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BamaDave · 07-11-2005, 05:47 PM

I checked the book out from the library and somehow managed to miss this test when browsing through it. I need to buy it or check it out again.

I honestly don't think I would fit strictly into one of those categories, no matter what the test results tell me. I really think I have a very mixed frame, almost as though I was pieced together from two people joined at the waist. My legs have always been large, much like those of the men in my biological mother's family. Yet my upper body has always been a mismatch to my legs -- narrow shoulders, thin wrists, no natural muscle to speak of. This is much like my biological father, who is small-framed. This corresponds well with how I fare in weight training -- a lot easier for me to make gains in squats and deadlifts than upper body exercises...

Are these tests still accurate for people who have been working out for several years?? I'm sure my shoulder to hip ratio is far different now than it was almost 4 years ago when I started getting my act together.

07-11-2005, 05:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
BamaDave So I Like Running H8R's!! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 6,497	I checked the book out from the library and somehow managed to miss this test when browsing through it. I need to buy it or check it out again. I honestly don't think I would fit strictly into one of those categories, no matter what the test results tell me. I really think I have a very mixed frame, almost as though I was pieced together from two people joined at the waist. My legs have always been large, much like those of the men in my biological mother's family. Yet my upper body has always been a mismatch to my legs -- narrow shoulders, thin wrists, no natural muscle to speak of. This is much like my biological father, who is small-framed. This corresponds well with how I fare in weight training -- a lot easier for me to make gains in squats and deadlifts than upper body exercises... Are these tests still accurate for people who have been working out for several years?? I'm sure my shoulder to hip ratio is far different now than it was almost 4 years ago when I started getting my act together.