Would you happen to know what his sitting height is? Mine is 96CM and I dream of being able to proportionally and aesthetically pull off a height between 6' and 6'3 (183-190CM). My arm span is 185 or 186CM.
Quote from: Taller on September 23, 2014, 02:13:44 AMWould you happen to know what his sitting height is? Mine is 96CM and I dream of being able to proportionally and aesthetically pull off a height between 6' and 6'3 (183-190CM). My arm span is 185 or 186CM.
I'm pretty sure you'd look fine if you lengthened to 6ft man that's a wicked SH
Quote from: Herron52 on September 23, 2014, 02:54:53 AMI'm pretty sure you'd look fine if you lengthened to 6ft man that's a wicked SH
Thanks. I guess I am lucky in that regard. I have super broad shoulders too. But to be completely honest, I've only met 2 or 3 other white people that are 6'2+ and have sitting heights of ~96CM. Most have much taller sitting heights. That's why I was in disbelief when the admin of the old forum claimed to lengthen to still look perfectly normal and aesthetic after lengthening to around 6'3 with a sitting height of only 93.5CM.
I wear lifts to get to 6' on a pretty regular basis (most people think that it's my real height), and nobody has ever commented on any disproportion. In fact I think that I look best at this height proportionally. The thing is that my heart is set on 6'2, the height of my father, who is also one of the shortest males in my family. With a 6'1 wingspan, I just hope that I can get away with 6'2. Still, I am lucky to even have the opportunity to get to 6' through LL, as I know that many here don't, and I appreciate you reminding me to be grateful for what I've got.
But I honestly know that I won't be completely free of height neurosis unless I hit 6'2. Maybe if I just lengthen to 6'0 and stop, I'll decide that lengthening more just isn't worth it.
I know that 6'2 with a 96CM sitting height and 6'1 wingspan isn't really proportionate. The question is: is it better to be 6'2 and slightly disproportionate or 6'0 and completely proportionate in every way?
I have no desire to go above 6'2. But 6'2 is my dream. My mind leans towards 6'0 but my heart leans towards 6'2. Lol.
Quote from: Taller on September 23, 2014, 04:34:57 AMwhite people that are 6'2+ and have sitting heights of ~96CM. Most have much taller sitting heights.
If that's so, then you probably measured your SH wrong, because for you to actually notice and to notice that their SH is MUCH taller, it would have to be at least 100cm+, which is unusual for someone 6'2. I've linked you the study from Netherlands quite a few times already and you tend to ignore it for some reason. I guess you expect us to convince you over and over that it's safe for you to lengthen to 6'2. Alright then, here you go again:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1720514/pdf/v090p00807.pdf
Average (50th percentile) SH/H ratio is 0.51.
QuoteThe negative correlation between SH/H SDS and H SDS signifies that for short or tall children the usual cut-off limits for body proportions (+-2.0 SDS) would result in considerable percentages of children who would be considered as disproportionate. This is shown in table 3. If one would strive for a specificity of about 98%, the cut-off limit of SH/H SDS for short children would be +2.5 SDS, and for tall children -2.2.
QuoteIt is generally known that tall children have relatively long legs and vice versa.4,5 Therefore, we conjecture that the interpretation of SH/H ratio should not only be based on age references, but also on height.
So that means taller people will have even less SH/H ratio. Average height of a young male in Netherlands is 184 cm. So at 188 cm, you can expect them to have usual SH/H ratios of 0.5. 96/188=0.51.
If you're still unsure, then please don't lengthen over 6'.
@Taller what is your height right now?
I feel almost the same way. Want to be at least my fathers height althoug to be completely free of the neurosis I feel like I need to be 189 cm at my lowest for some reason. That means I'm 190 for most of the day which feels like an important cutoff. Can never be too short at 190.
I'm terrified of hurting my body irreversible though and of looking like a freak. I want to do the surgery and then move on so I'll probably won't go over a 5 cm increase.
Hey Uppland. I'm about your height: almost 180CM. I want to do 4 or 5 CM in each segment. Hopefully that wouldn't be very noticeable. I can't think of any situation in which one might feel short at 187-188CM, except for maybe professional basketball, tall people's clubs, and height competitions.
At 188, I would be about 10CM from being the tallest adult male in my family, and I wouldn't be the shortest anymore (well, I'd tie my father for that title).
https://science.nichd.nih.gov/confluence/download/attachments/23920688/Sitting%20height%20index%2C%20sitting%20height%2C%20and%20methodology%20NHANES.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1292886606000&api=v2
96 cm SH is at 90th percentile (US data), which makes sense, considering 90th height percentile is around 188cm.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_249.pdf
Quote from: Taller on September 23, 2014, 08:58:15 AMHey Uppland. I'm about your height: almost 180CM. I want to do 4 or 5 CM in each segment. Hopefully that wouldn't be very noticeable. I can't think of any situation in which one might feel short at 187-188CM, except for maybe professional basketball, tall people's clubs, and height competitions.
At 188, I would be about 10CM from being the tallest adult male in my family, and I wouldn't be the shortest anymore (well, I'd tie my father for that title).
I know how you feel dad is the only man below 190 in my family and I'm the only one under 180. It does get under your skin over time and when I finally realized I was pretty short and wasn't gonna get much taller it all came rushing up.
Not only that but I finally realized how much I subconciously value height it really is one of those static traits like looks and skin colour that influences every interaction you have wether you like it or not.
Think I remember you were from northern europe as well, it's unlikely to feel short at 188 here, people 195+ isn't very common although my uncle is that height.
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