Large Rib Cage?

become proportionate with more lean mass.

GauchoMark wrote: »

I work my ribcage at least 2x a week... Its gonna be HUGE!

Right?
I mean I can't be the only one who has Back, bicep, and ribcage day...

I actually do have a big ribcage. It's a 'barrel' ribcage. This being said, my bones show in my chest, sides, back, collar bone.... Pretty prominently even though I weigh a decent amount.

But the way most people say they have a 'big ribcage' are making excuses to make themselves feel better.

queenliz99 wrote: »

I'm 3% Neanderthal, so I have a big ribcage, short legs and a brow ridge. I'm still cute though! JK about the brow ridge! Lol

Shame joking about that brow ridge. Anybody with one of those and an underbite is a complete catch.

Having a large ribcage means that you may end up looking a little disproportionate at certain weights. You can lose weight until your bones are showing and still not have the smooth flat look from underneath your chest through the stomach area, instead it dips in dramatically underneath your ribs.

In some of the articles that show before and after photoshopping, some models get a good bit of ribs taken away for the after shot to make the smooth look, so there may be a bit of unrealistic expectations sometimes.

If you had it, you would know. Be happy that you don't have that to complain about!

I have a large rib cage. I was bony even when very pregnant. It's led to some annoying dislocations during jiu jitsu. I've actually been trying to pad the area with muscle to prevent injury.

Is this a new excuse for not losing weight?

Large ribcage is a thing. I have it. Even when at a healthy weight, my ribs protrude just under my bra line. Kind of looked like I had a second set of boobs when I was overweight. Hoping that weight lifting will help offset the look a little since I did lose a few inches on my chest so it's pretty noticeable.

As for the post OP saw, it was quite old, 4 or 5 years I think.

I have a large rib cage which houses my unusually large lungs - I'm 5'9" but my lung capacity was rated as being proportionate for someone 6'2".
Which is handy for cardio....

I put it down to gorilla DNA rather than Neanderthal genes though.


Google "Jason Leonard" (retired rugby legend) to see someone with a real barrel chest, wide and remarkably deep.
With a lot of muscle on top in his prime of course.
No matter how much weight he lost he would still have a very large chest measurement.

I'd believe it to a point as I think I have a smaller than average rib cage at 27 inches around directly under my bust (and I'm 5'4" so I'm not miniature or anything.) If I'm a bit smaller than average I think it stands to reason that other people's would be larger than average. I assume it's smaller than average, as it's very difficult for me to find bras to fit correctly.

I don't see it as an excuse for remaining overweight or anything because I understand that frame size doesn't vary to a great enough extent to make that valid in the vast majority of cases, but I also realize that there is some validity to the idea of different builds.

If one isn't carrying fat there (ribs/muscle visible) I don't think there's any way to change that measurement, obviously, so it seems like a silly thing to worry about in the context of wanting to look thinner, though.