Tall Guy Fitness

Here's what nobody wants to tell you:

Your bench press bar travels 21% farther than a 5'9" guy's.

That's not an excuse—it's physics. And nobody's teaching you how to work with it.

Every program you've tried—the $3000 transformations, the celebrity trainer routines, the "science-based" TikTok approaches—they're all designed for average-height guys with average leverages doing average movements.

You're not average.

But come on… you know this. Your limbs are longer.

Your range of motion is greater. Your mechanical disadvantages are real.

And instead of addressing this, the fitness industry makes you feel like it's YOUR fault when you don't see results.

"You're not working hard enough."
"You need to eat more."
"Be consistent for longer."
"Hardgainers aren't real."

Bullshit.

I know because I lived it for 12 years.

I was standing in my work bathroom on my 34th birthday—it's a single bathroom.. don't get weird—with my shirt off, taking progress photos in the mirror. --> This Depressing photo -->

At this point, I'd been lifting consistently for 12 years.

TWELVE

Three to four days a week. Never missed more than a week. Starting Strength. 5/3/1. Push/pull/legs.

German Volume Training. Hired two personal trainers.

I got strong. pretty strong, actually. Deadlifting in the 500s, squatting high 400s.
Nothing huge for someone as tall as us but respectable.

But standing there looking at those photos, the truth hit me like a freight train:

I don't even look like I lift.

Sure, I had abs — if I flexed hard enough under that beautiful harsh fluorescent natty lighting.

But biceps? lol.

Chest? Flat as a 4th grader.

Shoulders? Bony.

I looked exactly like what I was: a tall, skinny guy who wasted 12 years following advice designed for someone else's body.

I was always Gangly...

In high school, I was 5'9" and 135 pounds. Typical cross-country runner build. Skinny, but proportionally skinny.
Then freshman year of college happened.

I shot up from 5'9" to 6'5" in one year.

Eight inches.

My joints hurt constantly. My coordination was shot.

And suddenly I was this gangly mess of long limbs and zero muscle mass.

That's when I decided to start lifting.

My motivation was simple: I wanted to take my shirt off at the beach and have girls stop and stare.

Look, I was 18. I wasn't interested in learning to be more social or interesting.

I wanted the shortcut. A 6-pack was that shortcut.

And you know what? That's not wrong.

There's something incredibly powerful about building an impressive physique.

The confidence. The way people treat you differently. It sounds silly, but they really do.

But here's what I didn't understand:

I was following advice designed for guys who were 5'8" with average leverages and normal proportions.

I was trying to fit a square peg (my lanky ass) into a round hole. And it was never going to work.

Three weeks after my birthday bathroom breakdown, my elbow flared up again.

Couldn't straighten my arm. Couldn't do much of anything with that arm.

But instead of just resting it (because I'm stubborn), I decided to work around it.

So I swallowed my ego and went to the preacher curl machine.

Used whatever the minimum weight was. Probably looked ridiculous (no one saw, noticed or cared).

But something weird happened...

My bicep felt pumped. Like, MORE pumped than it had felt in years.

Maybe ever.

I thought it was a fluke. But by the third set, I realized something incredible:
I could actually feel my biceps working.

For the first time in my lifting career, I could feel the muscle I was trying to target actually doing the work.

Not my back. Not my shoulders. Not my forearms.

My actual biceps.

Here's what I figured out:
My injury had accidentally forced me into perfect form.

I couldn't use momentum. I couldn't swing the weight.

I couldn't recruit my back because the machine (and my injury) prevented it.

For the first time ever, my biceps had to do all the work.

And they responded immediately.

This wasn't just about biceps. I started applying the same principle to every exercise.

Instead of chasing weight on the bar, I chased tension in the target muscle.

Instead of bench pressing 185 and feeling it in my shoulders,

I DB benched 120 and felt it ONLY in my chest. - With a huge stretch at the bottom.

That's the difference between moving weight and building muscle.

That's the difference between generic training and precision targeting.

Most programs obsess over progressive overload

adding weight to the bar week after week.

But here's the truth nobody tells you:
Progressive overload is the RESULT of proper training, not the method.

When you actually target the right muscles with proper mechanics for your frame,

the weight naturally increases over time.

But if you start by chasing weight,

you just develop compensation patterns that steal your gains.

Over the next six months, I completely rebuilt my approach.

The changes were immediate:
- My workouts felt completely different
- I left the gym with actual pumps in target muscles
- My arms started looking like arms instead of sticks
- My chest started looking like a chest
- My shoulders started looking like bowling balls

Best part? No more random injuries. When muscles do their job properly, everything else stops trying to compensate.
Here are my birthday progress photos—same mirror, same lighting, same poses:

Mechanical Disadvantage: At 6'2"+ with long arms, you face 20-40% greater mechanical disadvantage on most exercises.

The bar travels farther, creating unfavorable leverage ratios.

Compensation Patterns: Your body recruits other muscles to complete movements when leverage is poor. You think you're training chest, but you're actually training front delts and triceps.

Range of Motion: Longer limbs require different rep tempos and pause techniques to maximize time under tension.

The breakthrough: Once you understand these factors and adjust accordingly, everything changes.

I've condensed everything I learned into the Precision Targeting Protocol - a 14-day email series that shows you exactly how to eliminate compensation patterns and finally build muscle on your tall frame.

Here's what happens:

You'll finally understand why your back gets sore on bicep day and how to fix it.

You'll feel your target muscles working for the first time - that "holy shit" moment I had on the preacher curl machine.

You'll learn the exact setup modifications that eliminate compensation so your biceps actually do the work during curls, your chest gets hit during bench, and your shoulders build without beating up your joints.

You'll discover why your strength is inconsistent week-to-week and how to create the conditions where progressive overload actually happens naturally.

And you'll walk away with complete workout templates adjusted for long limbs - no more following programs designed for 5'8" guys and wondering why nothing works.

The outcome: Add at least 1/2 inch to your arms in 14 days from actual muscle activation you've never experienced before. Not from pumps or tricks - from finally targeting the right muscles.

"Holy shit, I can actually feel my biceps working. After 15 years of training, this is the first time I've experienced a real bicep pump."

— Tom, 6'4" | Added 3/4" to arms in 2 weeks

"Finally understand why nothing was working. The compensation patterns explanation was a game-changer. Wish someone had shown me this 10 years ago."

— David, 6'5" | Arms: 15.5" → 16.25" in 6 weeks

"My elbow problems disappeared when I started isolating properly. Turns out proper technique prevents injuries."

— Mike, 6'2" | First pain-free pressing in 3 years

The Physics Working Against Us

The Humiliating Truth: 12 Years, Zero Results

How I Got Here: When Everything Changed Overnight

The Breaking Point That Changed Everything

The Method: What Makes This Different

The Transformation: What Happened Next

Why This Works For Tall Guys Specifically

Try It Right Now: The Simple Test

Here's Your Next Step

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