The other day, as I was being thrashed by a heavy lap swimmer, I once again pondered the difference between a swimmers body and a runners body. I have seen quite a few husky guys, carrying quite a bit of extra weight, who are also very good swimmers. On the other hand, you won't see runners who are carrying extra weight (unless they have just begun running). I think that there maybe a chicken-egg thing here (heavier guys tend not to go in for distance running) but I think that there are other considerations. One of them is that swimming tends to arouse appetite while running tends to suppress appetite.
Having said all that, I just can't yearn for a runners body, even though I would love to drop 5 kgs. I just do not want a body with no arms or shoulders. Also, maybe it's me, but this guy looks like an anorexic model:
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What's unhealthy about it? He doesn't look underweight to me. Franky, I think we've gotten too accustomed to looking at overweight people and now people who are actually at a healthy weight seem "too skinny" to many of us.
I think swimmers can get away with a higher body fat percentage because we aren't fighting gravity. Yes, pulling more weight through the water means more force needed, but it's not like running.
I think he looks great too. Just leaner than most of us.
I used to have a runners body with somewhat broad shoulders. Now I have a swimmers body. Running is simply much better for shedding fad.
What's unhealthy about it? He doesn't look underweight to me. Franky, I think we've gotten too accustomed to looking at overweight people and now people who are actually at a healthy weight seem "too skinny" to many of us.
I think swimmers can get away with a higher body fat percentage because we aren't fighting gravity. Yes, pulling more weight through the water means more force needed, but it's not like running.
I think he looks great too. Just leaner than most of us.
I used to have a runners body with somewhat broad shoulders. Now I have a swimmers body. Running is simply much better for shedding fad.
