LARGE/Wide Rib Cage. Can I ever get a flat core/torso?

most pro body builders have larger frames, aka 'big boned'

they often have very flat stomachs.

a large rib cage is considered a plus in body building

P.S. usmcmp, you're an inspiration! will you teach me how to stand? (granted, i need to keep working.) you look GREAT. :happy:

Spend lots of time in front of the mirror manipulating your body. Most women like how they look when they tilt their pelvis forward a bit. It makes your butt stick out, increases the curve of the back and stretches the stomach a bit. All those elements help create the illusion of a smaller waist.

I've got similar, though a case where it's possibly more 'accepted' as a bloke, to be larger.
When at my leanest it looks like I'm "sucking it in" in pictures - changed my profile picture from a fairly flattering one showing the start of some abs because it annoyed me that it looked like I was doing that!

To "fill it in", I'm trying to chuck in some abs work - though that does depend on what else I'm doing too.

I thought the current crop of pro body builders tended to go for a bigger mid-rif - possibly related to some drug they are taking.

So glad I'm not the only one with a big rib cage! I also have a short torso so I feel like I look dumpy, especially when I put on a few pounds. But, hey, if it was good enough for Bettie Page...

Thanks for posting this picture, usmcmp! Only in the six months since I've been lifting have my waist and hips gotten small enough for me to suddenly notice that my rib cage is quite large. I have been focused on it and thinking it looked so weird. Then, I see your gorgeous picture that doesn't look weird AT ALL and we have very similar rib shape. Thanks for the reality check!

No problem! Glad it put your mind at ease! I know at first I thought I looked weird. Took me a while to see that I'm just fine and a lot of how big my rib cage looks in any picture is posture related no matter how big my rib cage actually is (and it really is huge).

I also have this, I also get called pigeon chest because of it. We should start a big ribcage appreciation society lol.

I know this is a zombie thread but I had to comment because my ribs are exactly the same. Having said that, it's only ever an occasional issue when trying certain types of clothes (had to return a fitted dress yesterday that was too tight round the ribs; I look massive in empire line dresses compared to waisted dresses because they flare out at the widest part of the torso etc). Also have a hard time getting supportive enough sports bras in a large band but smaller cup size, as the manufacturers seem to think that everybody who needs a 38 has big bosoomas - longtime rant of mine!

The clothes thing can be annoying at times but I've never considered a big rib cage to be something to have a body hang up about. It's like complaining about having big feet or long arms, you can't change it so pointless wasting energy wishing it were different.

YES YOU CAN!! you just need to use a corset while you are at home. you can reshape your bones or better than a corset is to create a piece of fabric a long and wide about 1.5 meters ( has to be strong fabric,double material) and wrapped around your ribs it will shrink noticeable in a week!!

This is your very first post. You might want to tone down the bad advice a notch or two

I have a mahoosive rib cage. My lung capacity is off the charts for my height - not even close to the normal range.

I blame the neanderthals.

Zombie Thread from May 2013.