As a former college swimmer genetics play a bigger part in swimming than you think. Swimming has such a strict ceiling of improvement due to it being a very low variable sport. Other sports like soccer and hockey have so many variables involved that you can get away with less than desiarable genetics. Men will hit their ceiling by 22 and woman by 18, at that age practice preserves your skills not improve them.
Then hed (potentially) just be another passerby you'd live out your life never considering his existence. It's kind of mind blowing how thay works, butterfly effect I guess! Think about the people who might have taken a left instead of a right, altering some potentially amazing course, or could even a disastrous one! Life's so funny that way.
If you are over 6 feet and you feel low, you should go to a psychologist because something is not right in you, or in your self-esteem. That he (Phelps) is very very tall, does not make you short.
Actually, in some European countries 6ft is below average height. Personally, I am just over 6'1, but here in India that's considered really tall. So yeah, it depends on which part of the world you're in
Whites have longer torsos to leg ratios. This gives them an advantage in the water due to a lower center of gravity. This allows them to be more buoyant and can gain more momentum in the water. Blacks have longer leg to torso ratios. This gives them the advantage while running and jumping. Longer strides and with a higher center of gravity more downward force in their strides. It also aids in their jumping abilities. Hard work can always overcome any obstacles tho! 🏊♂️🤽♂️⛹🏾♂️🏃🏿♂️
The rub is that hard work cannot overcome the obstacle if the obstacle is a person just at talented as you working just as hard as you but with a body build better than yours.
I have to agree and disagree. It really depends on what type of swimming. Long legs is ideal for freestyle and backstroke. Also black people tend to have skinnier calves with big flat feet. Africans have a lot of aquatic traits. I think it’s culture that prevents black people from swimming. In Cameroon sand mining divers are top tier swimmers.
I have similar genetics to him, except my hands, feet and arms aren't as sized. I sat down with a 6'8" guy and felt 2 inches taller than him and I'm 5'11".
why is a man with so many genetic specificities aloud to compete without having to change his genetic features while a woman, such as Semenya, with her own set of genetic features, is required to change them to compete?
Phelps has amazing bone structure- Semenya has higher testosterone than other females. It’s a matter of hormones. If Phelps had too high of testosterone he wouldn’t be able to compete either.
@@Zanabery the point is that certain inherited biological features are accepted while others are not. Why hormones are a point of contention but not his very unique bone structure? you see my point? At the end of the day, we have a reification of hormones as a problem, forgetting that Phelps' wing span, double joints, large feet - all of which gives him massive advantage - are not taken into account...seems unfair to me. What are your thoughts?
@@interestingvideos4me I understand what you are coming from. I feel like the difference is that if women were allowed to compete with a high testosterone level it would encourage women to take small doses of testosterone to reach that level. On the other hand- Phelps is just born the way he was and people aren’t able to modify their genetics to be built like him. It sucks for her absolutely but keeps the playing field more fair in my opinion.
@@Zanabery thanks for sharing your views! I guess we partially agree with each other (and it is cool to see that a proper 'conversation' can happen online, without attacks and all!) I guess the topic is potentially controversial, so let's keep following the developments around it!
@@interestingvideos4me appreciate the civil discourse! It’s really rare for that to happen these days. Keep being open minded and so will I! That’s the only way to learn
@@angiebelle33 loool , quit making excuses , what was phelps time in 2012 when he was 27? 51.21 , and it was almost the same at 31 , if hed raced joseph at 27 he wouldve lost as well . Bs is what i call
@@Bo55world genetic editing, CRISPR, Gene Dopping, whatever you will find out when searching for these stuff is just a surface, this technology is been used massively underground, soon we will see superhumans everywhere.
Almost every sport has testosterone testing and a cap, even men's sports don't allow testosterone levels above a certain point. It's not exclusive to women, I don't know why certain people think it is
I hope everyone remembers that his speed isn't only a product of genetics, but also thousands and thousands of hours of dedicated work :)
But if you can never match it what's the point?
