From what I’ve seen with my own eyes it’s very obvious that men of all races have the potential to be in the “6′ club”.
I don’t think it’s just the genetic outliers amongst the shorter races either, I think it’s within the genetics of every man regardless of race…I think it’s mostly a function of childhood nutrition.
Two big subsequent factors :
1. Breast fed by healthy woman/women.
2. Eating animal protein.
A now defunct blog once stated, and I paraphrase ; “we had some 6’3″ jacked afghani danny trejo looking interpreters who’d spend their free time benching, curling, and looking angry, the difference between them and the malnourished afghanis was their families had had money, they were the rich kids who had grown up regularly eating lamb”.
I’ve met plenty of thais and chinese born in america nearing the 6′ mark at athletic 180-190lbs.
(I’m disregarding that some, not nearly all, were half white.)
I’m met a million tall hispanics.
A cool elderly brazilian I know had the height growing up in the favela on beans, rice, and some chicken, his son born in america had height…and weight.
Those who’d be short outside america can grow tall here with our nutrition, those who had the height in the foreign country…their kids grow tall and big.
That 5 foot nothing 110lb or less 60 something filipino I spoke to in cali 2018, it’s amazing how well he grew large 100% filipino blood sons using america’s cornucopia of red meat.
“When I get to america I eat meat. I feed my sons meat, plenty meat.” – the tiny 60 something filipino.
Upon deeper questioning he had mostly rice, some vegetables, and barely knew the taste of chicken in the philippines. This changed when he got to america, and stereotypically got a job as a cook in the military. He made a point to feed his sons as well as possible here, basically reverse engineering how he had eaten growing up. He did not consider fish or chicken meat. He meant red meat, and in his lunch box (amongst other things) was a giant tupperware container holding what I eyeballed as a kilo of large cubed chili colorado.
Access to red meat is a commonality I’ve found in growing large humans.
The samoans I lived next to in vegas, oddly all the men were about 5’9″, and the women 5’9″ to 6’1″.
They lived off of barbeque and booze as far as I could tell without exception. They were all athletic, and probably half of the adults stocky.
(Best bbq chicken I’ve had to my recollection.)
Now even when you don’t get the red meat childhood nutrition, which basically fixes your height wherever it’s gonna be (and some still get lucky and get to 6’+), you can still muscle up significantly in adulthood.
At the super low end everyone can become built in a way that maxes out their allowed weight as per military weight regs.
That’s about 205lb/93kg at 6′, or the equivalent. And this is the low end.
People can outgrow their “natural” bodyweight. The only group of people that will sometimes admit this are fighters.
(Hence the ideal “natural” weight is basically what you fight at/walk around at if you don’t have a huge weight cut. I’m not talking natural in the ped sense at all here.)
That natural weight is how you end up with a muscular guy that has a head that seems too small, and a neck undersized compared to the rest of him.
Dudes with george lopez sized heads and the muscular neck to match regardless of what they do, they are the naturally large framed.
Ideal when you have a small skull is what you find amongst heavier olympic wrestlers…a rugged small frame, well muscled, but the neck developed to where it’s thicker than the head.
Human potential to get big is limitless.
You can get heavier than what you should fight at without being a fat fuck! No peds used.
Bad childhood nutrition may rob you of reaching 6′, but good adult nutrition can grow you to the top end of athletic bodyweight at a minimum, and up to sumo if you eat up all out ridiculous.
Wholesome food, and some physical stimuli does you good.
You have limitless potential!
You could have zero equipment ever, and be the best built person around, super strong, and super athletic, just training with the right mindset.
It comes down to what you believe.
What you say is possible. What you say isn’t. What you accept, and what you define as reality.
I’ll never get a training injury. I know it for what it is ; an impossibility!
Whatever I do, I get stronger. Why? Cause strength is natural!
I’m getting better as I age!
Leaner every year, and my wind is coming back!
Persistence & Tenacity