How Do You Know If Your Femurs Are "Long"?

[monsterhoch]

I’ve seen some stuff on youtube about measuring femur and tibia. So, I tried it. Femur was 20’', and tibia was 16".

Is there a standard measurement that experienced coaches use to determine if a femur is long or short?

[bulldog9899]

Most experienced coaches can eyeball it and tell

[TrainForPain]

I’m not trying to be a jerk, but I wonder how many big/ strong folks can find their femurs?

[Chris_Colucci]

@monsterhoch

I’ve seen some stuff on youtube about measuring femur and tibia

To what end? Like, why?

Is there a standard measurement that experienced coaches use to determine if a femur is long or short?

Like Bulldog said, it’s a mostly visual thing, judging their length relative to the lifter’s height. I don’t doubt that some neurotic/gimmicky coaches are literally taking measurements and diagnostics to give the illusion of a super-individualized program, but that’s certainly few and far between.

[dagill2]

@Chris_Colucci

I don’t doubt that some neurotic/gimmicky coaches are literally taking measurements and diagnostics to give the illusion of a super-individualized program

Fuck, wait there, I’ve got an e-book to write.

[Voxel]

I’ll ignore all the value statements and repost this just to help answer the question

Bagsy's Training Log

Do you you have long legs? [1] First measure height _____ Measure leg length from the malleolus to the ASIS (anterior superior illiac spine) _____ Measure the tibia length from the malleolus to the bottom of the knee cap _____ Calculate femur length (leg length – tibia length = femur length)_____ Calculate the ratio of tibia to femur (tibia length x 100 / femur length) _____ Calculate the ratio of the leg to total height (leg length x 100 / height) _____ Short legs = 40-43% of height Averag…

Tibia/Femur ratio

Short tibia = 75-78% of femur (or less)
Average tibia = 79-84% of femur
Long tibia = 85%+ of femur

Source: CT

Presumably you can infer if your femurs are long if your tibias are short