Ridiculously messed up wingspan?

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Posted on Nov 28, 2015, 11:06 pm

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Hey everyone. I found a tape measure, and I thought I'd decided to measure myself again.

So, I leaned against the wall with both hands as outstretched and parallel to the ground as possible. I had the fingertips of one hand against the corner of a wall, and I marked the other one with a pencil.
The mark was at a little less than 5ft4 or 162cm.
I measured again a few times, and I kept getting the same result, if not smaller.

Did I measure wrong? Or is my wingspan just an outlier in the negative?

I've been up for over a day, and my back is really tight, so would that be a factor? Probably not enough to make an 8cm deficit from the norm.

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Alittletooshort

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Posted on Nov 28, 2015, 11:27 pm

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Some people do have a negative ape index, do you have narrow shoulders?

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Rush

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 12:14 am

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I think it'd be called a t-rex index lol.
I actually think I have above average shoulders.
Welp, at least I don't even have to think about LLing over 180cm in the future

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Uppland

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 1:42 am

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My wingspan is 4 cm less than my height, it's due to having a thin build although my arms are slightly short as well.

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theuprising

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 8:19 am

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Do you have any pictures of this? Arm lengthening would probably be needed in your case if you want 175cm.

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Penguinn

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 9:44 am

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3 inches shorter than your wingspan is a bit weird. But I still don't think you need arm lengthening. Overkill.

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theuprising

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 10:06 am

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Quote from: Penguinn on November 29, 2015, 09:44:37 AM3 inches shorter than your wingspan is a bit weird. But I still don't think you need arm lengthening. Overkill.

Huh? At 175cm he'll be 13cm over wingspan.

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 12:29 pm

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If someone can have a wingspan of 8cm under their height naturally and it goes unnoticed, then what the hell are we all worried about wingspans for?

Even Uppland has a wingspan 4cm below his height.. I think wingspans are a bit over-rated. The only thing that I think you truely have to take into consideration is the difference in build between someone your own height and someone 3-4 inches taller than you. People taller generally have a proportionately bigger skeletal build.

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 1:05 pm

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Quote from: Deads on November 29, 2015, 12:29:48 PMIf someone can have a wingspan of 8cm under their height naturally and it goes unnoticed, then what the hell are we all worried about wingspans for?

Even Uppland has a wingspan 4cm below his height.. I think wingspans are a bit over-rated. The only thing that I think you truely have to take into consideration is the difference in build between someone your own height and someone 3-4 inches taller than you. People taller generally have a proportionately bigger skeletal build.

At the end of the day, what really matters is how you view yourself after lengthening. Some people care more about proportions than others. Easiest way to find out if you like your new proportions is to just wear some shoe lifts and stand in front of a full lengthen mirror. Like what you see? Go ahead and lengthen by that much. I don't know where one could get 3" shoe lifts, though. Might just have to simulate it by standing on your tippy toes while wearing shoes.

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Posted on Nov 29, 2015, 9:03 pm

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Welp, turns out I'm an idiot.

I read a post somewhere saying measuring wingspan by yourself is tricky and that laying down with arms outstretched is a good way.

This made me realized that I was measuring with a protracted shoulder blade because my back was facing away from the wall.

Remeasure laying on ground: 5'6~ 168cm

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