Carl Lewis swinging on silks in the WSJ. In tights, no less. The whole world thinks T&F athletes are sissies...

Carl can wear what he wants. He's among the greatest athletes who ever lived, and your homophobia does not change that.[/quote]

Let me see I once had a Brown bear in Canada turn at 100 yds and sprint towards me. The ground shook I swear to God. His roaring hurt my ears at 60 yds. THAT WAS FEAR! You fools suggest we fear Gays, Muslims etc. Its always a phobia. Wrong its not fear...its like stepping out in a yard of dogs who have piles of crap all over the yard. You don't want top to step in a pile...same as all your accusations of phobia. I don't fear the piles I just don't want it anywhere around me let alone the stink.

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Tootoot wrote:

NFL players doing ballet:

Lynn Swann:

http://ksnn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Lynn-Swann-1024x801.jpg

Herschel Walker:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod_sussleimg/Ballet-385467ef2c6205385d5ebd21edbb74cc.jpg

Steve McLendon:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/22954120/steve-mclendon-ballet-is-harder-than-anything-else-i-do

pffffft

nobody challenges the aphaness of nfl players (except the kickers)

nothing has changed . . . the perception of T&F has always been this...

also known for being bitter, exaggerators, and weaklings

I've never heard this except on letsrun.

Lib Rules wrote:

Alpo Eater wrote:

another major PR blow, especially for males.

swinging around like a fairy in tights just doesn't look good

And, From the subject you use the word "sissies."

Why can't people just be people. Why does a male have to shy away from what you believe is not masculine? Why does a female have to shy away from what you believe is not feminine?

Can you drop the gender normative BS and move on? The world is waiting for you.

Unfortunately I can't even tell who is on what side at this point. Anybody who gives a sheet about CL and how he exercises has greater issues to deal with. His sexuality has absolutely nothing to do with anything, and any innuendo suggesting otherwise is simply....well, simple.

The whole world doesn't think enough about track and field to think it's full of "sissies" or not.

Why all the talk about being gay? OP called him a sissy, not gay. Being gay has nothing to do with it. The issue is flying around on silk trapeze swings.

I know gay guys who are tougher than nails.

Only people conflating this silk swinging in tights activity with being gay are homophobic bigots. What does it matter to any of you whether he likes guys or girls? The point of the thread is that trapeze swinging in tights is pretty lame, no matter how difficult it might be.

Would "queer" be better?

But seriously, where Xfit guy on this?

"Sometimes (Lewis) has linguine with clam sauce, minus the clams"

Yeah, I kinda figured he wasn't into "clams."

At this point, it would be more hilarious if it turned out that Carl was hetero, and baffled by all the guys hitting on him for the last 35 years. Where is The Onion or Flight Of The Conchords when you need them?

If he had chosen to do those exercises on ropes, wearing sweats, with other MALES in the room we wouldn't have anything to talk about.

He was always effeminate. He may be gay, but who really cares.

I felt sorry for Bruce Jenner before he started capitalizing on his situation and parading himself around in front of the world.

Carl did an ad in Japan in 1997 in which he wore high heels as he crouched in a sprint start position.... I once worked on a campaign that was going to use Mr. Lewis for some high profile international ads until I showed them that Japan ad. End of story.. We used another celebrity..

dwightarm wrote:

I can't tell if you're being serious about this. These photos actually offend you cuz you think he looks like a sissy? When he's just doing rehab work?

How insecure can one man get??

My thoughts and another thought that crossed my mind is- what's wrong with a guy swinging around like that with a bunch of women?

Maybe the OP would be more secure with a sport like football- where you can pat men on the butt and hug them, bring them down to the ground, and roll around with them.

Hmmmm, who's the "sissy" now?

Carl Lewis stated a few years ago that he cannot run at all. He has some sort of auto-immune condition that makes impact workouts impossible.

Ben L Wrong wrote:

Lowbrow wrote:

Newsflash #1 - Carl Lewis is gay.

Newsflash #2 - he cannot do any impact workouts. This happened to DDR athletes - they were so doped they did workouts their bodies were not designed for, over years. The result is they have serious muscular and joint damage later in life. I'd assume the same is true of Lewis.

Not true at all.

Ben Johnson (the king of the stanozolol cycles) was STRIDING a 11.4 leg two years ago. No real practice. He only trained 2 weeks before the event.

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250524-2013-Toronto-International-Track-Field-Games-NTL-2/video/714035-M-4x100-F01pro-am-PRO-AM-Ben-Johnson-goes-2-for-2#.Ve9vsdJ_Oko

He still has that sub 11- ability in his body. Like Michael Jordan still dunking the ball easily at his 50's.

"Fairies??" "Sissies??" Why is this kind of language permitted on letsrun.com? And made a featured thread?

These "silks" are a perfectly legitimate, gender-neutral form of exercise.

"Swinging around like a fairy in tights?" WTF is with you, Alpo Eater? (Those aren't tights, by the way; they look like bicycle pants to me.)

starmiler wrote:

"Fairies??" "Sissies??" Why is this kind of language permitted on letsrun.com? And made a featured thread?

These "silks" are a perfectly legitimate, gender-neutral form of exercise.

"Swinging around like a fairy in tights?" WTF is with you, Alpo Eater? (Those aren't tights, by the way; they look like bicycle pants to me.)

This is exactly what I was getting at earlier, except I was only speaking to the OP. Interesting take that the mods should be held accountable. I didn't think of that.

i know none of the young guys will get this

but the male to female ratio in these photos is TOTALLY in CL's favor.

and for 55, hes surrounded by a bunch of pretty damn good looking women and being financially propped by Mary Cullen...well played Mr Lewis

That dude is a bottom, or at the very least a cross dresser. Not that I care, but I don't know why he's still in the closet. If someone ever had a gay face, it was Carl Lewis.

Also, I think sprinters have a pretty good rep. Even doing the stupid "beast" pose I don't think there is much to say about a guy that looks like Yohan Blake. Even during Lewis's era you had Johnson looking like a damn body builder. It's the distance runners that usually catch the queer comments, and who can blame them with Rupp and Farah playing footsie in tighty whiteys in hot tubs?

I think it's funny that he talks about the need for flexibility and regretting not working on it competing, since there was just a study regarding "the flexibility gene" that completely contradicts this. In old age it is beneficial, but for speed you run faster with tighter springs, which is why you listen to a coach and not an athlete for advice.

Regarding his new workout routine, these kinds of classes are fine if you are just trying to stay active and be a little more balanced, but you're not going to get any faster by racing your cat up your curtains in a pike position. The weight room is absolutely beneficial, and we have come a long way since his time towards improving the exercises.

Lowbrow wrote:

Newsflash #1 - Carl Lewis is gay.

Newsflash #2 - he cannot do any impact workouts. This happened to DDR athletes - they were so doped they did workouts their bodies were not designed for, over years. The result is they have serious muscular and joint damage later in life. I'd assume the same is true of Lewis.

Isn't this self-contradictory? I mean, if he is gay, shouldn't that imply that he handles impact workouts well?

a;kjlfajk;lfsdkfdj;afkjl wrote:

i know none of the young guys will get this

but the male to female ratio in these photos is TOTALLY in CL's favor.

and for 55, hes surrounded by a bunch of pretty damn good looking women and being financially propped by Mary Cullen...well played Mr Lewis

yet I bet he is going for the male instructor