On the right hand side there’s a very familiar looking calculator. Heck they even call it the Adonis Index!
Great News!
Unfortunately it goes kinda downhill from there.
Downhill part one is that they are using the Adonis Index to promote their own product.
Downhill part two they got the actual calculation wrong!
Men’s Health is using the Chest to Waist Ratio, not Shoulder to Waist.
From my experience that’s a big mistake.
Back when I was really into power lifting I had a 44 inch chest and 47.5 inch shoulders.
I can tell you that this was a BAD look.
I was a barrel.
My T-shirts either a) hung off my chest like a bell, making my stomach look fat or,
b) were tight enough to fit my stomach, but made me look like I had man-boobs.
After altering my workouts for the better part of 3 years my measurements are now a 42 inch chest and 49 inch (ish) shoulders.
I know it’s only a matter of an inch-or-two here-or-there, but it makes a HUGE difference in how I look and how clothes fit.
So here’s the bottom line
I’m glad that the theory behind the Adonis Effect (and Venus Effect too) has made it onto the menshealth.com homepage, but sad that they’re using it to promote their own product, and that they got the calculation wrong.
BP
