Thread: Excuses for tall people

Also size, be it height or muscle mass, isn't proportional to your ability to fight. Just saying.

It's partially true. When you're tall, you have to move the weight further. Therefore, it can harder for taller guys to move the same amount of weight. On the other hand, taller guys usually weigh more and are larger overall than our midget counterparts. So, it does balance out, for the most part.

It's also true that it is harder for us taller guys to pack on the mass. But, when we do, we look a helluva lot better, sexier, and more impressive than you short fucks. We also tend to get a lot more pussy than short guys. Hence, just a few of the reasons why you short motherfuckers look upon us with such envy.

One benefit of being short is that you can find clothes that fit in any store. Unfortunately, you just don't look as good in them.

Originally Posted by suprfast

I assume you are over 6 ft and upset about this thread. It's okay we understand.

Leverage is he only disadvantage I can see.

bet your ass im upset!!! im raging!!

haha, look at what this thread has turned into. I'm 5 11' so I don't really have an advantage or disadvantage either way. Anybody at any size can get crazy strong. The only thing is bodybuilding is probably easier if your short. You just have to find the sport that your built for.

And gaz, that squat increase in less than a year right there is unreal man. I have had a surge in my squat poundages lately, I'm squatting twice a week now one with a box, one without.

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

bet your ass im upset!!! im raging!!

you can slap us short people across the face with your "rage".

Problem for most tall guys is that they don't eat enough cals to get any muscle mass. Once they create a build they can usually lift a decent amount. Look at strongman, a large portion of the top pros in the world are 6'3" or taller

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

honestly, they are at a disadvantage for one simple reson. in the time it took your body to grow the whole 5 feet 8 inches they had to grow 7-12 inches more thus likely restricting movements of certain joints and decreasing overall flexibility. i would not be so happy about outlifting them but i would be worried if you didnt. in a fight they would probably whoop you though so i would stay off the whole "girly" subject.

Why do people say shit like this as if the muscle and ligaments don't grow along with the bone and everything else....??? And of course the male fighting ego part of the brain has to show up.

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Why do people think that moving through your body's natural range of motion makes a difference when it comes to height? Why is the head circumference or the pointy-ness of the elbow not a factor? Shit I know more shorter people who can't squat than I do tall people. Noone can fucking squat. The height of these people don't make much of a difference that I've found or seen. It's a coin toss in my book

Originally Posted by cshea2

And gaz, that squat increase in less than a year right there is unreal man. I have had a surge in my squat poundages lately, I'm squatting twice a week now one with a box, one without.

Nice! Box squats will do a hell of a lot for your strength coming out of the hole. I felt way more confident at the bottom of regular squats from doing them.

Does nobody employ the technique of 'wrapping the elbows under the bar' ? - by this i mean in a high bar olympic squat position you should strive to have your forearms perpendicular to the ground and directly beneath the bar whilst lifting the chest high and proud, imagine a string attached to each elbow pulling them forward and beneath the bar similiar to a front squat position when you attempt to raise the elbows.

This would mean activating the latissimus dorsi as opposed to the rhomboids and trapezius, scapula retraction is not neccesary when a more uniform tightness in the entire back can be achieved WITH a more upright torso allowing the lifter to complete a deeper squat. This will create less stress on the lumbar spine and coupled with the standard abdominal 'block' means that the torso can act appropriately as the link between the bar and your legs and hips as they drive up.

IMO this technique for high bar squtting suits the taller individual as opposed to a wider low bar position with a shallower torso angle. Of course we want to achieve maximum depth whilst keeping form and posture, in a way a wider stance does cheat the lifter out of a few precious inches and ultimately the true rock bottom of their squat

just my 2cents discuss!

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Roast, personally I have found that high bar squats are a lot more comfortable than wide stance powerlifting-style squats. But I am by no means tall (~5'10").

I think which style of squatting you prefer usually depends on proportions. For those with longer legs and shorter torsos, a powerlifting-style squat usually helps due to a short moment arm. For those with long torsos and short legs, a low bar squat is really tough because the moment arm is longer.

I just think you have to evaluate your body's proportions and experiment with different stances and bar placements until you find a position that is comfortable. I was uncomfortable squatting for a long time until I switched to Oly style squats and immediately the movement felt very natural.

Originally Posted by Merkaba

Why do people say shit like this as if the muscle and ligaments don't grow along with the bone and everything else....??? And of course the male fighting ego part of the brain has to show up.

It's not a coincidence that taller people are more like to have tendon and ligament related injuries and pains when playing sports due to the fact that the bones are growing faster than than the rest. Osgood-Schlatter disease (quadriceps become to short pulling on the patellar tendons pulling on the shin bone) is just an example of that. If u have two 5' ten year olds, one grows 12 inches over the next 4 years the other one only 5 inches, are they gonna be equal when it comes to flexibility? I just dont believe you believe that. take it from a semi-tall dude 6'4 who has played ball with taller guys all my life.

and yea u right fightin has nothing to do with nothing in this post

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