Pictures of disproportionate tall people

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Hello All,

So I decided to do a bit of a scavenger hunt. I wanted to find pictures of naturally tall people (5' 11" and up for the sake of this discussion) who had body proportions that were off. I focused on wingspan (negative ape index) and torso height / total height (short torso). 

I think these pictures will give a glimpse to some people who are considering LL as to what they would their proportions would look like after, and also proves that there is tremendous variation in body proportions found in nature.

I encourage anyone else to add pictures to this collection.

Enjoy....

This one is Chris Lytle (5' 11" with 5' 8" reach) and Brian Ebersole (6' height with just over 6' reach).



Here is Conan O'Brien (6' 4") who appears to have a short torso and slightly short arms compared to his legs and overall height.



Here is UFC fighter Max Holloway (5' 11" with 5' 10" reach). At this slightly negative ape index, it is hardly noticeable, and practically undetectable, especially because he looses wingspan from his narrow shoulders.



Finally, the great, Rocky Marciano (5' 11" with 5' 8" reach). You can see the huge difference in humerus length compared to Joe Louis (6' 2" with slightly over 6' 2" reach)

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Half Iranian half Japanese baseball pitcher Yu Darvish is 6'5" with short arms.

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Usain Bolt

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The jap guy is hot.

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Poor Conan does have short, frail-boned arms



There really isn't much of a difference between the traits that make a male proportionally attractive and the things that make a male a great leg lengthening candidate. Large ribcage and long clavicle bones so you wont have that torso on stilts effect,  long arms so they dont get dwarfed by your leg length, and short legs being self explanatory.

Ever heard the saying that the swimmer's build is the most attractive on males? Swimmers have short legs/long torsos(hard to determine which without exact measurements) long arms, and wide shoulders.

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Quote from: hadrian on March 20, 2015, 10:40:14 AMPoor Conan does have short, frail-boned arms



There really isn't much of a difference between the traits that make a male proportionally attractive and the things that make a male a great leg lengthening candidate. Large ribcage and long clavicle bones so you wont have that torso on stilts effect,  long arms so they dont get dwarfed by your leg length, and short legs being self explanatory.

Ever heard the saying that the swimmer's build is the most attractive on males? Swimmers have short legs/long torsos(hard to determine which without exact measurements) long arms, and wide shoulders.


I don't know about that dude, I'd say the guy third from the right (the tallest guy) has the best build out of all of them even though his torso is shorter than the guy to his right

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Quote from: NewHeights on March 20, 2015, 10:59:13 AMI don't know about that dude, I'd say the guy third from the right (the tallest guy) has the best build out of all of them even though his torso is shorter than the guy to his right
I think you're just being halo effected because he is the  tallest and one of the best looking of the group. It's pretty hard to tell from an angle who has the best build, you really need a frontal shot to figure that out. Also the point wasn't that the longest torso'd male is the most attractive proportionally. Just to show that all these guys have more or less similar ratios.

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Quote from: hadrian on March 20, 2015, 10:40:14 AMPoor Conan does have short, frail-boned arms



There really isn't much of a difference between the traits that make a male proportionally attractive and the things that make a male a great leg lengthening candidate. Large ribcage and long clavicle bones so you wont have that torso on stilts effect,  long arms so they dont get dwarfed by your leg length, and short legs being self explanatory.

Ever heard the saying that the swimmer's build is the most attractive on males? Swimmers have short legs/long torsos(hard to determine which without exact measurements) long arms, and wide shoulders.


Never cared for the swimmer's build at all. I like the guy in my profile picture far better (5'7 Eugen Sandow).

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Interesting proportion pic I found from the old forum.   

I guess super tall men really can have normal sitting heights

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The tallest in the picture are 6'3.

Guess who is 5'6 ?


http://sv.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xfwbjo&s=8