Olympic 2012 - Hot bods Part 1

This years Olympic, I had a rather specific interest in watching the games. I used to just watch one or two sport that i like and the rest i couldn't be bothered. But this time round, I particularly wanted to see athlete's bodies. Now don't look at me in a perverted way, although I do admit goggling over really handsome guys. I was more interested in observing the typical physique for each sport. This was what I saw;

Beach Volley / Volleyball

source:  http://www.fitsugar.com/Womens-2012-US-Olympic-Beach-Volleyball-Team-24120762 

Long, lean and toned all over. This particularly is my most favorite figure of all. Not too muscular. The sport requires them to jump and stretch out a lot so i guess that's probably the reason why their overall shape is well proportioned. And also notice their height, a useful requirement when they need to jump. They are mostly tall. That's also probably why they look really lean.

Weight Lifting

In my previous post, I've mentioned that I do a bit of cross fit and some of the workouts entails lifting weights - back squats, front squats, clean & jerk etc. Basically A LOT of squats. Because of that, the thighs tend to become bulky (I know this because its harder for me to find the right size pants now). Watching the Olympics, it's obvious that the weightlifting athletes are very muscular and bulky. Man, those thighs! Yikes! I suppose its because when doing the snatch or clean & jerks, you need very very strong legs to carry all the weight, more than 100kg mind you. The arms also have to be just as strong to lift it above their heads. Since this kind of sport doesn't really need a lot of endurance, hence most of them are not the slim and toned figure. They can be very big but they are mighty. Don't mess with them.

Swimming

The typical physique of a swimmer is that they have very broad shoulders as most of their movements are in the arms.

Diving

Divers have broad shoulders too but not as big as their other swimming counterparts. They are a bit smaller than the swimmers. They are, however a bit more flexible and need all over strength to control their precise movement when they jump off the plank.

Synchronize swimming

For this sport, their bodies are very much smaller than the other swimmers. They are the ballerinas of the aquatic world. They are smaller mainly because, of the three aquatic sport here, this sport requires more stamina as routines are about 2 1/2 - 5 minutes long. In the sports arena, that's quite a long time especially when you need to constantly keep moving (or else, you might just sink). I do noticed one thing about swimmers, their butts are quite flat. :) Me no like.

to be continued...