OT - Tennis Players' Arms
Caught the end of the match today, and I've always known that tennis players have 1 dominant arm thats a lot bigger than their other... but do these people like, not even weight train the other arm?
From this angle Nadal looks jacked
And then you see him straight on... and it looks like he's standing in front of a fun house mirror. Look at the shoulders and biceps differences... I mean, wow.
Anyone a bigger tennis fan/player than I and understand why there is THIS much disparity between his arms? I realize that the one gets bigger playing tennis... but THIS much? And he doesnt lift to try to keep himself more symmetrically strong? (I realize that what he's doing is working... but it just looks weird)
And for comedy's sake... more weird looking Tennis players' arms:
and possibly the best one yet...
Have you ever seen a blacksmith? The arm they swing the hammer with is build like an oak tree. The arm they do the precise work is an order of magnitude smaller.
What is the point of lifting weights to work out the off arm? Just looks? A strong off arm isn't needed, so why do it?
I would think that the asymmetry would be a negative in some ways... the same way that if you work out your biceps you should work out your triceps.
I could be totally off, it's working for these people... I just think it looks crazy
Two of the four people you posted pictures of have won titles at Wimbledon. I would say they are doing just fine how they are.
Anna Kournikova had great arms and legs and...well, everything and she never won a damn thing
Oh yeah sure, let me walk around the corner to the blacksmith's shoppe. I'll take a look.
I've been watching the Tour de France lately and bikers have the same issue. Muscular legs and scrawny arms. I think the scrawny arms provides for less wind resistance.
...also had big legs and tiny little arms. Hell of a bike racer.
I think most of those shots are from bad angles, but I'm not surprised that there's a difference. These people probably practice tennis for hours every day. When you're playing 5+ hours a day, one arm is going to be bigger than the other, because you're not lifting weights for anywhere near that long.
This shouldn't surprise you if you've ever played tennis. Here's a better Serena example
I watch a lot of tennis, have for years, and sorry, but there is no way this is real.
I don't know how that's a pre-requisite for determining if the pic is real or not. I watch tennis a lot too, I believe it.
I think it's real but it might just be an awkward angle. Her biceps are big, but not THAT big...
...at least the manly one, are most likely on something. Rumor has swirled that Nadal had a postiive test result but the ATP kept it quiet. The female tennis player below is obviously on BGH.
Is no longer is so well endowed after a performance enhancing surgery.
True, but she's still a babe and a half
True, but i still prefer the giant front meat.
The interesting thing about Nadal is that he is actually a righty, but his uncle and coach forced him to start playing lefty as a kid. He does everything righty except his a tennis ball. Watch him throw his wristbands into the stand--the throws them with his right arm. I think he's pretty ripped on both sides.
I played tennis in college and am currently a college tennis coach. My dominant arm is much stronger than the other, which makes sense I think. I think that's true for most tennis players.
...no one will ever accuse him of being on something. And what a great tennis player he is...too bad he's on the decline.
...are two different things. Obviously you don't realize that. And of course he's going to be tested. They test their players and the top players are going to be tested a lot.
Too much exercise on one side:
I believe he is an arm wrestler, though I always thought the guys had wrestle both arms so that nobody had a dominant-handle advantage.
Pretty sure that's not from arm wrestling....
of the World Jerk Off Champion?
Hit what?
But pretty sure this post wasn't intended for you
... all that's missing from this post is the volleyball scene from Top Gun.
