Bodybuilding And Building Massive Muscles

Posted: Feb 16, 2011 |Comments: 0 |

Reading, as we do these days, of 24 and even 27 inch arms, I wonder where it's all going to stop. Is a 27inch arm human? I ask myself? 27 would be a terrific measurement even for a thigh. I suppose some would say it's progress. Years ago, in the pre-anabolic, so called Golden Era of bodybuilding, an eighteen inch upper arm was something only talked of in hushed tones. It was also something that usually came from across the Atlantic. I think it's safe to say that the first home grown arms to top this magic figure were those of Reg Park. In those days even 17inches was something rarely seen in a British finalists line up. In the 'Fifties there were courses on offer with titles like "How to build the Fifteen Inch Arm". Nowadays even wimps can better that. Where is it all leading?

To achieve the same proportions as his old-time 18 inch counterpart, your guy with the 24 inch guns would have to have a chest measurement of at least 60". That's 2.5 times the arm size. On a man with a height of less than 8 feet I think this would look rather grotesque. I think this would put bodybuilders firmly in the freak category. Let's hope that common sense prevails and that bestiality is kept where it belongs, in the zoo.

"I don't work, I'm a bodybuilder." A well known London body made this declaration to me as he basked in the sun at Hyde Park's Serpentine. Now this was back in the sixties and the man in question was by no means rich. In fact he could have been described in the local vernacular, as barbaric. Bodybuilders, apart from a very select chosen few, don't make any money out of the game. Still, your man seemed quite happy with his lot. It turned out that as he lived with his parents his dole money was sufficient to finance his training and nutritional needs. (Protein tablets, wheat germ and gallons of milk, was the norm at the time). I don't know if this kind of existence is viable these days, given the present supplement scene and with bodybuilders paying nearly fifty quid for a hundred nutritional capsules. Perhaps a man could send his granny out to work in a strip club?

I hope you have enjoyed today's chat about bodybuilding, and next week I will be going over muscle building in the UK with a very fine tooth comb.

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