new 100m world record

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Woosta
Alright. I'll label him the fastest recorded human to run a 100m in the 20th and 21st century.

We can finally move on now that his world record has your approval.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Woosta
Alright. I'll label him the fastest recorded human to run a 100m in the 20th and 21st century.

We can finally move on now that his world record has your approval.

Lmao, no joke. Do you think Native Americans are gonna run under 9.7 on dirt, barefoot, etc? No, the 100m is a very sensitive race and the track provides a flat, somewhat bouncy surface conducive to running. Also, the runners have special cleats that are EXTREMELY light with spikes in the bottom that dig into the track. I would say it is impossible for anybody to run anything faster on any other surface. You obviously haven't run track, Woosta.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

No, the majority don't care.

 

[arkcom]

Originally posted by: Woosta
Alright. I'll label him the fastest recorded human to run a 100m in the 20th and 21st century.

So you're saying someone was recorded faster prior to the 20th century? Wouldn't that be... uh, recorded somewhere? :roll:

 

[foghorn67]

Who the hell cares Woosta? Are you trying to peddle yourself as sounding smart?

 

[zach0624]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: Woosta
No. I know some of them spend hours training. But you can't beat humans who basically spend ALL DAY training (slaves, gladiators, soldiers).

Sure you can. Not only do they spend hours and hours (full work days + than some) training, as well as having to do nothing but train for this once race (athelete allowance ect). As well as a proper diet+vitamins (something our ancestors did not have acess too.)


Whereas you have an earlier ancestor who had to be proficient in all manners of agility and speed. So what you are basically saying, is with worse nutrition, less food, worse medicine and unsanitary conditions these ancestors of ours were the most proficient in every single sport/measurement because that was there life. (They would obviously win the Javelin throw since they had to use spears to kill right?).

I understand where you are coming from but you are not thinking this through properly. Our athelets today do nothing but train for 1-2 events all day, year around with a full proper diet, medicine and sanitary condition (something we take for granted that they didn't have back than).

As well, hunting was not about "running" it was about being quiet and killing. Old soldiers marched thousands of miles, but did not run. The only thing I could conceive is the act of fear perhaps with adrenaline pumping might at one point make someone run faster than this, but even than they would have to be in amazing shape, a natural runner who also trained when running and properly nourished.

I have to agree this is the fastest 100m run ever. Atheletes and trainers have things like this down to a science. These people live to run the 100m, they train daily for it. The big thing also is that nutrition is a big factor. Most of our ancestors probably did not get the right balance of protein and other stuff to make increase muscle mass. They also did not know how to train certain muscles to do certain types of exercise(lifting vs. quick running).

 

[dennilfloss]

Maybe the Canadian version of Forest Gump might have been faster but it's hard to be sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Lapointe

Louis Cyr was also quite a phenomenon.

http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Co...ition/Cyr/cyr-biog.htm

 

[IAteYourMother]

woosta = logically impaired

 

[IamBusby]

Woosta, how can you honestly believe what you are saying?

The athlete's we have today for such evens as the 100m, weight lifting, javelin etc spend the majority of their lives training day in day out on that one specific activity, getting their muscles to be as perfect as they can be for that specific sport.

If you go back 100 years, 1000 years or 10,000 years you will not find another time where individual humans have been able to train their body to such perfection for one activity.

Yes slaves, hunter gatherers would have been a lot fitter than the majority of us alive today due them having a much more active lifestyle but they woudn't be anywhere near our olympic athletes.

By your logic we should be able to get some aborignal men or some of the tribes in south america who still live as they have done for 1000's of years and enter them into things like the 100meters with them having a chance of winning.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: YoungGun21
I think you're forgetting that we don't need to run and hunt now because we have gyms to make us stronger. They didn't have those sorts of things back then. We are most certainly stronger now than we were 400+ years ago.

That's a seriously brilliant conclusion you've come to there. We don't need to run and hunt because we have gyms to make us stronger. LOL

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: zach0624

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: Woosta
No. I know some of them spend hours training. But you can't beat humans who basically spend ALL DAY training (slaves, gladiators, soldiers).

Sure you can. Not only do they spend hours and hours (full work days + than some) training, as well as having to do nothing but train for this once race (athelete allowance ect). As well as a proper diet+vitamins (something our ancestors did not have acess too.)


Whereas you have an earlier ancestor who had to be proficient in all manners of agility and speed. So what you are basically saying, is with worse nutrition, less food, worse medicine and unsanitary conditions these ancestors of ours were the most proficient in every single sport/measurement because that was there life. (They would obviously win the Javelin throw since they had to use spears to kill right?).

I understand where you are coming from but you are not thinking this through properly. Our athelets today do nothing but train for 1-2 events all day, year around with a full proper diet, medicine and sanitary condition (something we take for granted that they didn't have back than).

As well, hunting was not about "running" it was about being quiet and killing. Old soldiers marched thousands of miles, but did not run. The only thing I could conceive is the act of fear perhaps with adrenaline pumping might at one point make someone run faster than this, but even than they would have to be in amazing shape, a natural runner who also trained when running and properly nourished.

I have to agree this is the fastest 100m run ever. Atheletes and trainers have things like this down to a science. These people live to run the 100m, they train daily for it. The big thing also is that nutrition is a big factor. Most of our ancestors probably did not get the right balance of protein and other stuff to make increase muscle mass. They also did not know how to train certain muscles to do certain types of exercise(lifting vs. quick running).

Hahaha, oops. He's a 200m runner. This was his 5th 100m run and he wasn't even sure he'd do it at the Olympics. I don't *think* he trains daily for the 100m. Well, he might now, but I don't think he used to, since he's a 200m guy.