The "ideal" physique for a triathlete (Page 3)

What can? Now it's just pictures of hot ladies - I don't see any of the men complaining I am just jealous because they are all more ripped than I. But if I got paid to train and didn't do anything else, I could probably look like that too.

Now that's buoyancy...

Granted, those are pro's, but there are lots of female triathletes that look like that and still manage to work and have families.  I am most definitely not one of them!  Guess I'm just saying that you don't have to be a pro to look like that.

No, I know. I was actually going to say something to the effect of abs like that ARE humanly possible for non-pro athletes; you just have to work at it! But I didn't want to get called out by people saying "They're pros, there's no way we can ever look like that". I used to dance, and I've seen some RIPPED abs just on kids at my college (not all dancers are anorexic ballerinas - a lot of the modern dance girls were ripped). Heck, I used to have some pretty nice abs back then too, so if I REALLY worked at it, I could get abs like that.

Don't even really need to work at it -- pretty good abs come with swimming, biking, and running...

x2.  I love this sport and what it does for the abs.. whoo   I'll never do crunches again.. S/B/R is much more fun.

j.burnette - 2008-04-18 1:59 PM Hey now! I posted a pic of a dude!!

And it was a very nice pic too

That whole "eating healthy" thing helps too.  Red vines, beer, fries, and wine are strong temptations for me...

Yeah, I don't eat a ton of crap and don't really go out to eat or get fast food often (french fries are my weakness), but when I get really busy, I get lazy and don't eat as many veggies as I should...but bathing suit season is soon, so more motivation to get back into shape!

Mirg - 2008-04-18 4:29 PM

j.burnette - 2008-04-18 12:03 PM When I think of a male I think of this photo. Its acualy what is hanging on my bathroom mirror for motivation every morning. Not even sure who this guy is.

As a married man I'm 100% comfortable in saying that is one good looking guy and someone who I'd like to resemble (if even remotely) if I could ever get rid of the 30lbs that have attached themselves to my @ss.

And as a single girl, I would say that that guy is what I would like my future husband to resemble

Dang, that's tasty, nice and lean, but nice, defined muscle mass. Yum...and to think I actually dated a guy (also a former triathlete) who looked like that...sigh...

you should have mentioned a female so maybe it'd would take to page 3 to see a female photo..

bryancd - 2008-04-18 12:18 PM

amiine - 2008-04-18 12:33 PM

tkbslc - 2008-04-18 11:53 AM

Agreed. But I am just trying to show you guys that good triathletes have no muscle.  The OP was about which body type is ideal for a triathlete.  Well you've got a pic of a pro triathlete and a pro track sprinter.   See the difference?  Freaking skinny for low power long distance, or muscle mass for short distance high power.   Even a sprint tri is a distance/endurance race, so those guys wanna be toothpicks, too.  

If by muscles you are referring to the buff bufferman types well of course not, it is not need it for endurance sports but to state athletes have no muscle is inaccurate. The good thing is that people have different perceptions of what a freaky body might look like; some might consider freaky someone thin and fit while for others might consider Stallone look-alikes in that category. In the end, no everyone is as shallow to be concern about how others perceive them and many can be perfectly happy with their body regardless of shape.

Right, that's what I meant.

Geez, I didn't say that any particular body type was bad.  I also never called anyone freaky.  I just said that elite triathletes want to be on the lower muscle mass end of the spectrum.   Yes I did say they have no muscle, maybe I should have said, relatively little muscle mass instead. 

betsy - 2008-04-18 3:53 PM

tkbslc - 2008-04-18 5:49 PM

bryancd - 2008-04-18 12:18 PM

amiine - 2008-04-18 12:33 PM

tkbslc - 2008-04-18 11:53 AM

Agreed. But I am just trying to show you guys that good triathletes have no muscle.  The OP was about which body type is ideal for a triathlete.  Well you've got a pic of a pro triathlete and a pro track sprinter.   See the difference?  Freaking skinny for low power long distance, or muscle mass for short distance high power.   Even a sprint tri is a distance/endurance race, so those guys wanna be toothpicks, too.  

If by muscles you are referring to the buff bufferman types well of course not, it is not need it for endurance sports but to state athletes have no muscle is inaccurate. The good thing is that people have different perceptions of what a freaky body might look like; some might consider freaky someone thin and fit while for others might consider Stallone look-alikes in that category. In the end, no everyone is as shallow to be concern about how others perceive them and many can be perfectly happy with their body regardless of shape.

Right, that's what I meant.

Geez, I didn't say that any particular body type was bad.  I also never called anyone freaky.  I just said that elite triathletes want to be on the lower muscle mass end of the spectrum.   Yes I did say they have no muscle, maybe I should have said, relatively little muscle mass instead. 

Are you starting trouble again?

Yes.  But is safe to pick a fight here because all triathletes are skinny wimps.