The importance of height for physique aesthetics

What height is ideal when it comes building the most visually appealing body? This is up for debate and is bound to have fans at both ends of the spectrum as proportions greatly vary depending on height. Lee Priest is an inspiration to thousands out there as is Arnold Schwarzenegger. There is no doubting that Arnold would dwarf Lee if he stood next to him however if you were to put a picture od each side by side some would argue that Lee Priest is the more muscular of the two, one reason being that there is only an inch or two in the difference between arm size despite there being a nine inch difference in height.

It often appears that the sweet spot for the best proportions which is also the height of most successful mens physiques competitors is between 5’10-6’1

Exaples of some of the most famous amatuer bodybuilders on the internet in recent times that are between these heights are Zac Aynsley and Aziz Shavershian.

The upper end of the measuring tape is where proportions start to become skewed as men who are 6’4 or above tend to have elongated limbs with poor width relative to length. Of course there are outliers for this which include Jonah Lomu and Dwayne Johnson who have incredible frame width and thickness for their height.

Another member of the modern aesthetics movement is Jon Skywalker, standing at 192cm and less than 100kg his stats sound laughable for any competitive bodybuilders yet there hasn’t been a single photo of him online to this date where he isn’t mogging the person next to him, despite having tiny wrists and a long arm span his shoulder to waist ratio is so good that he make the average bodybuilder look stocky and goofy as hell.

That isn’t to say I’m bashing on shorter guys with a lot of muscle mass in fact I think some look extremely aesthetic but they reach their cutoff point much sooner than their taller counterpart, 17” arms lean is enough to make any guy under 5’9 look very jacked, the below shows some good example and includes my personal favourite “manlet” lifter: Jay SP

Best Steroid Stacks (compounds and doses) for Bulking , Cutting, Cosmetics feat. Tren, Deca, Dbol, Test

Bulking

Most Effective Compounds:   Testosterone   Nadrolone

Ideal Ratio:                                           1   :  0.8  

Sample Doses (Weekly):                    600 : 500

Oral:                     Dbol 30mg/day  [or] Anadrol 50mg/day

This stack is most suitable for users who are looking to gain as much mass as possible without concern for additional water gains

Cutting

Most Effective Compounds:   Testosterone   Trenbolone   Masteron

Ideal Ratio:                                           1  :  1.3  :  1.3

Sample Doses (Weekly):                300 : 400 : 400

Oral:                       Anavar 50mg/day [or] Winstrol 50mg/day

This stack is most suitable for users who are looking to maximise muscle preservation and potentially make gains while in a caloric deficit

Cosmetics

Most Effective Compounds:  Testosterone  Trenbolone Equipoise

Ideal Ratio:                                         1  :  1.7  :  2.7

Sample Doses (Weekly):                 300 : 500 : 800

Oral:                                           Winstrol 50mg/day

This stack is most suitable for users who are looking for an aesthetically appealing physique and want a dry and hard appearance with minimal water retention

Value

Most Effective Compounds:     Testosterone  Trenbolone

Ideal Ratio:                                             1  :   1

Sample Doses (Weekly):                     350 : 350

Oral:                                          Superdrol 20mg/day

This stack is most suitable for a non competitive bodybuilder who wants to get the strongest results using as low a dose as possible

Safe Sides

Most Effective Compounds:     Testosterone

Sample Doses (Weekly):            250

Oral:              Anavar 50mg/day [or] Tbol 50mg/day

This stack is most suitable for users who are prone to side effects such as acne and shedding/thinning hair

Author: Vinici Fitness

4 Month Physique Re-comp Results (Lean Bulking)

This post is going to highlight the progress I made while recomping. By recomping I don’t mean literally gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time but more so a case of indecisiveness where I would bulk for about 4 weeks then cut for 2 weeks and repeat. During this period my diet was a lot cleaner than on my previous 11 month bulk which meant a more moderate surplus. I stuck to between 3600-4000 calories per day most of the time but while cutting I stayed at around 3000 which worked effectively for short period.

Here is some of my max working sets by the end of this 4 month period

Leg Press: 230kg x 10

Deadlift: 200kg x 3

Decline Dumbbell Press: 42kg for 5 sets of 7 reps

This was a large increase from my lifts prior to starting this new workout split.

I continued to train using a push/pull/legs routine but changed the exercises from my previous routine. I was still pretty new to lifting at during  this period so I could take advantage of beginner gains and I also learned a lot of vital information during this time such as the importance of using a more moderate surplus and staying as lean as possible while still adding mass.

Weight Gain

90kg @ 15% [76.5ffm]

96kg @ 11% [85.5ffm]

9kg fat free gain

3kg fat loss

6kg net weight gain

Before

After

1 Year Natural Bodybuilding results for Extreme Ectomorph [BULKING GAINS!]

This post is going to summarize my 11 months of bulking. Of course I had lifted on infrequent occasions prior to this and my weight fluctuated a bit but these 11 months are were I took things seriously. Firstly my diet was sloppy but my main focus was to eat over 4000 calories per day and never go over 4,500 calories. I usually ranged between 4,000-4,200 with the occasional day where I would hit 4,400. I won’t go too in depth with my diet but a typical days eating would be:

1litre of full fat milk,

500ml of soft drinks

1-2 weight gainer shakes

1 banana

3 poached eggs

200g of pasta

10 baby potatoes, 1 cup of gravy, 1 serving of veg, 2 chops or 1 steak, mixed veg

1 burger, 4 sausages, 2 burger buns

In terms of training I started off by doing bro splits: chest, back, arms, legs, shoulders.

After 6 months I switched to Push, Pull, Legs.

For bench, squats and deadlifts I did 5x5. I started off doing 30kg bench, 50kg squats and 70kg deadlifts. My strength increased as expected and after a few months I worked up to 70kg bench for 5x5 but then swapped it for dumbbells. My one rep max on squat after 11 months was 135kg, my one rep max on deadlift was 165kg.

My weight increased significantly as shown below

68kg @11% [60.5kg fat free mass]

90kg @15% [76.5kg fat free mass]

8kg fat gain

16kg fat free gain

22kg net weight gain

I averaged a weight gain of 2kg per month and my total fat free weight gain was 16kg. Of course I don’t believe this was all muscle, I grew 1-2cm in height while I was training and my frame may have also grown in width but I can’t say this for definite. Any day where I had to skip a few meals and went drinking and became dehydrated I would be 1-2kg lighter the following day so this suggests I was pretty bloated and holding a lot of water weight. My estimated lean muscle gain would be about 9-10kg.

If I was to do this bulk again I would definitely make sure my caloric surplus was a bit smaller so that I would gain less fat and wouldn’t become so bloated however the weight I gained did help me to fill out clothes and I went from wearing a small t-shirt to wearing a large.

I got into bodybuilding to develop a more aesthetic physique and because my waist size increased a lot my physique didn’t look very impressive. My arm size increased by 3” so it did help my to look more normal for my height but I’ve still got a lot of filling out left to do.

The pictures below show my progress and how I looked at different weights.

68kg

75kg

80kg

85kg

90kg