Posts by copperpuma96

Adam Mendoza8 said:you can always just swap out that stationary bike for a real ride you can take outside😉

quietwalker5 said:Hey,

If you actually want to get in shape, you've gotta hit both cardio and strength training.

I just started doing yoga, so I'm dying to know—is just sticking to yoga enough to check both those boxes?

Thanks

rapidbison42 said:Competitive swimming is broken down into about ten different disciplines.
You've got ten gold medalists, ten silver, ten bronze... you get the idea.
There are at least thirty active swimmers out there who have a way bigger medal count than Duje Draganja.
In my own sport, I’ve hauled in way more medals at the Worlds and the Europeans than Duje Draganja ever did... it's just a damn shame it wasn't an Olympic sport.
The money? $0.00.
The grind? Training 365 days a year. Heavy bag, gym, sparring, heavy bag, gym, sparring, heavy bag, gym, sparring... just endless repetition.
The fallout? A ridiculous amount of injuries that basically forced me to ditch the ring and focus on my studies right when I was hitting my prime.
Do I regret it? Not even a little bit.
Am I some bitter little loser?
With 48 medals under my belt in my sport, I highly doubt it.

Ken said:He basically sold out his own country for a measly million bucks. Look, it's his right to make his own moves, sure, but it's also our damn right to call him a total sellout and a complete piece of trash who deserves to have his citizenship stripped away. 🙂

s3v3n said:You just listed some guys from Florida and some swimmers
But you got anyone actually relevant?
Like, what does the coach of a multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champ like Janica Kostelic say about this?
What does a coach for Olympic and World Champion handball players think?
Or what about any of those handball pros or even those kids at Gypsum?
I'm gonna ignore the losers, though.

Carl Brooks22 said:Hey, Leonard Nimoy, you’re supposed to be a moderator on one of the biggest forums in the country—it’s pretty low, man, backing statements that homophobic like that...

rapidbison42 said:I’m pretty sure Duje would convert to Islam tomorrow if someone threw an extra $100,000 his way.

rapidbison42 said:Look, I don't think the world is gonna stop spinning if Duje quits swimming. He’s definitely not the first athlete to call it quits.
But honestly, he'd be an idiot if he didn't head over to Qatar after everything.
And our government seriously needs to get their act together regarding who they hand out academic scholarships to.
In my opinion, it's way better to sink money into young people and athletes who actually plan on coming back home rather than wasting it on people whose only goal in life is stacking cash.

L.NimoyInvadesMetal~ said:What kind of moronic logic is that? What, should a truck just plow you into the ground tomorrow on your way to work (God forbid)? "Everything goes to hell?" exactly.


Look, a truck could plow him too, but I was talking about sports injuries, which aren't exactly rare at that level. Something that trivial can throw a freak athlete completely out of rhythm. Tell me, have you ever even dabbled in swimming?

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And as for the injuries themselves, don't tell me you actually believe that crap? Why wouldn't someone like Lance or whoever else just set aside a portion of the cash they earned? this reminds me of that famous Sprowell line from last year, after he turned down that massive (multi-million) contract from Minnesota: "I gotta feed my family."

They do leave money behind, but there's a difference between being Maldini and having a massive contract for 20 years, versus being some little guy like Duje who hasn't even grabbed what's rightfully his yet.

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I agree. He was built by his coach and himself. Look, a miracle—Pete Sampras was built by his coach and himself. Lance Armstrong was built by HIMSELF. Sergej Bubka was built by HIMSELF. As for Pete, I don't know. But man, you are dead wrong about Lance. You wouldn't believe the logistical support he had backing him up. How many doctors, how many specialists who... look, there's a good book on it, you really ought to read it; Lance is basically a guinea pig for the people he works with. You're wrong about him. He was built by modern science and cycling as a sport that needs promotion. Quote:>> Do you see the pattern here? You're generalizing, setting up this thesis as if an athlete isn't responsible to their country AT ALL, but only exclusively to themselves and their own wallet. Thank God other athletes don't think like you. Here you go again, harping on that connection between the state and the athlete. Trust me, an athlete couldn't care less about the country. It's all about pulling in the cash, securing good conditions... they don't give a damn about anything else. I know way more athletes than you do, and I know how they actually think. Do you even play a sport? Quote:> I agree, that's a different topic. And it's stupid to drag this into deep discussions about something incomparably more important and bigger than sports and some 20-year-old kid who still "counts," if he decides to go to a country that'll hand him a few million dollars, or stay in the US and suck the life out of a country that'll only give him "just" 300-400,000. I agree too, it's out of context, but someone mentioned the war so I responded. Quote:> Maybe you stayed, but clearly the TV was turned off too because people WERE complaining. But again, different topic. Look, maybe I’m overtraining or whatever, so yeah, I can't catch every single little detail, but I'm definitely not blind. For something as massive as selling off HT, you'd think the public would have reacted way differently. But honestly, that's a whole other conversation.