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Just a simple question.......

rich347
rich347 Posts: 508 Member
edited January 26 in Chit-Chat
Would you rather have a body of a sprinter or marathon runner?
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  • hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze
    hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze Posts: 1,841 Member
    Can I have yours? I don't want either of those.
  • MommaRoseFitness
    MommaRoseFitness Posts: 87 Member
    marathon runner
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    Between those two option I prefer the sprinters body, so I would rather have that.
  • EmilyEmpowered
    EmilyEmpowered Posts: 650 Member
    Sprinter
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    If I had to choose, a sprinter.
  • imshr3dded
    imshr3dded Posts: 33
    Why not both?
  • suv_hater
    suv_hater Posts: 374 Member
    There's not a simple answer. Most of today's world class sprinters are doping. Bolt, Gatlin, Gay, Blake.... all differentiate in physiques.

    Back in the day, the 100m race looked like this:

    jesse_owens_1936_02.jpg


    Now they look like cyborgs with all the dope they take plus advanced nutrition. Gatlin could've played football. Jesse Owens would've gotten smashed.


    I would like marathoner legs and bigger biceps.

    628x471.jpg
  • Otter1422
    Otter1422 Posts: 162 Member
    Sprinter, no question.
  • LeeshLove
    LeeshLove Posts: 197
    I would have to go with the marathon runner!!
  • kms1320
    kms1320 Posts: 599 Member
    Sprinter
  • Heather_Rider
    Heather_Rider Posts: 1,159 Member
    Can I have yours? I don't want either of those.

    ^ WIN.
  • sarahg148
    sarahg148 Posts: 701 Member
    Sprinter...definitely!!!
  • d9123
    d9123 Posts: 531 Member
    There's not a simple answer. Most of today's world class sprinters are doping. Bolt, Gatlin, Gay, Blake.... all differentiate in physiques.

    Back in the day, the 100m race looked like this:

    jesse_owens_1936_02.jpg


    Now they look like cyborgs with all the dope they take plus advanced nutrition. Gatlin could've played football. Jesse Owens would've gotten smashed.


    I would like marathoner legs and bigger biceps.

    628x471.jpg
    lol strong assumptions
  • PoopieMonster
    PoopieMonster Posts: 295 Member
    It depends on which sprinter and marathon runner you're referring to. :wink:
  • MaybeAMonkey
    MaybeAMonkey Posts: 247
    Marathoner ... I've always wanted slim, muscular, well-defined legs. I have tree-trunk legs, genetics has been unkind. ;)
  • craigmandu
    craigmandu Posts: 976 Member
    I would say sprinter. But I ran track in high school, so I'm kinda biased.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    Are we talking in terms of aesthetics or performance? Because if it's the latter I'd pick marathon. Sprinting ain't worth *kitten* compared to 30+ miles...!
  • rich347
    rich347 Posts: 508 Member
    Are we talking in terms of aesthetics or performance? Because if it's the latter I'd pick marathon. Sprinting ain't worth *kitten* compared to 30+ miles...!

    I'm talking about as far as looks go
  • bushidowoman
    bushidowoman Posts: 1,599 Member
    Looks? Martial artist. :wink:
  • 2stepscloser
    2stepscloser Posts: 2,900 Member
    Sprinter
  • TheBeerRunner
    TheBeerRunner Posts: 2,777 Member
    Looks? Sprinter. Most marathoners are string beans. No thanks.
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    Are we talking in terms of aesthetics or performance? Because if it's the latter I'd pick marathon. Sprinting ain't worth *kitten* compared to 30+ miles...!


    NO.....NO
  • ChrisR0se
    ChrisR0se Posts: 1,855 Member
    Mma fighter.
  • El_Cunado
    El_Cunado Posts: 359 Member
    Sprinter
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Sprinter all day.

    Mad props to both are amazing to me as far as their abilities.
  • lillith1991
    lillith1991 Posts: 70
    If it was life or death? Sprinter. But to throw a wrench in the works id say a shot put or discus throwers body. I loved doing that when I was in middle school. One of the few girls that did in my middle school.
  • FitFunFabulousNicole
    FitFunFabulousNicole Posts: 94 Member
    Sprinter :)
  • cwkaty
    cwkaty Posts: 261 Member
    Sprinter... Built for speed!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Sprinter. I'd be thoroughly unhappy with a marathoners body.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    sprinter looks better me thinks.
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