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Old 10-27-2012, 02:02 PM
 
Location: West Los Angeles
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In general, despite the "everyone has different goals" mantra, I think some things are generally agreed upon as goals for the ideal-looking male physique, and it has nothing to do with numbers or size (Let's take height out of mix, because this is purely genetic, not something that a guy can work on).

These are:

Shoulders & back wider than waistline (ie the V taper)
Quads/Hamstrings noticeably larger than calves (ie no chicken legs)
Upper arms noticeably larger than forearms (I figure I may get some backlash on this one because many guys are proud of their large forearms but I think it just doesn't look right when forearms are the same size as biceps/triceps)

If these things are in order, they give the "illusion" of strong/buff/etc regardless of overall size.
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