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How  to  Look  Fucking  Awesome      Since  time  immemorial,  people  have  sought  to  gain  the  perfect  amount  of  muscle–to  achieve  the  right  blend  of  size,  symmetry,  and  sexiness.  Thousands  of  articles  and  books  have  been  penned,  a  million  million  words  written,  All  in  the  hopes  of  answering  one  question:    How  do  I  make  my  body  look  completely  Fucking  Awesome?    That’s  what  you  want:  to  be  big  without  being  “too  big”;  to  have  a  physique  that  inspires  your  allies,  strikes  fear  into  the  heart  of  your  enemies,  and  creates  sexual  arousal  so  distracting  it  may  lead  to  vehicular  manslaughter.    It  can  be  done.  The  answer,  my  friends,  is  simpler  than  slaying  a  dragon,  stopping  the  zombie  apocalypse,  or  filming  a  shot-­‐by-­‐shot  recreation  of  Ferris  Bueller’s  Day  Off.    (Trust  me,  I’ve  done  all  three.)    Now,  it’s  time  to  share  my  secrets  with  you,  because—let’s  be  honest—it’s  getting  kind  of  boring  doing  all  this  cool  shit  by  myself.  My  goal  is  to  build  an  army  of  perfectly  symmetrical,  unrealistically  attractive  zombie  slayers.    And  that  starts  now,  with  you  reading  this  guide,  which  I  have  cleverly  titled  How  to  Look  Fucking  Awesome.  Because  that’s  what  it’ll  show  you  how  to  do.    If  I  may  be  honest,  while  it  seems  obvious  to  me  now,  I  didn’t  always  think  of  things  in  terms  of  looking  awesome.  Back  when  I  first  got  into  fitness,  I  just  assumed  that  everyone  wanted  to  get  as  big  as  possible.      Whether  that  meant  they’d  wind  up  looking  like  Ronnie  Coleman  instead  of  Arnold  Schwarzenegger  didn’t  matter,  as  long  as  they  had  accrued  as  much  mass  as  possible.    I  can  see  now  how  stupid  that  was,  but  it  was  a  very  long  time  ago.      

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After  I’d  been  training  for  about  a  year,  I  was  forced  by  my  experience  to  rethink  my  position.  By  then,  I  had  gained  a  TON  of  mass.  I’m  what  you  call  a  mesomorph—I  gain  muscle  very  easily.  In  the  first  year  I  was  seriously  working  out,  I’d  put  on  close  to  30  pounds  of  muscle.    

 I  looked  bigger,  and  to  some  extent  better.  But  I  didn’t  look  how  I  wanted  to.      I  realized  that  it  wasn’t  just  about  gaining  mass:  it  was  about  gaining  muscle  in  the  right  places,  creating  the  right  shape,  and  ultimately  blending  size  and  symmetry  into  sexiness.      In  other  words,  although  I  was  competing  in  bodybuilding,  I  quickly  realized  that  I  did  NOT  want  to  look  like  a  bodybuilder.      

Or,  rather,  I  didn’t  want  to  look  like  a  modern  bodybuilder.  The  classic  physiques  of  guys  like  Frank  Zane  and  Steve  Reeves  appealed  to  me,  as  did  the  larger  and  thicker  physiques  of  some  of  the  guys  from  the  80s,  like  Mike  Mentzer.    

 

But  to  get  as  hyoooooge  as  a  current  bodybuilder?  No  thanks.      What  it  came  down  to,  I  reasoned,  was  that  I  wanted  the  best  of  all  possible  worlds:  I  wanted  to  be  jacked,  but  I  also  wanted  to  look  and  feel  athletic.  I  have  no  problem  admitting  that  I  wanted  to  build  a  body  impressive  to  my  peers,  but  I  also  wanted  on  that  was  attractive  to  potential  mates.      

Once  I  realized  this,  I  began  to  change  my  training,  as  well  as  my  goals.  Over  the  course  of  the  next  few  years,  I  radically  changed  my  protocols,  moving  away  from  pure  mass  building,  and  more  into  physique  refinement.  I  also  left  bodybuilding  and  pursued  fitness  modeling.      