As a former college swimmer genetics play a bigger part in swimming than you think. Swimming has such a strict ceiling of improvement due to it being a very low variable sport. Other sports like soccer and hockey have so many variables involved that you can get away with less than desiarable genetics. Men will hit their ceiling by 22 and woman by 18, at that age practice preserves your skills not improve them.
@@MT-mk6qz i disagree completely in the last part
You can still improve your skill passing the 22yo
Just as happens with Caster Semenya. I hope they leave her alone or else go also after Phelps' medals...
I also hope everyone remembers that his speed is not only thousands of hours of dedicated work but also the product of genetics! ;)
Imagine the amount of people who have the absolute perfect body for a sport but are introduced in the sport
Makes me wonder if I’m missin out!
Btw I love Metallica
What
did you mean to say: not?
if not, what kinda comment is this??
@@elainekellogg6345 don't worry. WHO THE FUCK CARES??!
@@circasurvive9891 thing he meant that.
This guy is born to swim, Imagine if he didn't get exposed to swimming and started playing table tennis instead..
Ayo whats wrong with table tennis
@@yo-eu8yb 😂
@@ytkaci 🤣🤣
Then hed (potentially) just be another passerby you'd live out your life never considering his existence. It's kind of mind blowing how thay works, butterfly effect I guess! Think about the people who might have taken a left instead of a right, altering some potentially amazing course, or could even a disastrous one! Life's so funny that way.
If he was born in india he would have been engineer
that is a long pokedex entry god damn
Legend 💯
He should play AQUAMAN........or NAMOR!!!!
Pls stop
Just imagine Auqaman looking like Michael phelps.
namor i can see
btw 6ft is not a short person!!
arihack as a guy who is just just under 6 feet I can say I feel short af
If you are over 6 feet and you feel low, you should go to a psychologist because something is not right in you, or in your self-esteem. That he (Phelps) is very very tall, does not make you short.
Actually, in some European countries 6ft is below average height. Personally, I am just over 6'1, but here in India that's considered really tall. So yeah, it depends on which part of the world you're in
Udiyaman Shukla dude I’m from uk and there are kids that are age 13-15 who are a lot taller than me. I’m 6ft myself
Udiyaman Shukla when u walk in public being 6,1. Do u feel tall. Are average ppl shorter or taller than u
does anyone have any case studies on him?
Bro is a specimen
I need such a shape I will work hard.
Bro you need to be born with that shape of long arms and long torsos and huge lungs
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 no, you can train to have wide shoulders, lean and strong
As pat mcafee said “dude was a fish”
His torso so long than legs
No
Yes actually
His lungs are also like twice the volume compared to normal.
FUCK BRO WTF HES SO GOOOOD ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY
He is gmo'd
In Non American worldwide measure units please
assassineater145 what’s that?
They're called SI Units
Meters, kilogram, Celsius, etc
@William Chambers we dont use them
@William Chambers only five per cent of the world's population know inches :)
Dream body
For swimming yes, for football or running no
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 bs lol
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 it doesnt matter at all what body , messi and ronald are like south and north
Human canoe
He probably was created in a lab
Whites have longer torsos to leg ratios. This gives them an advantage in the water due to a lower center of gravity. This allows them to be more buoyant and can gain more momentum in the water. Blacks have longer leg to torso ratios. This gives them the advantage while running and jumping. Longer strides and with a higher center of gravity more downward force in their strides. It also aids in their jumping abilities. Hard work can always overcome any obstacles tho! 🏊♂️🤽♂️⛹🏾♂️🏃🏿♂️
*average
The rub is that hard work cannot overcome the obstacle if the obstacle is a person just at talented as you working just as hard as you but with a body build better than yours.
I have to agree and disagree. It really depends on what type of swimming. Long legs is ideal for freestyle and backstroke. Also black people tend to have skinnier calves with big flat feet. Africans have a lot of aquatic traits. I think it’s culture that prevents black people from swimming. In Cameroon sand mining divers are top tier swimmers.
what about Eastern Asian
@@irbrn15 remarkable p4p strength.
I heard he is actually 6'2" to 6'3"
He's 64
@@christinejoiner6417 64 years old?
