Guy who wins stage 16 of Tour De France posts pic of his legs.. Why don't runner legs ever look like this???

That's not Michael Matthews.

You've never seen Max King's legs, have you?

My legs usually look like that after a hard workout or race

I find that sexy, attractive, desirable

But I'm a guy?

I am fascinated that the best marathons legs definitely do not look like that. Take a look at Kipchoge's legs, just slender, non vascular legs. Same with Rupp.

Fake news.

Da fuq? Poljanski was 66th yesterday, not the stage winner. Do you internet?

Broken Feets wrote:

Seriously, why don't pro marathons ever look like this but a cyclist does?

Perhaps because marathoners are more intelligent.

P.S. marathons would look like roads and scenery.

There was a pic of Rupp's legs looking like this but I cant find it right now.

Probably helps to be really dehydrated to get that cut look.

not quite as impressive but a similar thing. Andy Vernon:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_VigtwWwAAizNk.jpg

If the best marathoners ran for 6 hours straight their legs would probably look like that. The reason TDF bikers legs look like this is a 'perfect storm' of three factors

1. Very lean, shows veins. Runners also have this going for them.

2. Very strong cardiovascular system, they pump A LOT more blood around especially into their legs. Again runners have this going for them.

3. Long duration of activity, this is the kicker, since they are in the saddle for so long day after day the blood spends a lot of time in their legs meaning the veins really pop. This is where runners vary- I haven't seen pictures of ultra runners legs at the end but I could imagine they look similar.

MaxHawk wrote:

3. Long duration of activity, this is the kicker, since they are in the saddle for so long day after day the blood spends a lot of time in their legs meaning the veins really pop. This is where runners vary- I haven't seen pictures of ultra runners legs at the end but I could imagine they look similar.

There are a number of good reasons noted so far but this item is one of the keys. This is part of the reason but one of the biggest reasons for this particular image is the "day after day" statement. These guys to are probably very similar to elite marathoners in many aspects as far as vasculaization, etc. but with a little more muscle mass. They also start the TDF at similar with body fat at 3-6 %. Grand tour riders having raced for three weeks will not be keeping up with the caloric needs even with all that they eat so they lose even more weight by the end. Coupled with the H2O loss of the daily stage you get this look. Jena Voight gives a good statement about that in the article.

MaxHawk wrote:

3. Long duration of activity, this is the kicker, since they are in the saddle for so long day after day the blood spends a lot of time in their legs meaning the veins really pop. This is where runners vary- I haven't seen pictures of ultra runners legs at the end but I could imagine they look similar.

There are a number of good reasons noted so far but this item is one of the keys. This is part of the reason but one of the biggest reasons for this particular image is the "day after day" statement. These guys to are probably very similar to elite marathoners in many aspects as far as vasculaization, etc. but with a little more muscle mass. They also start the TDF at similar with body fat at 3-6 %. Grand tour riders having raced for three weeks will not be keeping up with the caloric needs even with all that they eat so they lose even more weight by the end. Coupled with the H2O loss of the daily stage you get this look. Jena Voight gives a good statement about that in the article.

Vascularity has a lot to do with dehydration.

Alan

Dehydration for sure plays a role.

Also highly relevant is that this is towards the end of the tour. Runner's obviously stay just as lean as good cyclists in general; but at the end of the TdF most cyclists start to get reallllyyyyy low on BF, definitely to where it hampers performance. Most riders say it just isn't possible to eat enough to support the demands of the race.

So you take an already lean, 6-8% BF athlete; have him race for two and a half weeks so his BF drops down below 6%, and combine that with a hard day in the saddle and dehydration and you get something that looks like that.

Faker news wrote:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ea/e7/06/eae70620719eef1b4029f1431948d8c0.jpg

Thank you, tired of the fat half wits on here.

Concentric v. eccentric