What is your wingspan differential?

[Horton]

Is your wingspan (distance from finger tip to finger tip) greater than your height?

 

Arm span or reach (sometimes referred to as wingspan, or spelled "armspan") is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90° angle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_span

 

@tfin and I were talking about this the other day and I thought it was interesting. I am +2 but my wife is 100% T-Rex : - |

[Horton]

I had to recreate this poll so if you thought you already voted ... do it again.

[Bruce_Butterfield]

Wait a minute on the poll. You need to require ballers to post video of the wingspan measurement.

[Horton]

@Bruce_Butterfield

 

meh.

[Jerry44]

Height 6'0" Wingspan 6'5"

[Bruce_Butterfield]

@Horton phhhht. The intent was for the comedic value in watching ballers try to figure out how the heck to measure and not any worry about accuracy. Just picture @ms measuring wingspan after a few IPAs.

[Horton]

@Bruce_Butterfield as sometimes happens you might be right.

[Horton]

@jerry44

I think you might have missed the joke about T-Rex arms

 

 

[Jerry44]

@horton ha, yeah, I guess I did.

 

[The_MS]

I think @skidawg is like 5 feet

[Anderson]

@Horton I'm 6-2 with 6-7 wingspan--you need another category for us knuckle-draggers :-)

[Horton]

@Anderson

"Wingspan is more than 3" more than my height" is the best I can do for you. I'm pretty sure if you are more plus three you are in elite company.

 

[skidawg]

I am the King of the Knuckle draggers---6'7" wing span!!!!!

[thager]

Ever notice that @Hortons knuckles are always bleeding?

[ColeGiacopuzzi]

6 '0" with 6'4" wingspan dang @skidawg monkey arms.

[Than_Bogan]

Somehow this thread feels like it's setting up one of those silly hypotheticals that my middle-schooler and her friends absolutely love:

 

Who would win in a fight: Giant Orangutan or T-Rex!?

 

I'm closer to an oranguntan, I think, but can't recall ever taking a measurement. Maybe I will if I think of it tonight.

[schafer]

6’0” ht 6’4” wingspan

[klindy]

6-9"+ wingspan and my shoulders are 4-6" higher off the ground to start with too!

[B_S]

I'm 5'6 1/2 ", wing span over 6'2!

[Jmoski]

Rock climbers refer to this measurement as “ape-index”. The bigger the number the better...

[Zman]

Damn. I'm 5'8" and had to stretch like crazy to get wingspan out to 5'7".

I was really more like 5' 6-1/2", but didn't want to be the only one checking the box for minus 2".

Am I in the wrong sport?

[bishop8950]

6’0 tall, 6’6” wingspan. I figured wingspan was higher but surprised by how much

[UWSkier]

There's a term for this. Ape index. The ape index is the armspan divided by height. If you're above 0, you have a positive ape index.

[mfjaegersr]

...1.055 on the Ape Index. 6'5"span/6'1"Vert. Hmm...sudden inexplicable urge for 'Nana cream pie...

[Bill22]

+4” Interesting! 5’ 10” tall with 6’ 2” wingspan. Unit now I had not measured this.

 

Edit: it’s sad though. It only means I should be A LOT better slalom skier.

[Than_Bogan]

Measured! 6'2" and 6'5", so +3".

[Skoot1123]

5’9” and a 2” wingspan. Just wish I was taller.

[ToddL]

6'7" H, 6'10." WS +3.5 Ape Index 1.052

 

@Horton, the average for adult males is +2. If you do this survey in the future, make that the middle point. (per Body Proportions section this study which cited resource: Grimberg A, Lifshitz F. Worrisome growth. In: Lifshitz F. Growth, Adrenal, Sexual, Thyroid, Calcium, and Fluid Balance Disorders. 5th ed. New York, NY: Informa Healthcare; 2007:1–50.)

 

Interestingly, NBA players average +4 to +4.8 inches.

 

 

 

[dvskier]

@Horton In the Navy we were taught that your “wingspan” measurement was equal to 1 fathom or 6 feet. This measurement standard has been in effect for over a hundred years.

[MISkier]

@UWSkier said:

 

The ape index is the armspan divided by height. If you're above 0, you have a positive ape index.

 

You will always be above 0, unless one of those numbers is somehow negative.

 

It will likely be 1 that you are above or below. Perhaps, that is the indicator baseline.

 

@Than_Bogan, you're slipping.

[UWSkier]

@MISkier lol, oops. Meant to say 1. Been doing too much variable programming lately where 0 is the new 1. :s

[Than_Bogan]

@MISkier Yeah, I saw that. Was too lazy. Slipping, indeed.

[Horton]

@dvskier I wish my wingspan was six feet