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Ideal Body Measurements Calculator

In reality there is no such thing as “ideal”.  We are all different and that’s what makes life interesting, not to mention that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  So use of the word “ideal” is not to be taken literally as there isn’t really such a thing as perfection.

Perhaps inspired by the legendary Steve Reeves and just for interest (and fun), the point of the Ideal Body Measurement exercise was to create a way to workout some basic guiding principles (a range of measurements) for balancing size and form for a person’s (men in this case as I haven’t done a female one yet!) height based on some of the famous and generally presumed aesthetic physiques in modern culture.

The size samples were from a range of famous male physiques from recent times across ethnicities, including Arnold Schwarzenegger (1967 and ’75), David Gandy, Zac Efron, Jason Momoa, John Boyega, Hrithik Roshan, Calum Von Moger, Lionel Messi, Serge Constance, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Hardy, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and more…

Now this is not perfect data and not to be taken too literally, but the cross section and variance used at least gives a general view of what the ball park median measurements could be for your height.

To find out some stats that could work for you, enter your height in cm in the green box below.  Note, the 2nd table will automatically calculate the imperial measurements.

Input Height CM
185
Body Part L L XL XL XXL XXL
Height 185 185 185 185 185 185
Neck 39.2062 39.2062 43.5189 43.5189 47.8316 47.8316
Shoulders 124.875 124.875 132.7800 132.7800 140.6851 156.51
Chest 92.25 92.25 106.11 106.11 119.97 126.9500
Upper Arms 39.2062 39.2062 43.5189 43.5189 47.8316 47.8316
Forearms 30.5809 30.5809 33.9448 33.9448 37.3087 39.2219
Wrist 15.375 15.375 17.6850 17.6850 19.995 21.1583
Waist 83.25 83.25 85.1 85.1 86.9500 86.9500
Thighs 57.2411 57.2411 63.5376 63.5376 69.8342 71.2691
Calves 39.2062 39.2062 43.5189 43.5189 47.8316 47.8316
Height (Inches)
72.8347
Body Part L L XL XL XXL XXL
Height 72.8347 72.8347 72.8347 72.8347 72.8347 72.8347
Neck 15.4355 15.4355 17.1334 17.1334 18.8314 18.8314
Shoulders 49.1634 49.1634 52.2756 52.2756 55.3879 61.6181
Chest 36.3189 36.3189 41.7756 41.7756 47.2323 49.9803
Upper Arms 15.4355 15.4355 17.1334 17.1334 18.8314 18.8314
Forearms 12.0397 12.0397 13.3641 13.3641 14.6885 15.4417
Wrist 6.0532 6.0532 6.9626 6.9626 7.8721 8.3301
Waist 32.7756 32.7756 33.5040 33.5040 34.2323 34.2323
Thighs 22.5359 22.5359 25.0148 25.0148 27.4938 28.0587
Calves 15.4355 15.4355 17.1334 17.1334 18.8314 18.8314
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