Why are wimbledon lady tennis players so fat?

[BrilloPad]

Well obviously not in absolute terms - but relatively alot of them seem to be carrying a few etra kilos - especially round the stomach. All the men seem to not have an ounce of fat on them.

I am aware women have "shirt potatoes"(fnar fnar) but why carry extra pounds at the top level.

Are they all trying to carry love handles for MTT or summat?

BTW it was not me who said this - it was Mrs BP. I was too busy looking at their knickers to notice their stomachs....

[Mich the Tester]

Well obviously not in absolute terms - but relatively alot of them seem to be carrying a few etra kilos - especially round the stomach. All the men seem to not have an ounce of fat on them.

I am aware women have "shirt potatoes"(fnar fnar) but why carry extra pounds at the top level.

Are they all trying to carry love handles for MTT or summat?

BTW it was not me who said this - it was Mrs BP. I was too busy looking at their knickers to notice their stomachs....

[darmstadt]

[KaiserWilly]

What's the problem with fat chicks? I am into BBWs and I wish there were more birds like Sabine Lisicki et al.

[SueEllen]

Well obviously not in absolute terms - but relatively alot of them seem to be carrying a few etra kilos - especially round the stomach. All the men seem to not have an ounce of fat on them.

I am aware women have "shirt potatoes"(fnar fnar) but why carry extra pounds at the top level.

Are they all trying to carry love handles for MTT or summat?

BTW it was not me who said this - it was Mrs BP. I was too busy looking at their knickers to notice their stomachs....

Unlike in sprinting, long distance running, gymnastics and prof dancing being normal weight in tennis like in shot put, javelin and discus doesn't matter.

The women in real life doing these last group of sports are actually normal size* there as sprinters, long distance runners, gymnasts and professional dancers are actually much thinner than they appear on TV and in photos.

*normal size but thinner than your average British woman.

[Doggy Styles]

They are more attractive with a few extra kilos. Normal in fact.

[BigRed]

Is it because in terms of overall earnings a decent cleavage is more important than a few places in the rankings?

Ideal weight/build for sport has a tremendous variation from the shot putters/rugby players at one end down to the cyclists/long distance runners at the other.

Tennis does seem to be one of the most demanding sports in terms of stamina and I never understand how they put themselves through that pain once they have made their millions. Some sports I understand continuing, golf for one, it's what people do when they retire and take it easy anyway, tennis, boxing, long distance running, once I made a million I would walk away.

[Mich the Tester]

What's the problem with fat chicks? I am into BBWs and I wish there were more birds like Sabine Lisicki et al.

Yep, because she's a real podge. Sabine ate all the pies. Look at all those wobbling blobs of blubberbubbles;







I would.

[Mich the Tester]

They are more attractive with a few extra kilos. Normal in fact.

No, women shaped like Ms Lisicki are attractive. She doesn't have 'extra kilos'. They get uglier with the shortage of kilos that catwalk models have.

[doodab]

Tennis players aren't fat, or skinny. They are about ideal in terms of toned athleticism and healthy weight, unlike many athletes (men too) who maintain artificially low body fat levels.

If I had daughters I'd rather they looked to tennis players rather than models for inspiration. Despite what the doubters say about the importance of looks, it takes a ****load of hard work to make it into the pro ranks and stay there.