Not  only  was  this  infinitely  more  satisfying  to  me,  it  was  also  a  lot  better  for  business.  I  picked  up  tons  of  clients,  and  began  testing  my  theories  on  them.      

With  every  single  client  and  every  single  conversation,  I  was  more  and  more  convinced:  guys  really  just  want  to  look  fucking  awesome.  They  don’t  typically  want  to  be  huge;  they  want  to  be  BIG,  and  powerful,  and  athletic,  and  lean,  and  sexy.      

Achieving  a  body  that  looks  that  way  shouldn’t  be  that  difficult—and  yet  not  many  trainees  attain  it.      

I  believe  that’s  because  they  don’t  have  a  way  to  really  measure  or  quantify  their  goal.    

This  guide  is  intended  will  change  that.  

Roman  as  a  bodybuilder:  big  and  lean,  but  not  a  paragon  symmetrical  sexiness.  

Fitness  modeling:  leaner,  denser,  and  more  symmetrical  

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 The  Problem  (And  The  Solution)    Guys  who  just  want  to  look  fucking  awesome  run  into  a  few  problems.      The  first  is  simply  the  lack  of  information  specific  to  that  goal.        Articles  about  how  to  get  big  arms  or  build  a  huge  chest  dominate  magazines,  books,  and  websites.  Great  resources,  to  be  sure,  but  they  leave  the  trainee  in  the  unenviable  position  of  having  to  develop  his  body  piecemeal  without  any  real  idea  about  where  to  go,  or  when  he’s  arrived.    This  guide  is  going  to  give  you  the  specifics  of  how  to  assess  your  body  in  terms  of  both  symmetry  and  size.  Now,  you’ll  have  a  resource  to  help  you  understand  if  you  should  be  focusing  on  arms,  legs,  chest,  etc.  No  matter  what  program  you  do  in  the  future,  you’ll  be  able  to  use  this  guide  as  a  reference  for  what  to  measure  against.    The  second  and—hopefully—easiest  to  overcome  is  the  resistance.      The  dearth  of  information  from  traditional  sources  leads  the  trainee  to  look  elsewhere.  The  most  obvious  place  is  message  boards  and  social  media  channels,  which  should  be  helpful,  if  they  weren’t  populated  with  jackasses.  Asking  a  simple  question  or  posting  his  goal,  the  trainee  is  lambasted  for  wanting  to  build  a  body  that’s  more  like  a  fitness  model  than  a  bodybuilder.    Tell  someone  on  Facebook  you’d  rather  to  look  like  Brad  Pitt  in  Fight  Club  than  Arnold,  and  everyone  calls  you  a  pussy  and  tells  you  all  you  need  is  milk  and  squats.    Well,  that  stops  here.        As  a  former  fitness  model  and  a  former  competitive  bodybuilder,  I  can  tell  you  that  for  most  people,  the  former  is  more  fun.    Now  that  you  know  longer  have  to  resort  to  message  board  for  info,  you  don’t  have  to  put  up  with  bullshit.    This  guide  will  help  you  understand—in  exacting  detail—the  specifics  of  the  physique  you’re  looking  for,  and  provide  consistency  for  making  sure  you  get  there.                  

