People over 5 9"

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Quote from: 182.5cm on August 30, 2014, 05:45:51 PMi'm 182 cm and i want to be 187 cm

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Quote from: mrtall on August 30, 2014, 05:21:49 PMI'm sorry, you are seriously delusional. You know as well as I do that if you could have chosen your height you would have chosen 6' minimum.

first of all saying small people are "better" at calorie intake is just stupid.. its not a competition.

At this height you feel practically invincible to the average untrained brawler.

As for the matter of athletic ability, this is a mute point:

World's fastest man: usain Bolt 6'5
greatest Boxer of all time: Muhammed Ali 6'3,
greatest quarterback of all time:  Tom Brady: 6'4
greatest tennis player of our time: Roger Federer 6'1
EUFA best soccer player in europe 2014: Cristiano CRonnie7: 6'1
Current UFC heavyweight champion: Cain Velasquez: 6'1

Finally, it has been shown in countless studies that height and intelligence are correlated. I can give you links if you wish.

You need to chill out about these FACTS.

Not all of these are FACTS. Usain Bolt is the fastest man, you're right with that one. Ali as the greatest boxer is disputable, and there are shorter boxers with incredible talent and skills (Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao) who could very well be considered the greatest of all times in some years. Messi is equally if not more talented and gifted at playing football. Height and intelligence may be correlated, but not because taller people are better.

Conclusions is, neither short nor taller people are better than another.

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Quote from: Wannabegiant on August 30, 2014, 05:34:50 PMPound for pound i dont think taller people are more athletic than shorter ones. With that i mean relative to their size/weight, the abilities of shorter people are more impressive. However when breaking world records and gaining interest from the public masses, then higher numbers and larger people is the answer, thats what people care the most about.

For example in the UFC, its very easy to observe that the smaller weight classes are way more skilled and talented on average, while the bigger fighters are slower, have worse coordination, less stamina etc. You might make the argument that being bigger genetically means you are not physically able to be as fast or coordinated as a shorter man, and that might be true, but it doesnt contradict the statement that shorter/smaller fighters are considered more skilled.

As for the height/intelligence correlation, the causality might be misleading. maybe the correlation is because taller people might get better nutrition which in turn made them taller and thus their brains more developed? maybe not but since we cannot really define intelligence or truly measure it yet this height/intelligence correlation cannot be considered a fact as of now.

Einstein was a short man and is smarter than majority of people living today many decades later with better environmental standards.

No. Einstein was above average height for his era at 5'9.

Who cares who is more skilled at what? What matters is winning medals PERIOD.

Mayweather etc, might be best for their weight class, but they wouldn't even go 2 rounds against beaten up, worn out declining Ali.

infact, I think I could probably beat Mayweather.. is that supposed to impress me?

What matters to most is who is the toughest of all time? who is the fastest of all time? I don't care 2 cents that some 5'2 guy has faster handspeed.. I wanna know who is the baddest mofo on the planet as a total package.. and they, in 90% of cases are above 6'0 in all sports.

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Quote from: Wannabegiant on August 30, 2014, 05:34:50 PMPound for pound i dont think taller people are more athletic than shorter ones. With that i mean relative to their size/weight, the abilities of shorter people are more impressive. However when breaking world records and gaining interest from the public masses, then higher numbers and larger people is the answer, thats what people care the most about.

For example in the UFC, its very easy to observe that the smaller weight classes are way more skilled and talented on average, while the bigger fighters are slower, have worse coordination, less stamina etc. You might make the argument that being bigger genetically means you are not physically able to be as fast or coordinated as a shorter man, and that might be true, but it doesnt contradict the statement that shorter/smaller fighters are considered more skilled.

As for the height/intelligence correlation, the causality might be misleading. maybe the correlation is because taller people might get better nutrition which in turn made them taller and thus their brains more developed? maybe not but since we cannot really define intelligence or truly measure it yet this height/intelligence correlation cannot be considered a fact as of now.

Einstein was a short man and is smarter than majority of people living today many decades later with better environmental standards.

