• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    To be fair: Being “raised” differently does change a fair bit. I know a woman who’s a body builder. She’s way, way stronger than me. Male bodybuilders are still stronger than her, but she’s quite a bit stronger than the average man.

    But at professional sports level it all comes down to minute differences, and genetics clearly play a large factor in there.

    Most man are also not genetically fitting for most professional-level sports. I’d even go as far as to say that most professional athletes just fit their sport and are also not fitting for most other sports. A football player and a swimmer are just built very differently.

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      4 hours ago

      A football player and a swimmer are just built very differently.

      American Football uses damn near every body type you can think of. A lineman, wide receiver, quarterback, and kicker are all going to have wildly different body types. I’ve always found that pretty interesting.