@@erixlightyear4632 I meant he's 6 '4
@@christinejoiner6417 I knew that. Was just messing with ya. 😉
@@erixlightyear4632 ok
blud was MADE for swimmin
I have similar genetics to him, except my hands, feet and arms aren't as sized.
I sat down with a 6'8" guy and felt 2 inches taller than him and I'm 5'11".
I’m 6’ with a wingspan of 6’6
I’m 4’11 with a wingspan of 7’2
@@Jonathan-ek7ky I'm 3'9 with a wingspan of 12'1
@OpL im 5'9 wingspan of just 6ft , wow it seems there is lower i thought i was average .
@OpL my feet are 10's or 10.5
@OpL but it doesnt matter , not like 2 numbers gonna make me faster 😂
Swimmer bodies are very interesting 😂
why is a man with so many genetic specificities aloud to compete without having to change his genetic features while a woman, such as Semenya, with her own set of genetic features, is required to change them to compete?
Phelps has amazing bone structure- Semenya has higher testosterone than other females. It’s a matter of hormones. If Phelps had too high of testosterone he wouldn’t be able to compete either.
@@Zanabery the point is that certain inherited biological features are accepted while others are not. Why hormones are a point of contention but not his very unique bone structure? you see my point? At the end of the day, we have a reification of hormones as a problem, forgetting that Phelps' wing span, double joints, large feet - all of which gives him massive advantage - are not taken into account...seems unfair to me. What are your thoughts?
@@interestingvideos4me I understand what you are coming from. I feel like the difference is that if women were allowed to compete with a high testosterone level it would encourage women to take small doses of testosterone to reach that level. On the other hand- Phelps is just born the way he was and people aren’t able to modify their genetics to be built like him. It sucks for her absolutely but keeps the playing field more fair in my opinion.
@@Zanabery thanks for sharing your views! I guess we partially agree with each other (and it is cool to see that a proper 'conversation' can happen online, without attacks and all!) I guess the topic is potentially controversial, so let's keep following the developments around it!
@@interestingvideos4me appreciate the civil discourse! It’s really rare for that to happen these days. Keep being open minded and so will I! That’s the only way to learn
Use this the next time someone says trans people shouldn’t play professional sports
Respect to legend But
Joseph schooling beated him without any genetical gifts like phelps have ..
Thats the real champ
Phelps was 32 and had just come out of retirement...
Age factor
“Beated”
Genetics 🤡. Hours of training 😆😆😆
@@angiebelle33 loool , quit making excuses , what was phelps time in 2012 when he was 27? 51.21 , and it was almost the same at 31 , if hed raced joseph at 27 he wouldve lost as well . Bs is what i call
He has a like condition of Marfan syndrome !
katerina katerinaki he gets checked every year I think he’s very similar indeed
he has the opposite. marfan have long legs and short torsos, he has a long torso and short legs
no he doesn't. if he had marfans his aorta would have ruptured at least 1000 Times cause of his extreme training and performance
what you people don't know, is that he was genetically modified to be the perfect siwmmer! he's not natural!
Explain
@@Bo55world genetic editing, CRISPR, Gene Dopping, whatever you will find out when searching for these stuff is just a surface, this technology is been used massively underground, soon we will see superhumans everywhere.
@@mesdjz8294 put the crack pipe down sir...you are embarrassing your delusional self...lmfao.. 🤣🤣🤣
@@elifriermood1917 yes, exactly...you nailed it.. :) #MICHAELPHELPSISTHEGOATINALLOFSPORTS
Do you have proof that Michael Phelps is genetically modified?
If this guy was African he would have been disqualified the same thing they did u Christine Mboma n Beatrice Masilingi
What happened? Why were they DQ?
@@brandon.4451 coz of high testosterone levels
Of course he's American so he's perfect.. But you say Semenya should take testosterone reducing medication!!!
Madness!
Almost every sport has testosterone testing and a cap, even men's sports don't allow testosterone levels above a certain point. It's not exclusive to women, I don't know why certain people think it is