A quick image search turns up kind of the same thing in every running shot - at the very least his shoulders are huge - and you can see it a bit as he does his signature pose, as well. It makes sense to me - he, and sprinters in general use their arms quite a bit. Running has to be a whole-body process to be efficient; a cyclist couldn't do it the same way.
He does look pretty thin around the midsection in everything, though. And yeah, this image might be AI, or just photoshop.
It is an interesting question though, would he be even faster if he weighed less from having smaller shoulders and biceps? Or are those muscles contributing to his speed.
They are definitely contributing to his speed. At that level, people are shaped exactly how they need to be, and if you watch him run, there's a whole lot of arm motion. AFAIK it's basically the legs getting leverage against the arm's opposing swing.
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 67 pts · 174d
Fuck Chuck Norris and fuck these memes about him
Zatore@lemmy.zip · -22 pts · 174d
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 174d
And you as well.
froh42@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 174d
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Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 174d
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daychilde@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 174d
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Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 174d
he's an americunt
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org · 54 pts · 174d
I am glad that this trump loving gun supporter is finally dead.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 174d
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white_nrdy@programming.dev · 2 pts · 174d
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 174d
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Anivia@feddit.org · 4 pts · 174d
Is this ai generated or why is Usain Bolt jacked? He is a lot skinnier irl
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 2 pts · 172d
He's mid-flex while running hard. Runners are slimly built (although sprinters less so), but what is there is pure muscle.
Anivia@feddit.org · 1 pts · 172d
What you are describing is being ripped, not jacked. He is indeed very ripped irl, but not jacked
Being ripped: Having low amounts of bodyfat so your muscles have visible striations and vasularity
Being jacked: Having lots of muscle mass, regardless of definition.
Having so much upper body mass would be a disadvantage for a sprinter
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 1 pts · 171d
TIL they aren't just synonyms, as slang.
A quick image search turns up kind of the same thing in every running shot - at the very least his shoulders are huge - and you can see it a bit as he does his signature pose, as well. It makes sense to me - he, and sprinters in general use their arms quite a bit. Running has to be a whole-body process to be efficient; a cyclist couldn't do it the same way.
He does look pretty thin around the midsection in everything, though. And yeah, this image might be AI, or just photoshop.
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 106d
It is an interesting question though, would he be even faster if he weighed less from having smaller shoulders and biceps? Or are those muscles contributing to his speed.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 1 pts · 95d
They are definitely contributing to his speed. At that level, people are shaped exactly how they need to be, and if you watch him run, there's a whole lot of arm motion. AFAIK it's basically the legs getting leverage against the arm's opposing swing.