Don't worry TOO much about looks of proportions.

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I'm 5'2(157cms) and today my best friend came over. He must be about 5'7. I told him about LL and asked him to stand in the mirror next to me and his waist is about 3-4 inches higher than mine. He looks like he's done at least 2 inches of LL when he obviously hasn't. Either that or my legs are just short.

So if your proportions LOOK alright, they're alright. This is obviously aesthetically speaking and not about the altered bio-mechanics.

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Quote from: Sweden on August 10, 2015, 03:43:20 PMTry out a racing leather suit and you'll see that guys taller than you have longer arms and everything else. That isn't a realistic scenario. How often will you put on a racing/full body swimming suit?

QuoteYour legs are proportionate for your height, not short, not tall - proportionate. So all men that are the same height have legs that are exactly the same height too? Highly doubt it. Sometimes the torso is longer, sometimes the legs are.

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Sweden- I agree with my friend having longer arms but it's a fact that his waist was at least 3-4 inches higher than mine. Meaning my TORSO was only 1-2 inches shorter than his. Out of 5 inches of height he had on me, 3 was in legs. Point being if I was 5'5 with 3 inches in my legs, I would look perfectly normal standing next to him. No non-LLer would generally point out proportions or even care enough to note that something's amiss.

I'm not talking about the arms. I'm talking about the torso+legs which constitutes your standing height.

But about the arms, my dad is 5'4 and we have equally long arms. Maybe my arms will look small when I'm 5'5 but not enough for anyone to point it out. And if they do... quite frankly.. I don't really give a fk.

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Quote from: AlucardZ on August 11, 2015, 05:26:36 PMWell I feel the exact same way as you do but I'm just wondering if I can ever live with having shorter in comparison to my height. It will all depend on my Ape Index sure, but I'm just curious what the physical and psychology effects would be.

My legs are a bit shorter anyway so I don't care. I don't think anyone will notice 5cm even if your legs are perfectly in the median range of that chart- I'll try 3 inches(8cm) without hesitation about proportions.

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Quote from: theuprising on August 11, 2015, 06:31:13 PMIf you don't mind sharing how long are your femurs and tibias?

Here. http://imgur.com/qfVtOIw

The lengthened femurs don't look bad. The lengthened tibias look absolutely horrifying.

What I'm really worried about is my arms/hands being smaller. Not worried about torso/legs proportions. (aesthetically speaking)

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Quote from: theuprising on August 11, 2015, 06:56:35 PMIt's hard to accurately gauge your proportions as your wearing a shirt and I can't tell where your waist is as you tucked the shirt into your underpants. The arm/Hand issue will come up but at 5'2 I think it's understandable to want 8cm on femur. Does it affect things like being in a comfortable Position while driving being 5'2? I know People are shorter in India but I imagine daily Tasks could be annoying at that height.

I purposely tucked my shirt exactly at the waist level. So that's my waist.

I'm 17 and it would have been a year before I start driving, now 2 years thanks to LL. Get dat 5'5 printed on my driver's license. But I've sat in a driving seat and no, it's not a problem at all. I imagine driving is only a problem for someone under 5 feet.

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Quote from: Keep Growing on August 12, 2015, 08:13:28 AMJudging by this picture, I don't understand why the majority recommend to lengthen tibia.

My femurs are relatively shorter. I'm sure it's not the same for everyone.

Also those doing externals have to do tibia.