Did everyone know that each running event in track and field has an IDEAL weight range to be at? It's all about body weight.

curb the bull wrote:

But your posts and threads really are weird. Do you want me to lie to you?

You should simply withhold your anger and control it.

Don't say anything. Just sit there in silence.

Yet again be stronger than your anger. It appears you're just not strong enough at this point.

elephino wrote:

Donovan Bailey 201 lbs

Asafa Powell 194 lbs

Justin Gatlin 175 lbs

Johan Blake 176 lbs

Nesta Carter 154 lbs

Linford Christie 185 lbs

Ato Boldon 165 lbs

Olusoji Fasuba 154 lbs

Leroy Burrell 180 lbs

Maurice Green 180 lbs

Noah Lyles 154 lbs

Jimmy Vicaut 194 lbs

Bruny Surin 190 lbs

Trayvon Bromell 154 lbs

Frankie Fredericks 161 lbs

Mike Rodgers 178 lbs

So if we look at the top 25 all time 100m, and exclude the .0000008% outlier who weighs 6 lbs more than the next guy, we see that the ideal weight range is the narrow band between 154 and 201 lbs.

Your facts are rude.

matt_london_413 wrote:

Alot of these weights don't appear to be accurate.

I'll get into the specifics of what I find later.

For instance Linfords weight on one site has him at 210 I think.

So more than Usain Bolt whose weight was a 0.0000008% outlier.

Got it.

And you will find different weights at different sources. Several of those guys were 154 lbs, which probably comes from "about 70 kg".

coach wrote:

Do you also post under the name Greg?

Me thinks yes. Or they're both in the same psych ward

Thank you. Now we can completely ignore everything Matt London says as it’s clearly complete nonsense.

Matt London, honestly, your posts sound like you’ve got a cocaine habit. Seek help.

Lock the thread.

coach wrote:

Do you also post under the name Greg?

Roundtable discussion with Greg, Matt and Jamin would be brilliant. Maybe throw Rojo in too.

If running performance was truly "all about body weight," Micheal Johnson could have run the 400m world record without ever training just by maintaining his body weight at 176 lbs through diet. This doesn't seem likely to me.

matt_london_413 wrote:

Bolt is an outlier to the norm.. The .0000008 of a percentage point. And due to his height of 6'5 then 205-210 is normal.

Let's stay within the normal range of the whole point of this post here.

The premise of your post is that if you aren't in a certain weight range then you either need to slim down, fatten up or move event.

But how would one find out they're an outlier if they try to fit themselves into the box ?

There is no point in talking about the ideal if you then accept there are outliers.

Thanks for that Matt. Real insightful stuff you posted there. Keep it up.

Why do you type out all of your posts like this?

Are you writing a poem?

A haiku?

A limerick?

It makes your already flawed argument seem even sloppier.