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Anyone find this strange?

mike00 Posts: 2 Joined: 2007/02/06	2007/02/06, 11:43 PM After 6 months of working out, I remeasured my chest and arms. I increased 3 inches in chest but only half an inch in arms booth flexed and unflexed. Is this genetic that I have small arms relative to body? (I am 5 ft 9, 160lbs, 39" chest and 13" arms when flexed.

wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/02/07, 12:21 AM 3/39 is a 7% increase in size. .5/13 is a 4% increase in size. 3/13 is a 23% increase in size. If you expected your arms to grow at the same rate as your chest and back, then I think that would lead to a fairly imbalanced physique. If your arms grew at the same rate as your chest, your arms would double in size beore your chest was even 4/3 it's starting size. This would be weird. Stay in school.
mike00 Posts: 2 Joined: 2007/02/06	2007/02/08, 11:27 PM Is it strange for my arms to be so small for my weight?
Pemdas Posts: 973 Joined: 2004/07/22	2007/02/09, 09:10 AM First of all, 160 is pretty light, especially at 5 9??I wouldn?t expect you be very big. Second, while you will see great improvements in a 6 month period, you are not going to miraculously grow huge guns. Third, I don't think 13' is terribly small, especially with only 6 months of training. -------------- Light bulb shaped people are easy to push over!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2007/02/09, 08:46 PM Wrestler hit the nail on the head. -------------- "If it ain't broke, you aren't trying."