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What  “Looking  Fucking  Awesome”  Means    The  briefest  definition  is  the  best  one:  an  aesthetic,  athletic  physique  that  has  a  high  level  of  muscularity:  broad  shoulders,  narrow  waist,  big  arms,  low  body  fat.    Now,  that’s  not  really  that  descriptive.  It  gives  you  an  overview—we’ll  give  specifics  later—but  it  doesn’t  tell  you  why.    And  in  many  cases  the  “why”  is  as  important  as  the  “what”  and  the  “how.”    The  why  is  this:  you  want  to  turn  heads—of  all  types.  What  that  means  is  that,  at  the  core  of  it,  the  motivation  is  on  both  sides  of  the  gender  line.  Ultimately,  guys  want  to  build  a  body  that  is  impressive  to  the  greatest  number  of  their  peers,  and  attractive  to  the  greatest  number  of  their  prospective  mates.    That’s  what  looking  awesome  means.    Let’s  give  some  examples.  Ronnie  Coleman  (pictured,  right)  is  a  great  starting  point.  If  you  took  a  picture  of  Ronnie  and  showed  it  to  100  guys,  chances  are  it  would  be  impressive  them  on  some  level.    Probably  97  of  them—while  they  wouldn’t  necessarily  want  to  look  like  Ronnie—would  admit  that  his  level  of  development  is  incredibly  remarkable.    If  you  showed  that  same  picture  to  100  random  women  on  the  street,  the  reaction  would  be  entirely  different.  I  tried  it  twice.  The  first  time,  100  of  the  women  said  Ronnie  was  not  attractive  at  all.  The  second  time,  2  of  the  women  said  he  was  moderately  attractive  and  that  they  “really  liked  muscles.”    If  you  graphed  that  out  and  were  looking  for  high  scores  in  both  of  those  values,  Ronnie’s  not  doing  too  well.    Now,  let’s  say  you  took  a  picture  of  Jake  Gyllenhal.  Even  cutting  his  head  out  and  just  showing  his  body,  a  tremendous  number  of  women  would  find  him  attractive.    However,  a  good  majority  of  experienced  weight  training  males  won’t  find  JG  impressive  in  the  slightest.    Jake’s  overall  score  might  be  higher  than  Ronnie’s,  but  still  not  incredible.    I  think  you  see  the  point  I’m  trying  to  make:  most  people  fall  into  one  of  the  two  categories—they’ll  have  a  body  that’s  impressive  to  guys,  or  one  that  women  like,  without  as  much  crossover  as  we’d  like.    

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The  goal  of  this  guide  is  to  teach  you  to  have  both.  The  goal  of  this  guide  is  to  help  you  build  a  body  that  you’ll  be  proud  of,  that  your  peers  will  find  impressive,  and  that  your  prospective  mates  will  find  appealing.    The  goal  of  this  guide,  of  course,  is  to  look  Fucking  Awesome.      

The  Science  of  Looking  Fucking  Awesome  Or,  What  Awesome  Looks  Like    Looking  awesome  isn’t  just  some  arbitrary  set  of  rules  that  I  pulled  out  of  my  ass  after  talking  to  a  bunch  of  girls—it’s  an  arbitrary  set  of  rules  based  on  science  that  I  happened  to  confirm  by  talking  to  a  bunch  of  girls.    Big  difference.    To  that,  I  have  looked  at  two  different  but  not  completely  disparate  sources  and  interpretations  of  “the  ideal”  –  ancient  models  based  on  a  certain  golden  rule,  and,  perhaps  somewhat  less  esoterically,  traditional  “rules”  and  guidelines  of  symmetry  that  apply  specifically  to  bodybuilding.    By  combining  these  two,  I’ve  come  up  with  parameters  for  developing  a  body  that  will  be  inherently  attractive  as  determined  by  science,  and  impressive  for  it’s  symmetry  and  level  of  development  by  bodybuilding  standards.    In  short,  a  formula  for  looking  fucking  awesome.    

Stay  Golden,  Pony  Boy    

The  first  thing  we’ll  need  to  cover  is  a  principle  that’s  been  used  for  millennia.    The  truth  is  this:    there  is  a  science  to  what  looks  appealing,  and  to  what  looks  impressive—and  both  of  those  are  based  on  the  intrinsic  need  to  search  for  and  appreciate  symmetry.    Which  is  to  say,  as  products  of  nature,  human  brains  are  programmed  to  look  for  symmetry  and  balance  everywhere;  programmed  to  be  attracted  to  it  and  to  try  to  create  it.  

 And  so  in  part,  what  we  consider  a  good  body  is  really  based  on  what  we  view  as  a  body  that  projects  certain  characteristics  of  bodily  symmetry.      

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This,  of  course,  is  the  result  of  falling  in  line  with  something  of  which  you’ve  undoubtedly  heard:  the  Golden  Ratio1.    An  irrational  mathematical  constant  that  presents  itself  all  over  nature,  from  flowers  to  pineapples  to  the  shells  on  sea  creatures,  the  Golden  Ratio  also  shows  up  all  over  the  human  body,  in  nearly  every  way  imaginable.  

In  purely  mathematical  terms,  the  Golden  Ratio  is  a  comparison  of  any  two  aspects  that  are  ideally  proportioned.  

