash in the BB world could well have had 20 inch arms but he was also fat and stupid - it wasnt till he had his ass handed to him by a much smaller yet better conditioned Zane that he stopped and realised that the biggest man is not always the best..

Your comment regarding Nubret holding his own against again is all illususion - Serge's Bellies and that god dam insane midsection help here - look to the width of sergio and serges medial deltoid to medial deltoid - that gives an honest answer to who held more mass.

Nubret's Arms at there biggest on stage were a lil over 18 inches - its all illusion/ full muscle bellies and insertions that make them look bigger.

Ex-fucking-actly.

[NarcissisticDeity]

 

the number is totally IRRELEVANT all that matters is how it looks 

[suckmymuscle]

Reality check: at 6'1-6'2 tall to look grotesquely huge like those would take AT LEAST 22 inch pythons. Common sense will just wipe out whatever "Arthur Jones" or another liar/hater claims. Hope this helps.

  Bambi, you are not taking into consideration that Arnold had small joints and round muscle bellies that made his muscles seem much larger than they were. Bodybuilding is a lot about illusion. Paul Anderson had 23" arms and they looked smaller than Wheeler's did at 18", because Anderson had huge joints and square muscles that made them look smaller than they were, whilst Wheeler had extremely tiny joints with round muscles which gave the illusion of size.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[ARNIE1947]

At 6'1" tall, this Olympian would have had to weigh about 308 pounds for his arms to be even close to 22 inches around.

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WHAT DOES CHARLES POLIQUIN MEAN BY THIS ABOVE STATEMENT ?

IS POLIQUIN REFERING THE David P. Willoughby.SIZE CHART ...WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ARM SIZE MEASUREMENTS OF THE PRE-STEROID ERA BODYBUILDERS.. ?

IF STEVE REEVE CAN HAVE 18 INCH ARMS DRUG FREE ..WHY CANT ARNIE HAVE 22 INCH ARMS..DURING THE POST STEROID ERA ?

[BILL ANVIL]

Whoever saying Arnolds arms were below 19" are complete morons. Put any 5'8" bodybuilder with 19 inch guns beside a big man like Arnolds and you will see the size difference. Sure, too you people Lee P's arms look bigger than Arnies because of the illusion of definition. The big dudes with the big frames always have the larger gunz you stupid twinkies.  

This all started from some Napoleon complex little f#ck that doesnt like the fact that no matter how much they work out, they will always be a short little man and will never have truly huge impressive proportionate arms like the big guys.

[Palpatine Q]

Lots of tiny tits with small shitty arms in this thread

[BILL ANVIL]

Lots of tiny tits with small shitty arms in this thread

Yes. Chances are the ones questioning Arnies arm size have of course, small arms. Jealous desperate underachievers or just talking out of school, I dunno.

[balzac]

arnold @ 20 years :



 - http://s3.imgimg.de/uploads/scoresheet1a82eb79ajpg.jpg

[Naggash]

No fucking less than 20 inches

[dyslexic]

Who the fuck cares? He still looked the way he looked. If you had his arms, you still wouldn't look like him, so why worry about it?


Doesn't matter if they were 18 or 25" -- he still looked like Arnold, and you can't and never will.