How to measure

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To compare measurements with those of the pioneers

in lifting and bodybuilding, the same method of taking

those measurements should be respected.

Here is how David p. Willoughby explained measuring the

wrist in April 1948 in Your Physique magazine:

"The girth of [the] wrist is measured with the tape directly

next to the base of the hand (that is, between the lower

end of the forearm bones and the hand), with the hand

held open, palm up, fingers extended, and the hand in line

with the forearm. The forearm is measured at the largest part

(near the elbow in thin persons, but lower on the forearm

when it is better developed), with the arm straight, wrist

straight, and the fist firmly clenched, palm up."

Of course, an additional inch can be added to forearm girth

by 'goosenecking the hand at a right angle to the forearm,

and then bringing the forearm to a right angle with the upper

arm. But to compare to Goerner and Apollon etc., we should use the method described by Willoughby.