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Fun Fact: Average height/weight of an ancient warrior.
I am a short man, at only 5'6". Yeah, I have short man's complex a bit. I was always volunteering for whatever duties in order to make a name for myself (otherwise everyone just looked over/past me). I was quite pleased, then, in my studies to learn that the average height/weight of a Roman soldier was around 5'6" and 145lbs...my height and weight. Of course, the modern "giant" height of men today is because of a better diet, etc., but there is still something nice about being the same height/weight of the most elite soldier in history, lol. Any other short people out there find this interesting?
Gabriel, R. A. 2007: The Ancient World. Greenwood Publishing Group: 10.
Also, taller people don't live as long: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/height_and_longevity_the_research_is_clear_being_tall_is_hazardous_to_your.html
I am a short man, at only 5'6". Yeah, I have short man's complex a bit. I was always volunteering for whatever duties in order to make a name for myself (otherwise everyone just looked over/past me). I was quite pleased, then, in my studies to learn that the average height/weight of a Roman soldier was around 5'6" and 145lbs...my height and weight. Of course, the modern "giant" height of men today is because of a better diet, etc., but there is still something nice about being the same height/weight of the most elite soldier in history, lol. Any other short people out there find this interesting?
Gabriel, R. A. 2007: The Ancient World. Greenwood Publishing Group: 10.
Also, taller people don't live as long: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/height_and_longevity_the_research_is_clear_being_tall_is_hazardous_to_your.html
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I read a book once when I was a teen, set in the 1800s, where the main character referenced being pleased he topped 6 feet as a grown man. From that point on, that was my goal, to be 6ft! (Mom is 5-2, Dad is 5-8.)
I hit 5-10 in HS, and the only growing I did from then was bulk (some great , some I need to lose).
Of course I feel about average as an American male, and Soldier, but when I see a 6 footer, I always wonder...
I married a 5-8 woman whose father was 6-4, so perhaps some of my kids will top 6ft.
Regardless, I'm happy with my height as a Soldier and know that as long as I maintain my strength I'll continue to be able to do great things, even if 2 inches less than 6ft.
I hit 5-10 in HS, and the only growing I did from then was bulk (some great , some I need to lose).
Of course I feel about average as an American male, and Soldier, but when I see a 6 footer, I always wonder...
I married a 5-8 woman whose father was 6-4, so perhaps some of my kids will top 6ft.
Regardless, I'm happy with my height as a Soldier and know that as long as I maintain my strength I'll continue to be able to do great things, even if 2 inches less than 6ft.
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Sir my ex is 6ft tall. I'm 5'3. My son is 23 and is over 6 ft tall and my daughter who is 11 is already my height. There's hope for your kids! lol
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While I am the oldest of 3 brothers, I am the shortest at 5'11" (my brothers are 6'1" and 6'2"). Of course, being the oldest, anytime they try to rub it in my face that they're taller, I punch them in the stomach and they have to double over (thereby becoming shorter than me again), lol...
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My grandfather was 6'0". He fell and broke his back in his shop when I was MUCH younger. When he was recuperated, they checked his height again... He had lost an inch and was 5'11".
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This is an interesting historical tidbit. I'm not a "short" person or vertically challenged, but at 71" I feel about average to most current military.
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SFC James Sczymanski , MAJ (Join to see) in my 14 yrs I was only measured as 72" once (after my first tour in Iraq) and I weighed in at 199. It was the first and only time (so far) that I was not taped! I work hard to stay under the body fat allowance, so at this point I'm a firm believer that some are just genetically predisposed to larger frames. Never failed an APFT though!
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1SG (Join to see) Yea, for my height I'm supposed to be like 180 lbs or something. I was 178 lbs after coming back from Afghanistan and everyone said I looked "sick". I've been taped every PFT since joining.
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I think James Madison was like 5'4". Washington at around 6'2" was considered a GIANT.
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SGT Justin Singleton Washington was considered a giant. There was a story about how he got volunteered for everything because he was the tallest guy in the room. He'd be only a little over average now, but he was literally a head taller than everyone else back then.
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SGT Justin Singleton
That makes sense. I used to try to volunteer for things because I knew that the only way to make a name for myself with the command was to do so. With that said, the tallest people were still the ones to get the special assignments, etc.
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