Most common male tennis physique ???

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dgold44

G.O.A.T.
I would say these two

Skinny fat guy - you know looks skinny in cloths but with no shirt on they look like a totally different person and I don't mean that nicely
I am talking a violation of the laws of conservation of mass if you get me

Bottom heavy guy
Skinny arms and bird chest but massive legs and rear
Not sure how else to describe

Agree ?? Think I am dead wrong or don't like my humor
 
movdqa

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
I'm the latter but I have been working on the upper-body more in the past year. Discovering the deadlift has helped.
 
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LeeD

Bionic Poster
movdqa said:
You get a pass because of your age.
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Played with old Larry D..ge yesterday. He won the World's in age group 50 over Torbin Ulrich back in the late 80's or early 90's. Still 6'4", still 170 lbs. Age 76.
I"m looking forward to meeting some of my old hero's of back in the late '70's. They're around, still playing tennis, and sometimes drop by San Pablo Park even.
 
goran_ace

goran_ace

Hall of Fame
LeeD said:
... He won the World's in age group 50 over Torbin Ulrich back in the late 80's or early 90's...
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Lars' dad!

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dman72

Hall of Fame
Lost badly to a guy yesterday who is about 5'3 , looked about 130 Lbs, and 5-10 years older than me, with no discernible muscle mass, it was hot inside and we both changed to dry shirts afterwards. I'm 6'1 185 , probably 18% BF and am at intermediate levels in terms of weight lifting for my size http://exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.html.

Tennis isn't about muscles, it's mostly about technique, hand eye coordination, and instincts.
 
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dgold44

G.O.A.T.
LeeD said:
Played with old Larry D..ge yesterday. He won the World's in age group 50 over Torbin Ulrich back in the late 80's or early 90's. Still 6'4", still 170 lbs. Age 76.
I"m looking forward to meeting some of my old hero's of back in the late '70's. They're around, still playing tennis, and sometimes drop by San Pablo Park even.
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He must be an excellent player to win that title and probably a serve and volley shark
 
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LeeD

Bionic Poster
dgold44 said:
He must be an excellent player to win that title and probably a serve and volley shark
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He now had knee surgery, so is right around bottom of 4.0, like me. He was top of 4.0 before needing the knee surgery, at 75 year's of age. A top 10 NorCal A player is around 5.5+, as he was, back in the early '80's.
 
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dgold44

G.O.A.T.
LeeD said:
He now had knee surgery, so is right around bottom of 4.0, like me. He was top of 4.0 before needing the knee surgery, at 75 year's of age. A top 10 NorCal A player is around 5.5+, as he was, back in the early '80's.
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Was he a serve and volley wizard back in his prime
He probably can still play higher level doubles

Is Brad Gilbert the best in n cal still
 
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LeeD

Bionic Poster
dgold44 said:
Was he a serve and volley wizard back in his prime
He probably can still play higher level doubles

Is Brad Gilbert the best in n cal still
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No, he could S/V, being 6'4", but played baseline topspin forehand, slice backhand, and was a wizard at hitting short angles.
Plays doubles at our level, low 4.0 to middlin 4.0 earlier this week.
I'm sure there are plenty of better player's than Brad now, but he might be one of the best ever in his prime, in NorCal, at No.4
 
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