Bodies: Cyclists vs. soccer players
07-16-14, 12:12 PM
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Some cyclists stand at 6.3 and way just 10.9 st. Cyclists on average are very skinny, the all rounder riders anyway, they don't work on core strength because they don't need to, but footballers, like any athlete who plays in a contact sport has to develop their core strength.
07-16-14, 12:14 PM
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I think the comment that it may have something to do with image is close to the answer.
My friends on our D1 soccer team at school are pretty scrawny/lanky and a few of them also ride. Maybe the guys who get paid to play are more developed because a part of their money comes from sponsorships, which require that they look good so that women like your wife buy their products.
My friends on our D1 soccer team at school are pretty scrawny/lanky and a few of them also ride. Maybe the guys who get paid to play are more developed because a part of their money comes from sponsorships, which require that they look good so that women like your wife buy their products.
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Take a deep breath, Frenchy. When your argument devolves to "You are", you aren't winning any points any more.
Actually, the response was some mild humor at the expense of soccer, followed by absurd statements and worlds of drama from you.
Point taken. Now here's a suggestion for you: Don't get bent out of shape over a joke. If you don't like the fact that Americans find grownups obsessed with soccer funny, then you might want to pass on soccer threads on English speaking forums dominated by Americans.
Tsk, tsk, such condescension doesn't look good at all. Not at all.
Every single time football is mentioned, every single time, no matter what the context, Americans line up to declare how much they don't like it. This thread was a question about the difference in body types between footballers and cyclists. And what is your response to the question?
"I don't like football. Stop trying to shove football down our throats."
"I don't like football. Stop trying to shove football down our throats."
Over and over again. Ad nauseum. You have a psychological problem about football. I have a suggestion: When someone talks about some aspect of football in a thread on a discussion forum on the internet? A game you hate?
Ignore it. This is obviously not a discussion forum dedicated to football, so the footie stuff will go away.
Ignore it. This is obviously not a discussion forum dedicated to football, so the footie stuff will go away.
If that doesn't do the trick, watch some NASCAR with a Happy Meal and a bag of Doritos. If that still doesn't solve the problem, seek help.
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"Any more"? Pfft. Now he's going to think that he's actually won a point or two which, because he's a soccer fan, he'll interpret as a scoring extravaganza in a landslide victory. Ugh.
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Every single time football is mentioned, every single time, no matter what the context, Americans line up to declare how much they don't like it. This thread was a question about the difference in body types between footballers and cyclists. And what is your response to the question?
Maybe it would be good to just log off for while and go start a riot - I think your team lost.
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Not sure why I keep reading this thread. Maybe the argument is entertaining. However, I'd like to point out that it seems the football (to use the preferred term) fans are the ones going ape s--t over any perceived criticism of their sport. Why do you even care what people think? It's just a sport. It's not like it's really all that important in the grand scheme of things. If I say I think knitting is boring I wonder if all the knitters will freak out and start talking about how knitting is some zen form of art and those who don't get it are just ignorant. To be honest, I kind of like football and will happily watch it, but in general I don't follow it nor really care.
Maybe it would be good to just log off for while and go start a riot - I think your team lost.
Maybe it would be good to just log off for while and go start a riot - I think your team lost.
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It's a bit strange. It doesn't take much of a search to find people "hating on" football, baseball, or other American ball sports in this forum and nobody gets bent out of shape. Make a joke about soccer and based on the response from soccer fans you'd think someone was cat juggling.
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rousseau is infamous for America bashing, almost all of his posts that I can remember involve trolling in one way or another. Just let him be, we aren't going to change his mind regardless of well thought out responses or reciprocated mud slinging.
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Who, cyclists? Please don't say cyclists.
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More people in the world play table tennis than play soccer, so therefore table tennis is more "popular" than soccer. And much more exciting as well.
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Cycling and soccer / football are two sports where little guys can do well. They also are two sports that require (relatively) little upper body strength. Watching the World Cup made me wonder: Why do the soccer guys have much bigger pecs / arms / upper bodies?
I am a straight man, but my wife always wanted to watch the end of World Cup matches just to see the jerseys come off. She has never been interested in seeing jerseys come off at the end of the TDF. Wouldn't the extra weight of a developed upper body hurt the explosive speed of a soccer player just as much as a cyclist? Is it just the culture of the sport, or is there a better reason why so many cyclists look like the guys who get sand kicked on them at the beach?
I am a straight man, but my wife always wanted to watch the end of World Cup matches just to see the jerseys come off. She has never been interested in seeing jerseys come off at the end of the TDF. Wouldn't the extra weight of a developed upper body hurt the explosive speed of a soccer player just as much as a cyclist? Is it just the culture of the sport, or is there a better reason why so many cyclists look like the guys who get sand kicked on them at the beach?
And, those World Cup players pretty much are the spitting image of what most women find attractive, body-wise. Muscular, but not overly so, some body fat and can run for miles. My poor guy had to deal with all the pretty men of soccer on my FB feed (and most females he- and for that matter I- know) for weeks.
... I will miss them.
Cycalists are in Spandex (not flattering well cut uniforms) and are rather scrawny looking in comparison. And, I don't think they kiss each other after winning a race.
07-16-14, 05:52 PM
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I wouldn't even wager on that unless it was an 8 year old girl.
Wait, climber or rouleur?
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No, it is the greatest and most popular game in the world because of its simplicity. About 2/3 of the population on this planet follow it one way or another. Can't say the same about any other sport. Only Americans find it boring. If billions of people around the globe find it interesting and a couple hundred million people in the us find it boring (millions of folks in the us do like soccer especially foreign born citizens), what does that say about the latter? Simple, they don't like something they don't know. Humans always tend to dislike something unfamiliar. Instead they make fun of it because it elevates their ego, makes them feel better.... After all they are real 'mericans!
