How large are your shoulders, ladies?

flame_retardant
flame_retardant Posts: 49 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My shoulders are massive: 41 inches around. The rest of my measurements are 34-26.5-37 - so technically, I should be a pear-shape 'cus my bust is much smaller than my hips. But I end up looking like an inverted triangle 'cus of my shoulders.

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  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I would not know how to measure my shoulders? But I have quite broad shoulders that build up quite nicely when I am boxing and weight training.
    The rest of my measurements are 33, 25.5, 35.5
  • GraceEsther
    GraceEsther Posts: 37 Member
    Me too! I have quarterback shoulders! I have to buy shirts larger to fit my shoulders and take them in to fit everywhere else!
    I haven measured them recently, but i estimate 40-43
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I have never measured...should I?
  • dbm037
    dbm037 Posts: 125 Member
    i have broad shoulders as well. How do you measure them?
  • 40DayFit
    40DayFit Posts: 246 Member
    Never measured them, but they're quite broad and strong. I'm excited to see them define as I proceed with weight lifting.

    One thing's for sure--shoulderpads in the 80s were totally wasted on me.
  • bobbinalong
    bobbinalong Posts: 151 Member
    Ummm, is that a problem, lol! Maybe I don't know what inverted shoudlers are :) I am working on them and now you have me curious....44 1/2", but the rest of me isn't quite proportioned correctly...YET!
  • MissLCWolff
    MissLCWolff Posts: 69 Member
    First of all, don't be too hard on yourself--41 inches around is NOT massive, and that number might just be because of the size and/or height of your bust. Try measuring across your shoulders and comparing it to the width of your hips, it'll probably give you a completely different ratio.

    If you still feel like your shoulders are too broad/square, just think of the positives! You won't have to deal with purses or backpacks constantly falling off, and you can build up some great upper body strength.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    I did a shoulder measurement as though I were being measured for a suit jacket - straight across the shoulder blades on my back (hubby did the measuring).

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    Shoulders - 15"
    Shoulder circumference - 36.5"

    I'm 5'1" and pear shaped - 38.75"/36.5"/49"
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I have broad shoulders but always measured them from edge to edge never all the way around...ie the way a man is measured for a jacket

    I am an hour glass...38-29-38...

    I have had friends tell me my shoulders are "big" but I am proportinate as you can tell by my measurements...however due to the fact my hips are 38 due to my squat built bum my hips don't "appear" wide.
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    I didn't know how to measure mine, so I measured from bone to bone (I can feel the ends, lol). 18 inches across there, in the front. I'm 5'6".

    In the late 80's, my friend fell out laughing when I wore shoulder pads and called me a football player :D

    I like them, though. My ribs are wide, my waist is wide for my height, and my hips are wide. My shoulders are bigger (across) still, which is very fortunate considering! I'd look bad with small ones, being pretty stocky-framed in the torso.

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