Why do so many cyclists look like skinny wee junkies?

[Ming the Merciless]

Yeaahhh... that's an edited photo, here's the original, more human looking Boonen View attachment 601116

My God he looks so frail and unhealthy 😂🤣. OP would hate to look like that.

 

[DCLane]

I spend my weekends/evenings around these "skinny wee junkies" (son no. 2's 5' 7" and 53kg) and they're incredibly fit, which is why they look how they do.

Track sprinters however, and some TT'ers, are quite a bit chunkier.

 

[Milzy]

I think if you actually trained as hard and as often as those guys, you would loose all excess body fat within weeks.

I know a few who will do 200 miles a week but cafe stop fry ups keep the belly on.

 

[Beebo]

Why are Sumo wrestlers so fat?

Why are basketball players so tall
Why are rowing cox’s so small
Why do swimmers have big shoulders.

All questions that require an answer.

 

[cyberknight]

Why are basketball players so tall
Why are rowing cox’s so small
Why do swimmers have big shoulders.

All questions that require an answer.

Indeed sports specific training and genetic attributes that either help you succeed or fail depending on how hard you train and what your born with .

 

[cyberknight]

I spend my weekends/evenings around these "skinny wee junkies" (son no. 2's 5' 7" and 53kg) and they're incredibly fit, which is why they look how they do.

Track sprinters however, and some TT'ers, are quite a bit chunkier.

same height as your lad but a tad older
Im actually the lightest i have been in years at 10 stone so 9 kg heavier and i actually have lost power , cycle mate i compare to pantani he says im more of a lemond build to quote him

 

[purpan]

To be fair, there are repeated allegations that pro cyclists are abusing weight loss drugs.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

I’d like to see you beat the skinny frail weak bloke. You’d get slaughtered. What does that make you?🤣😂

You got this topic 100% wrong. It's not about who's stronger in cycling, that was never up for debate. It's just about why do so many pro cyclists in their 20's look like 40 year olds who spent their lives eating instant noodles and drinking buckfast.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

What if we had bike-boxing, ride say, 50 km, every 10 km both stop for a round? Or perhaps start with 5 rounds, with another 5 at the end?

Wouldn't be fair to the current pro cyclists. Boxers would just knock them out in 5 seconds and then leisurely cycle their way to victory

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You got this topic 100% wrong. It's not about who's stronger in cycling, that was never up for debate. It's just about why do so many pro cyclists in their 20's look like 40 year olds who spent their lives eating instant noodles and drinking buckfast.

He looks very healthy and how we should do. You’ve just got normalised to how your body is, which isn’t fit or healthy. I’m sure his metabolic health will be head and shoulders above yours.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

He looks very healthy and how we should do.

So you say that in our 20's we should all look twice our age and incredibly underweight compared to what medical science say?

Ok then, I understand your way of thinking. LOL

 

[dodgy]

Mate, you've not a clue. Jack it in.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

So you say that in our 20's we should all look twice our age and incredibly underweight compared to what medical science say?

Ok then, I understand your way of thinking. LOL

He looks about 12 to me but just shows how we can’t rely on what we think we see when it comes to age. He has 7 golds, 2 silvers and a bronze. You can’t do that unless you are very fit and healthy.

 

[jowwy]

You got this topic 100% wrong. It's not about who's stronger in cycling, that was never up for debate. It's just about why do so many pro cyclists in their 20's look like 40 year olds who spent their lives eating instant noodles and drinking buckfast.

geraint thomas doesnt, neither does ritchie porte.........

 

[fair weather cyclist]

Mate, you've not a clue. Jack it in.

wow great contribution. worthy of being put on my ignore list