Do our arms shorten when we get older

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The question might be stupid, I don't think our arms get "shortened" while aging. But, I realised that there are very brilliant people in the forum who knows a lot about biology, not only related to LL. So I felt the need of asking it to the forum.

The reason I'm asking it is that I think Arnold Schwarzenegger's arms look short for his body on this video:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodybuilding/comments/ik6fqj/it_is_back_day/

As a peak 1.88cm guy on his prime, he shouldn't have had such short arms though. Now he shrunk to 180cm. But still, he has short/below average arms I guess.
What do you all think?

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No they don't. Bones normaly don't shrink however they can by osteoporosis.
Aged people shrink because of there spine, bad posture so weak muskles, spinal disks and osteoporosis.

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That's what exactly I thought. Excellent answer.

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I’m pretty sure Arnold Schwarzenegger is taller than 180 cm. You don’t shrink that much as you age. Here’s a photo of him standing next to Jason Statham, who is 178 cm:

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Quote from: NotSoBigBadBruin on September 02, 2020, 09:23:10 PMI’m pretty sure Arnold Schwarzenegger is taller than 180 cm. You don’t shrink that much as you age. Here’s a photo of him standing next to Jason Statham, who is 178 cm:

Statham is 1.75.

And no, arms don't shorten, only the human spine compresses through years and that leads to losing some height.
Arnold's arms look a little short like it happens with all muscular men.
Big biceps/triceps make the whole arm seeing shorter, its just an illusion, nothing else.

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Quote from: Body Builder on September 02, 2020, 10:31:08 PMStatham is 1.75. Van Damme the same. But both wear massive elevator shoes/insoles all the time to appear taller. The same happens with Stallone.

And no, arms don't shorten, only the human spine compresses through years and that leads to losing some height.
Arnold's arms look a little short like it happens with all muscular men.
Big biceps/triceps make the whole arm seeing shorter, its just an illusion, nothing else.

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I googled again, but there seems to be conflicting information. I think you’re right, though, because I just found a photo of him standing next to Jude Law, who is also said to be 178 cm, and Jude Law is definitely taller. I’m pretty sure Statham never wears elevator shoes, though. He seems to be very comfortable with his height.

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Lol, Statham is 174 max. Stalone is at 172-73.

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BodyBuilder, I was talking about Arnold's forearm in that video. It literally looks as long as my forearm which I think I have tiny forearms. And his height at peak was taller than mine about 6 inches.

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I think Schwarzenegger’s forearms look “short” only because of how muscular they are. Regarding his height, some sources claim he never was 188 cm.