Calculating Your Frame Size
Following
is the method the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company used
to calculate frame size:
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Extend
your arm in front of your body bending your elbow at a
ninety degree angle to your body so that your forearm
is parallel to your body.
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Keep
your fingers straight and turn the inside of your
wrist towards your body.
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Place
your thumb and index finger on the two prominent bones
on either side of your elbow, then measure the
distance between the bones with a tape measure or
calipers.
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Compare
to the chart below. The chart lists elbow measurements
for a medium frame - if your elbow measurement for
that particular height is less than the number of
inches listed, you are a smaill frame - if your elbow
measurement for that particular height is more than
the number of inches listed, your are a large frame.
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Elbow
Measurements for Medium Frame
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Men
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Elbow
Measurement
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Women
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Elbow
Measurement
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5'2"
- 5'3"
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2-1/2"
to 2-7/8"
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4'10"-4'11"
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2-1/4"
to 2-1/2"
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5'4"
- 5'7"
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2-5/8"
to 2-7/8"
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5'0"
- 5'3"
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2-1/4"
to 2-1/2"
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5'8"
- 5'11"
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2-3/4"
to 3"
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5'4"
- 5'7"
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2-3/8"
to 2-5/8"
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6'0"
- 6'3"
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2-3/4"
to 3-1/8"
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5/8"
- 5'11"
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2-3/8"
to 2-5/8"
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6'4"
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2-7/8"
to 3-1/4"
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6'0"
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2-1/2"
to 2-3/4"
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To Increase Your Height
If you are well past the growing taller age (this happens
usually by the time you are 21, doing these exercises will
still help you stretch and look taller.
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Stretch:
Stand next to a wall, side ways and stretch one hand
up against the wall. Now raise your heels as high as
possible so that you are balancing yourself on the
ball of your feet or your toes. Hold for 10-15 seconds
and slowly come down. Repeat with the other side.
Repeat as many times as possible. Make sure that you
are disciplined with this exercise that is you do it
every day.
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Pull-ups:
Get hold of a bar that you can fix to a doorway of one
of the rooms in your house. You need to hold this bar
with both your hands and pull yourself up from the
floor and hang for as long as possible. This will be
difficult initially, but slowly you will find that you
are able to hold yourself up longer and higher. Again
discipline is essential.
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Third,
make sure you walk/stand tall and straight and don't
slouch.
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