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He gets it ^.

mrtall you dont so go back to your way of seeing things kbye,

Little correction there :

Greates boxer of all time : Mike tyson 5'10.

Greatest quarter back of all time: That does not even make sense, He got that position mainly because he looks the part and weighs over 200 pounds. Majority of "fotballers".. gosh that sport is so out of fashion only inbreed americans watch that  .
Majority of fotballers are only tall because that is the way the sport is designed in the real world the 6'4 guy would be out of gas the first 2 minutes. Then the shorter guy would just need to push him over to win.

Worlds fastest man: Usain bolt, only because he got longer strides he is generally on 5th place the first 40 meters then he antilops his way to the finish line. So no, Mr.gay is faster than usain bolt if the rules was not in favour of the tall man.

Also i like how you only picked sports that are designed for tall peope in the first place, you dumb fk xD

The worlds greatest fotballer that has ever lived is 5'6 and his name is lionel messi you ignorant little rat.

There has already been studies to support that short guys are better than tall guys pound for pound.

We are not taking in social aspects and animalistic decodings into the discussion because those are the reason we want to get taller in the first place...duh..

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Quote from: Slim_tim on August 30, 2014, 06:03:31 PM'
He gets it ^.

He gets it more than you, that's for sure.

Tyson greatest boxer?

1. Tyson is above average height for his generation
2. Tyson got floored by 6'1 Holyfield, 6'3 Buster Douglas during his so called prime.

He was the best in the world for about 1 year, I'll give you that

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i agree with @mrtall, tall men are generally more stronger, i think it's because they are heavier.
I play football, they are harder too push when they have the ball, and of course they can push you easier.
It's worse in handball or rugby, i never play rugby though, but it seems obvious.
I don't know wether tall men are faster, but they are stronger and have a better reach, which means they have an advantage in most sport especially the collective ones and martial arts.

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Quote from: mrtall on August 30, 2014, 06:01:59 PMNo. Einstein was above average height for his era at 5'9.

Who cares who is more skilled at what? What matters is winning medals PERIOD.

Mayweather etc, might be best for their weight class, but they wouldn't even go 2 rounds against beaten up, worn out declining Ali.

infact, I think I could probably beat Mayweather.. is that supposed to impress me?

What matters to most is who is the toughest of all time? who is the fastest of all time? I don't care 2 cents that some 5'2 guy has faster handspeed.. I wanna know who is the baddest mofo on the planet as a total package.. and they, in 90% of cases are above 6'0 in all sports.

No, not to me. What matters to me is who is the most talented, quickest and best fighter against guys his weight class. It's because he makes the most out of what was given to him by nature. I'm not impressed by some 7 feet, untrained giant knocking down everyone, but I'm impressed by a average or short guy who has perfect control over his body and beats up guys much heavier than him (that's what Mayweather does on a regular basis). It means that he has worked hard for his success.

It's not only me as well. Welterweight is the class where the big, multi-million dollar fights happen, while heavyweight is practically dead and no one outside of Germany is interested in the Klitschkos (nothing against them, they are great fighters too).

Yeah, and if it were you against Mayweather, he would probably beat your nose bloody and be gone before you even noticed what happened. 

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Quote from: 182.5cm on August 30, 2014, 06:13:22 PMi agree with @mrtall, tall men are generally more stronger, i think it's because they are heavier.
I play football, they are harder too push when they have the ball, and of course they can push you easier.
It's worse in handball or rugby, i never play rugby though, but it seems obvious.
I don't know wether tall men are faster, but they are stronger and have a better reach, which means they have an advantage in most sport especially the collective ones and martial arts.

When I've done martial arts or boxing.. or got in fights, its the tall ones not the short ones who intimidate me and I'm 6'7!

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Quote from: mrtall on August 30, 2014, 06:09:17 PMHe gets it more than you, that's for sure.

Tyson greatest boxer?

1. Tyson is above average height for his generation
2. Tyson got floored by 6'1 Holyfield, 6'3 Buster Douglas during his so called prime.

He was the best in the world for about 1 year, I'll give you that

He was out of his prime against Holyfield, and he didn't even train against Douglas.