Algebraically,  if  you  have  two  numbers,  A  and  B,  it  has  to  be  such  that  (A  +  B)  divided  by  A  =  A  divided  by  B.  

You  remember  algebra,  right?    No?    Well,  perhaps  a  picture  would  help.  

 

Numerically,  this  will  be  expressed  a  comparison  which  results  in  a  ratio  of  1:1.618.  This  appears  naturally  all  over  your  body.  For  example,  if  the  length  of  the  hand  has  the  value  of  1,  for  instance,  then  the  combined  length  of  hand  +  forearm  has  the  approximate  value  of  1.618.  

Similarly  the  proportion  of  upper  arm  to  hand  +  forearm  is  in  the  same  ratio  of  1:618.  

Looking  elsewhere  on  the  body,  the  face  is  another  great  example.  In  fact,  the  human  face  abounds  with  examples  of  the  Golden  Ratio.  The  head  forms  a  golden  rectangle  with  the  eyes  at  its  midpoint.  The  mouth  and  nose  are  each  placed  at  Golden  sections  of  the  distance  between  the  eyes  and  the  bottom  of  the  chin.  

It  also  the  human  body,  from  the  length  of  the  arms  and  legs  compared  to  the  torso,  and  it  seems  to  define  what  proportions  look  best;  that  is,  most  attractive.  

                                                                                                               1  I  actually  wrote  an  entire  article  about  the  Golden  Ratio,  which  I  suggest  you  read  after  finishing  this  guide.    

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 The  Golden  Ratio  has  been  used  to  construct  visions  of  “the  ideal”  since  ancient  times;  artists  used  it  to  create  sculptures  and  artwork  of  the  ideal  human  figure.      Today,  plastic  surgeons  and  cosmetic  dentists  use  it  to  restructure  the  human  face.    With  regard  to  looking  Fucking  Awesome,  this  is  interpreted  to  apply  to  comparisons  of  certain  body  parts  against  others.        This  is  especially  true  for  the  part  about  being  attractive  to  women;  when  it  comes  to  being  sexually  desirable  to  the  opposite  sex,  it’s  imperative  to  understand  that  certain  body  dimensions  are  visually  important,  from  an  evolutionary  perspective.    More  than  any  other  body  parts,  having  shoulders  that  are  broad  relative  to  your  waist  will  accomplish  this.    It’s  not  only  physically  impressive;  it’s  also  a  genetic  marker  of  strength  and  virility.    Of  course,  the  ideal  comparison  between  these  is  the  Golden  Ratio—1:1.618.    Therefore,  the  first  step  in  achieving  a  body  that  looks  Fucking  Awesome  is  achieve  a  physique  where  your  shoulders  measure  1.618  times  your  waist.        We’ll  look  at  this  in  greater  depth  later  on,  but  this  is  just  step  one.        

Why  the  Golden  Ratio  is  Not  Enough:      Pitt  vs.  Plitt    Perhaps  the  most  famous  phrase  that  results  in  flaming  on  any  message  board  is,  “I  wanna  look  like  Brad  Pitt  in  Fight  Club.”2    Ouch,  good  luck  kid.    The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  Brad  looked  pretty  good  in  Fight  Club—extremely  lean,  and  proportionately  developed.  It’s  not  hard  to  see  why  his  body  would  be  attractive  to  women,  and  impressive  to  the  average  non-­‐training  male.    The  problem  is,  at  a  height  of  5’10”  Pitt  weighed  about  a  buck  sixty  and  had  14  inch  arms;  so,  for  any  guy  who’d  ever  

                                                                                                               2  For  the  record,  the  trainer  who  worked  with  Brad  Pitt  to  get  him  in  shape  for  Fight  Club  is  actually  a  friend  of  mine.  His  name  is  Mike  Ryan,  and  he’s  a  great  trainer.  If  you  happen  to  think  Brad  Pitt  was  too  skinny,  I  can  point  you  to  another  guy  Mike  trains:  Dwayne  the  Rock  Johnson.  Yeah.  So,  just  keep  that  in  mind:  guys  who  can  get  you  shredded  and  symmetrical  are  ALSO  capable  of  getting  you  huge,  if  that’s  what  you  want.  

