# Seamstress Q: How do I measure my pelvis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 20, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seamstress-q-how-do-i-measure-my-pelvis/423379 "2007-10-20T06:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seamstress-q-how-do-i-measure-my-pelvis/423379/1 "2007-10-20T06:43:31Z")
Alright, so I was reading about Steve Reeves, he talks about the “ideal” human form and it is built on a few body measurements. One of which is the measurement of the Pelvis. According to my uneducated attempt, wherein I placed the measuring tape around my lower hips and over what I believed to be the peak of my hip bones. The reason I question whether I did it right or not, is that according to his formula, my chest measurement should be 73 inches around which… seems a little crazy. So, anyone? Did I do it right and I really should aim for a 6 foot chest circumference? – IG ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seamstress-q-how-do-i-measure-my-pelvis/423379/2 "2007-10-20T07:35:47Z")
Hips are measured around the largest part of the buttocks, not at the hip bones. That would be about where you would do your waist measurement. Here’s a [bodybuilding page](http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson207.htm) with a proportion calculator. Careful there to use your WRIST measurement, not your waist measurement. I wasn’t paying enough attention and put in the wrong number. I’d guess that an 11 foot chest measurement is more than a little unobtainable for a non-Titan. :smack: