Do our arms shorten when we get older

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Check the link in the first post. In the video they look short, without any muscle mass as much as the pics u sent.

Edit: I just realised, the reddit video actually was posted by Arnold himself LOL!

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Maybe it’s due to the weird angle. 🤔

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ah yeah, now it looks like an inch taller than mine thanks

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But I agree with you that, at least in some photos, his forearms look a bit short compared to his height. My forearms definitely look longer than his, but maybe that’s just because they’re skinny AF. 🙈

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I'm also skinny, but I can definetely say that If my forearms were just an inch taller, I'd look good at 6'1. Now, I'll have "slightly short" arms If i get to do 2 LL.

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According to da vinci's Vitruvian Man, the perfect proportions are arm-length equal body-height.

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Armspan*

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Quote from: a on September 03, 2020, 11:03:18 AMI'm also skinny, but I can definetely say that If my forearms were just an inch taller, I'd look good at 6'1. Now, I'll have "slightly short" arms If i get to do 2 LL.

I think it all comes down to what’s more important to you. Personally, I’d rather gain less height and lengthen only one segment (tibias) because I’d probably develop a new neurosis if my proportions were way off.

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Well, I want to be at least 180cm which thank god I can hit it with only one segment legnthening, but I'd never lengthen tibias up to 7 centimeters. I stand on my toes, looking at the mirror and I look like I'm on stilts so bad. I look tall due to my slim build. If I don't consider my tibias, only pay attention to my overall height while sitting on my toes, it's nearly excellent. So, I'd enjoy being 5'11 flat. But, If i lengthen my femurs, my tibias will be short so.. I HAVE TO do 2 segments.. Otherwise, 5'11 is a great height though.

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I think disproportionately long tibias look much better than disproportionately long femurs, but that’s just my personal opinion. So I’d do either tibial lengthening only or both segments. Unfortunately, the risk of permanent knee pain is higher with tibial lengthening.