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touched  a  weight,  he  isn’t  realistically  impressive.    Still,  he  looks  good  because  of  his  proportions,  particularly  his  shoulder  to  waist  ratio.      With  a  bit  more  weight  on  him,  he  might  be  solid.    Greg  Plitt  (pictured,  below)  —probably  the  most  well-­‐known  male  fitness  model  in  the  world—comes  in  at  6’1”  and  195  pounds.  Plitt  carries  around  35  more  pounds  than  Pitt;  but,  with  a  height  difference  of  3  inches,  it  shouldn’t  make  that  much  difference—but  it  does.  

 Why?    They  both  fit  equally  well  into  the  parameters  of  the  Golden  Ratio,  and  have  lean  bodies.    Why  does  Plitt  look  so  much  more  impressive?    There  are  a  few  reasons,  not  the  least  of  which  is  that  Plitt  just  has  a  more  developed  physique;  that  is,  greater  separation  between  individual  muscles,  as  well  as  parts  of  individual  muscles.    That’s  part  of  it.    However,  the  main  thing  that  makes  Plitt’s  physique  appear  more  impressive  (to  those  of  us  with  weight  training  experience)  is  his  arm  size.      They’re  bigger;  clearly  bigger.    And  not  just  bigger  overall—Plitt’s  arms  are  bigger  for  his  body.    As  muscle  enthusiasts,  we  look  for  this—it’s  an  indicator  of  a  good  physique.    Certainly,  we  want  them  to  be  proportionate  to  

the  body  as  a  whole,  but  all  other  things  being  equal  and  symmetrical,  having  bigger  arms  will  make  your  physique  look  more  impressive.    And,  because  of  the  way  our  perception  bleeds  into  women’s,  in  general  having  bigger  arms  will  help  you  look  more  attractive,  as  well.      Which  brings  us  to  the  next  phase  of  looking  Fucking  Awesome…      

Bodybuilders  (Used  to)  Know  About  Symmetry    It’s  not  enough  to  have  broad  shoulders  and  a  narrow  waist.    It’s  a  good  start,  and  in  terms  of  creating  an  attractive  body  it—along  with  low  body  fat—my  be  enough.    But  you  want  more  than  that.    For  you—for  us—it’s  not  enough  to  have  a  body  that  ladies  like,  or  we’d  stop  once  we  hit  Jake  Gyllenhal  status.        Instead,  if  you  want  to  build  a  body  that  guys  respect  and  the  ladies  lust  after,  you’ll  have  to  take  it  a  step  further.    That  means  building  a  good  amount  of  muscle,  while  paying  attention  to  symmetry  and  proportion.        

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And  when  it  comes  to  developing  a  symmetrically  muscular  body,  there’s  no  better  source  than  Steve  Reeves  (pictured,  below).    One  of  the  greatest  bodybuilders  of  his  time,  Reeves  is  woefully  tiny  by  any  standard  of  modern  bodybuilding.    However,  while  the  sport  has  passed  him  by  in  terms  of  sheer  mass,  Reeves  is  still  known  today  for  his  symmetry  and  the  aesthetic  appeal  of  his  physique.    Now,  it  must  be  noted  that  there  are  a  lot  of  different  formulas  and  methods  that  bodybuilders  have  used  over  the  years  to  determine  ideal  measurements,  but  since  Reeves  is  always  the  “go-­‐to”  reference  for  an  ideal  natural  physique,  I  prefer  his  formulas,  which  are  based  on  muscle-­‐to-­‐bone  ratios.    At  least,  I  sort  of  prefer  them.    I  like  them  in  theory,  but  they  are  bit  too  specific,  I  feel.    Here  they  are:    

Reeves’  Ratios:    

• Arm  size=  252%  of  wrist  size  • Calf  size=  192%  of  ankle  size    • Neck  Size=  79%  of  head  size    • Chest  Size=  148%  of  pelvis  size    • Waist  size=  86%  of  pelvis  size    • Thigh  size=  175%  of  knee  size  

   For  anyone  outside  of  competitive  bodybuilding,  this  level  of  detail  is  unnecessary;  particularly  with  regard  to  measuring  calves,  waist,  and  neck.    I  just  think  it’s  a  bit  superfluous.        Now,  I  DO  I  like  the  measurement  for  the  arms  and  thighs.        Measuring  waist  size  is  necessary,  but  I  don’t  like  the  way  it’s  set  up  in  Reeves’  view,  because  your  waist  size  probably  isn’t  changing  (more  on  that  later).    As  for  calves  and  neck,  for  the  sake  of  simplicity,  it’s  effective  to  simply  try  to  have  them  match  the  upper  arms  to  the  greatest  degree  possible.      

