Just watching the indoors at Karlsruhe and saw Dongmo (who is kinda skinny for a shot putter) win by a mile over normal fatties like Sophie McKinna (Difference was over a metre)
Question is, is being skinny (for a shot putter) the way to go, as you can move faster and generate more speed? Or is being a massive tub of lard the way to go?
Being a massive tub of lard is the way to go.
There is a shot put move where they do a cartwheel to then launch the shot - that is one where being less of a tub of lard would help.
Fatties should be penalized for the burden they place on the rest of us in the form of increased health insurance premiums. Fat pigs.
Shot putters are like offensive lineman, guards. Back in the 1970s, guards were leaner athletes in the 260 to 270 pound range. There was no N.F.L. Combine in 1970s but we know guards could pull in that era. Some guards were relatively fast for there size. Today, N.F.L. guards are fatsos who average 5.3 40 yard dash. The last of the true pulling guards, Randall McDaniel, a 4.6 40 yard dash man. McDaniel used to do 100 yard repeats with tailbacks, cornerbacks and wide receivers.
U.S. shot putters have gotten chubbier from 1970s to today. Does being chubby make U.S. shot putters better?
U.S. shot putters are chubby because no one is telling U.S. shot putters not to be chubby.
See Randall McDaniel wrote:
Shot putters are like offensive lineman, guards. Back in the 1970s, guards were leaner athletes in the 260 to 270 pound range. There was no N.F.L. Combine in 1970s but we know guards could pull in that era. Some guards were relatively fast for their size. Today, N.F.L. guards are fatsos who average 5.3 40 yard dash. The last of the true pulling guards, Randall McDaniel, a 4.6 40 yard dash man. McDaniel used to do 100 yard repeats with tailbacks, cornerbacks and wide receivers.
U.S. shot putters have gotten chubbier from 1970s to today. Does being chubby make U.S. shot putters better?
U.S. shot putters are chubby because no one is telling U.S. shot putters not to be chubby.