what is your height?

Originally posted by SupaFly Almost all Fr sprinters are taller, or are they all taller? If by 'tall' male sprinters you mean taller than 6'0", then the answer is there were and there are a few sprinters of extremely gifted success at the levels of World, USSwimmingNationals, NCAAs, High School and USMastersSwimming who are under 6'0". I can give examples if prompted; the 'norm' of the male sprinter profile seems to be way over 6'0", though, in the 6'5". So, then the answer is: 'almost', not 'all'. Myself I am 6'0"; within the context of having learnt to swim, and developed swimming fitness and technique after the age of 25, I have a lifetime best of 57.96; last year I swam 59.65, and I train to do better than that in the 2002ShortCourseNationals in Hawaii starting next week; I didn't develop as a sprinter though, I developed as a distance swimmer; I have the fast-twitch kick of a good sprinter, but unfortunately for me I developed a slow-twitch upper body, even if it is a strong one: in December, 2002 I was doing bench press repetitions of 290 pounds with my 162 pounds body weight, and in June 1998 I was doing bench press repetitions of 320 pounds with my then 158 pounds body weight.

Originally posted by SupaFly Almost all Fr sprinters are taller, or are they all taller? If by 'tall' male sprinters you mean taller than 6'0", then the answer is there were and there are a few sprinters of extremely gifted success at the levels of World, USSwimmingNationals, NCAAs, High School and USMastersSwimming who are under 6'0". I can give examples if prompted; the 'norm' of the male sprinter profile seems to be way over 6'0", though, in the 6'5". So, then the answer is: 'almost', not 'all'. Myself I am 6'0"; within the context of having learnt to swim, and developed swimming fitness and technique after the age of 25, I have a lifetime best of 57.96; last year I swam 59.65, and I train to do better than that in the 2002ShortCourseNationals in Hawaii starting next week; I didn't develop as a sprinter though, I developed as a distance swimmer; I have the fast-twitch kick of a good sprinter, but unfortunately for me I developed a slow-twitch upper body, even if it is a strong one: in December, 2002 I was doing bench press repetitions of 290 pounds with my 162 pounds body weight, and in June 1998 I was doing bench press repetitions of 320 pounds with my then 158 pounds body weight.