Michael Phelps. Greatest Olympian??

[mRclARK1]

^^^ Part of the reason he is a good swimmer is he is very built for it. Till now I didn't even know what the dude looked like, but he's pretty tall (6'3 - 6'4) and has a really really long upper body, and shorter legs. A great build for a swimmer.

Running doesn't take as much practice, but it takes a lot of training... a lot, to be very competitive. Plus you need to be naturally very able to have high endurance. Also, a good runner will have a build the opposite of Phelps. Long legs and shorter torso. That's how I'm built... so I'd be a shitty swimmer. haha

[LongGrain]

Originally Posted by mRclARK1

Part of the reason he is a good swimmer is he is very built for it. Till now I didn't even know what the dude looked like, but he's pretty tall (6'3 - 6'4) and has a really really long upper body, and shorter legs. A great build for a swimmer.

short legs are terrible for swimming...

[mRclARK1]

Originally Posted by LongGrain

short legs are terrible for swimming...

Ideally you'd have both. Long legs and a long torso... Taller the better for swimming. But proportionally, you're going to have one or the other, or a fairly evenly proportioned build. You can't have long legs for your height, and a long torso for the same height at the same time, and for a swimmer, a long torso is the more beneficial of the two.

Also I said "shorter legs"

I never said his legs are short. Only shorter than someone's who would be perfectly proportioned at his height.

[LongGrain]

Originally Posted by kyoru

reminds me I saw some guy playing with his flabby tits before the race, he kept up too. weird.

fat or not, we all do it

Originally Posted by mRclARK1

Ideally you'd have both. Long legs and a long torso... Taller the better for swimming. But proportionally, you're going to have one or the other, or a fairly evenly proportioned build. You can't have long legs for your height, and a long torso for the same height at the same time, and for a swimmer, a long torso is the more beneficial of the two.

Also I said "shorter legs"

I never said his legs are short. Only shorter than someone's who would be perfectly proportioned at his height.

you'd be surprised at the different builds that are good for swimming.

some of the fastest swimmers in the world have guts that hang out over their suits.

other are skin and bones.

some are short, others look like they should be playing basketball.

ive been swimming competitively for over 10 years now, i'm just saying that its really hard to say that he has an "ideal" build for swimming. the guy is just all around built, he's pretty fucking jacked.

what i can say though, is that his wingspan definitely isnt hurting his cause.

[kyoru]

Originally Posted by LongGrain

you'd be surprised at the different builds that are good for swimming.

some of the fastest swimmers in the world have guts that hang out over their suits.

other are skin and bones.

some are short, others look like they should be playing basketball.

ive been swimming competitively for over 10 years now, i'm just saying that its really hard to say that he has an "ideal" build for swimming. the guy is just all around built, he's pretty fucking jacked.

what i can say though, is that his wingspan definitely isnt hurting his cause.

reminds me I saw some guy playing with his flabby tits before the race, he kept up too. weird.

[mRclARK1]

Originally Posted by LongGrain

you'd be surprised at the different builds that are good for swimming.

some of the fastest swimmers in the world have guts that hang out over their suits.

other are skin and bones.

some are short, others look like they should be playing basketball.

ive been swimming competitively for over 10 years now, i'm just saying that its really hard to say that he has an "ideal" build for swimming. the guy is just all around built, he's pretty fucking jacked.

what i can say though, is that his wingspan definitely isnt hurting his cause.

I just know that ideally a long torso is beneficial for swimming, that's what I was always told (I swam in middle school). But you're right, build can be overcome by a lot of other factors. It's just never gonna hurt is all I'm saying. Plus, yeah... the guy has very long arms. Most peoples wingspan is within an inch of their height in either direction IIRC, and I bet he's over that by a good bit.

I'd trade a couple inches off my legs for some more upper body. haha

I got called "daddy long legs" again yesterday. ... My legs measured top of hip to bottom of ankle joint is alone over half my height. I DO wear clothes to hide it a bit.