Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

BEYOND BRAWN
assuming you still want to get bigger, should you look to develop the next
5% of each measurement; get that next 5%, and then target a further 5%, and
so on. ese numbers will get you in the real world of natural bodybuilding
right from the start.
More on bone structure
4.28 Bone structure varies a great deal, though the extremes—i.e., smaller than a
6-inch wrist, or greater than an 8-inch one, for a man—are very rare. While
bone structure is a major factor, it is not the be all and end all for determining
potential muscular development.
4.29 David Willoughby’s “optimum ideal standard,” presented in the November
1979 issue of IRON MAN, was given “as a goal for youths and men of average
muscular potentialities.” ere is no need to get carried away with measurements,
but note the impact that bone structure variation (as seen in wrist,
ankle and knee girths) makes to muscular girths.
4.30 Willoughby’s figures show the wrist being 79% to 82% of ankle girth. Compare
that to yours and see whether or not you have a noticeably heavier
lower-body or upper-body bone structure.
4.31 ough well-trained hard gainers can quite easily exceed the girths that
Willoughby gives, relative to height, the table shows relative girths for physiques
that are proportionately developed. It also shows how bodyweight
varies relative to changes in muscular girths throughout the body. Now you
know why anyone who claims huge measurements at a light bodyweight is
being dishonest.
4.32 Here is how Willoughby advised the measurements to be taken: Wrist
below the styloid process of the ulna (i.e., on the hand side of it) and with
the hand open; all leg girths to be taken with the legs straight but relaxed,
including ankle at the smallest part, knee across the center of the knee cap
and thighs at the largest circumference; waist at the smallest point without
pulling the waist in; hips at the largest point, with feet together; chest at the
level of the nipples (not expanded); upper arm flexed at the largest point;
forearm at the largest point, clenched; and neck at the smallest part; height
in bare feet; weight unclothed. e girths in the table are based on the average
of the right and left sides of the body. Delt width (called “delt” in the
table) is the bi-deltoid width, measured from the lateral head of one deltoid
to the same of the other. You will need assistance to take this measurement.
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