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I was curious and looked up the height of the Gold medal winner in the last Olympics in the top weight category. He is 1.97m / 6'5 ½ ".

Of course, that's just one example.

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^^ (gym experience) To elaborate, tall people (of average build) have to do a lot more than a short person (of average build) to lift the same weight. Unless they have high hormones, they're more likely to have problems bulking up.

I'm average height and back in the day I could easily beat the long limbed guys 6'5'', 6' 3'' in arm wrestling, bench pressing, and bicep strength.

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I love Joanna's facial structure.

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9 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

^^ (gym experience) To elaborate, tall people (of average build) have to do a lot more than a short person (of average build) to lift the same weight. Unless they have high hormones, they're more likely to have problems bulking up.

Tall & long limbed people have an advantage bulking up due to their muscles being under stress longer lifting weights and also aids & produces more hormones necessary for bulking up. The down side is the accumulation of more stress on the body due to the longer weightlifting movements over time.

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That's interesting POV that I had not considered. I was thinking also that tall people have perhaps more "potential". Although natural hormonal levels is an important variable.

In my experience, the tall guys usually had problems eating enough (to fill their larger frames, lanky arms, and higher nutrition requirements). And they had to do more work to lift a certain amount of weight (and it put more pressure on their joints). The 5 foot 5 midgets often had very rapid gains and could bench press a lot.

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