 (Note:  Reeves  insisted  that  upper  arms,  neck,  and  calves  be  as  close  as  possible;  so  chances  are  he  backward  engineered  those  percentages  anyway.    In  any  case,  no  need  to  measure  ankles  to  figure  out  your  calves.  Just  get  them  close  to  your  upper  arms.)  

 Putting  together  the  best  of  the  Golden  Ration  and  Reeve’s  theories,  we’d  have  a  custom  formula.    

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Roman’s  Ratios  for  Looking  Fucking  Awesome    

• Arm  size=  252%  of  wrist  size  • Calf  size=  Equal  to  Arm  size  • Neck  Size=  Equal  to  Arm  Size  • Waist  size=  Lean  Condition  Waist  (LCW)  • Shoulder  Size=  1.618  x  LCW    (Golden  Ratio)  • Thigh  size=  175%  of  knee  size  

 

 The  Specifics  of  Measurement    Knowing  the  formula(s)  is  one  thing,  employing  them  is  another.  Thankfully,  it’s  not  hard  to  do.    Here’s  a  quick  guide  for  how  to  get  started.    Everything  Begins  with  a  Constant    The  first  thing  you’ll  notice  about  the  formula  for  looking  awesome  is  that  many  of  the  measurements  are  based  on  the  results  of  certain  measurements—which  means  that  in  order  to  get  everything  right,  you’ll  have  to  measure  those  that  don’t  change,  first.    These  are  called  “constants”  –  because  they  are  always  the  same.    Your  wrist,  for  example,  is  going  to  measure  the  same  for  your  entire  adult  life;  the  same  with  your  knee.    So,  to  start,  take  both  of  these  measurements,  starting  with  the  knee.    Once  you  have  them,  follow  the  formula  and  determine  the  goal  girth  for  your  quad.    Next,  measure  the  wrist  of  your  non-­‐dominant  hand  -­‐  using  the  formula,  you’ll  be  able  to  determine  goal  measurement  for  your  upper  arm,  which  also  gives  you  the  goal  girth  for  your  next  and  calves.    This  is  pretty  self-­‐explanatory.    It  becomes  more  difficult  when  we’re  talking  about  your  waist.    As  mentioned  earlier,  you  want  to  measure  something  constant,  something  unchanging;  and  yet  as  anyone  who’s  gone  on  a  diet  can  attest,  your  waist  circumference  can  vary  pretty  heavily.    However,  notwithstanding  a  bit  of  muscular  hypertrophy  from  years  of  heavy  squats  and  deadlifts,  the  actual  waist  circumference  of  a  natural  lifter  is  not  going  to  change  very  much  for  any  reason  other  than  fat  gain.    

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That’s  way  I  want  you  to  measure  your  Lean  Condition  Waist,  or  LCW.    Your  LCW  is  the  measurement  of  your  waist  when  you  are  dieted  down  to  the  leanest  condition  you  could  comfortably  maintain.    This  means  that  if  you  feel  confident  that,  with  the  goal  of  looking  Fucking  Awesome,  you  could  conceivably  get  to  and  maintain  about  10%  body  fat,  measure  your  waist  when  you  are  in  THAT  condition.    From  here,  you  take  the  measurement  of  your  LCW  and  multiply  it  by  1.618  –  this  number  is  the  goal  measurement  for  the  circumference  of  your  shoulders  (measured  around  your  body,  by  another  person).    Keep  in  mind,  that  in  order  to  create  a  physique  that’s  most  aesthetically  pleasing,  you  want  achieve  proportions  that  fit  as  closely  to  the  Golden  Ratio  as  possible.    And  so,  do  not,  for  example,  measure  your  waist  when  you’re  the  leanest  you’ve  ever  been  unless  you  plan  on  staying  there—doing  so  will  skew  the  measurement  for  your  goal  shoulder  circumference.    The  physique  you  build  should  be  sustainable.      

