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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And it is not a realistic goal for guys my age (although I'm sure that somewhere there are a few exceptions) to get ripped.
One of the exceptions is our friend Rich Abrahams www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../Abrahams_RichA.jpg
This photo appears to be from Worlds when they were at Stanford in 2006, so Rich was around 60 at the time.
But I totally agree. I'm sure it's exceptionally rare for someone your age to look anything like the magazine cover guy. If you are very muscular than 93 kg for your height doesn't seem that high.
And it is not a realistic goal for guys my age (although I'm sure that somewhere there are a few exceptions) to get ripped.
One of the exceptions is our friend Rich Abrahams www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../Abrahams_RichA.jpg
This photo appears to be from Worlds when they were at Stanford in 2006, so Rich was around 60 at the time.
But I totally agree. I'm sure it's exceptionally rare for someone your age to look anything like the magazine cover guy. If you are very muscular than 93 kg for your height doesn't seem that high.
