Ribcage matters more than height (to an extent)

[NuclearGeo20]

A wide ribcage makes you take up more space. This leads to a dominant appearance. The more dominant male has a bigger ribcage.

Take the example of Roman Reigns vs Undertaker. Despite Undertaker being 7 inches taller he doesn't have that much bigger of a ribcage than Roman Reigns (6 foot 3). Undertaker looks slightly more dominant than Roman Reigns, but there's not enough ribcage mass to have a more dominant body over Roman Reigns. That's why his height doesn't halo him that much. Roman Reigns still has better body proportions and muscle insertions, which is why his body looks better imo.



Body proportions matter too. If you have a big ribcage that is unproportional to your height or torso, you'll look endomorphic and blocky, which is an unideal appearance. People still debate whether raw features (ribcage size, biacromial, bidelt) or body proportions (ribcage to torso, bidelt to torso) matter more when considering a male body's attractiveness. I will leave that up to debate, but I believe both matter, I just don't know how they both fit into the full picture.

The ideal male body is one that is not only taller, but one thats features also grow in aesthetic proportion to the height. For example we can all agree that a 30 inch bidelt would look goofy on a 5 foot 9 male body, but it would look extremely aesthetic on a 6 foot 10 male.

 

[Bryce]

a 30 inch bidelt would look goofy on a 5 foot 9 male body

No it would look deformed and would be debilitating for the guy who has it

but it would look extremely aesthetic on a 6 foot 10 male

6'10" is reaching anomaly level height, and people past 6'6" just look weird if they don't have perfect limb and skull proportions

 

[NuclearGeo20]

Very stocky build due to oversized ribcage to torso ratio

Similar size bidelt and ribcage, but it's more proportional to his height, which is why his body looks better and more dominant.

JFL, absolutely brutal frame and height mog. 6 foot 10 eugenics experiment Chad vs 5 foot 11 half breed pretty boy.

 

[NuclearGeo20]

No it would look deformed and would be debilitating for the guy who has it

I agree

 

[NuclearGeo20]

A lot of people would say CBum has one of the best physiques and frames of all time, and I agree. This dude has a complete superhero physique.

But lets take a look at a video of Brian Shaw standing next to him. Brian Shaw is an absolute mass monster. It breaks the illusion of CBums physique, and suddenly his body seems miniscule.



Or lets take the example of Arnold Schwarzenegger next to Andre The Giant and Wilt Chamberlain.

Despite Arnold having a top physique, it again seems miniscule compared to a giant.

 

[NuclearGeo20]

An ideal body rating system should include a rating for features, ratios, and height mixed into one formula.

Too bad this information doesn't really do much. You can try to go to the gym and increase lean muscle mass, but it won't do much depending on who you're around.