An  Addendum  for  Arms:  Allowing  for  Differences  in  Height  and  Joint  Size    One  of  the  (very  few)  benefits  of  being  a  short  guy  is  that  you  tend  to  be  more  successful  as  muscle  building  endeavors.    Not  only  are  you  blessed  with  a  shorter  ROM—allowing  to  use  greater  weights  and  put  muscle  on  faster—muscle  also  looks  bigger  on  you.    Put  another  way,  less  muscle  is  necessary  to  make  a  shorter  frame  look  muscular.    Contrariwise,  a  taller  guy  will  need  to  gain  a  significant  amount  more  muscle,  and  usually  achieve  a  greater  level  of  development,  in  order  to  appear  equally  muscular.    For  example,  a  16”  upper  arm  on  a  guy  who’s  5’7”  will  look  huge.    On  someone  6’2”,  it  won’t  be  nearly  as  impressive.    It’s  important  to  make  mention  of  this  because  the  above  formulas  are  based  on  the  Constants  I  mentioned  before.  However,  some  tall  guys  have  small  joints—which  means  that  even  if  a  taller  guy  achieves  the  level  of  development  that  formulas  say  is  appropriate  for  his  wrist  size,  his  upper  arms  might  still  appear  relatively  small.    To  that,  I’ve  come  up  with  a  little  cheat  sheet  for  arm  size  based  on  height.    

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It’s  not  exact,  of  course,  but  it  gives  you  a  guideline.  While  I  still  recommend  starting  with  the  previous  formulas,  when  it  comes  to  arm  size,  the  below  chart  will  give  you  a  general  recommendation  for  size  based  on  your  height.      Even  if  your  joints  suggest  something  else,  if  you  stick  to  this  chart,  your  arms  ill  be  large  and  developed  enough  to  be  considered  “big”  or  “impressive”  for  your  height.    Now,  your  arms  won’t  look  enormous  or  ungainly;  however  they’ll  be  impressive  enough  to  catch  some  looks,  get  touched  by  the  ladies  at  bars,  and  you’ll  still  be  able  to  fit  into  a  suit  jacket.      

Height   Arm  Size  5’7’’  –  5’8”   15.5”  –  16”  

5’8.5”  –  5’9.5”   16”  –  16.5”  5’10”  –5’11.5”   16.75”  –  17”  

6’  –  6’1”   17.25”  –  17.5”  6’1.5”  –  6’2.5”   17.5”  –  18”  6’3”  –  6’4”   18.5”  –  19”  

   

Final  Thoughts  on  Looking  Fucking  Awesome    There  you  have  it  –  a  How  To  guide  on  creating  a  series  of  guidelines  for  quantifiable  measurements  to  look  Fucking  Awesome.    Once  you’ve  taken  your  measurements,  you’ll  know  exactly  what  your  goals  should  be  for  your  arms,  your  legs,  shoulders—in  fact,  your  overall  physique.    Remember,  any  good  program  can  make  you  muscular  and  lean—but  by  following  the  above  advice,  you’ll  be  well-­‐developed  and  symmetrical,  and  aesthetically  impressive  in  every  sense  of  the  word;  you’ll  have  a  physique  that  ladies  love,  and  even  the  biggest  internet  hater  will  respect.        In  short…you  will  look  Fucking  Awesome.    

About  the  Author    

John  Romaniello  is  a  New  York  Times  bestselling  fitness  author  (Man  2.0  Engineering  the  Alpha:  A  Real  World  Guide  to  an  Unreal  Life)  and  a  veteran  in  the  business  of  making  people  pretty.  From  models  to  not-­‐so  model  citizens,  he  delivers  the  requested  results  and  unrequested  self-­‐aggrandizing  stories  of  his  video  game  heroics.   In  addition  to  his  nerdery,  John  runs  Roman  Fitness  Systems,  LLC,  a  personal  training  and  online  coaching  business  that’s  helping  people  all  over  the  world  get  into  good  enough  shape  to  feel  comfortable  posting  naughty  pictures  on  the  internet.