Not always the size of the dog in the fight

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:31 pm

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... IjZGdFHlZg

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:35 pm

But if your betting, the bigger dog is a good way to go.

As an Elite Baseball trainer shared with me about the number 1 prospect in my organization...

Regardless of how strong he is, it's going to be hard to have elite power at 155lbs, but if he can push that to 170-175, it'll be a game changer for him. I'd bump him up to 2x/week strength training in-season, as he still has a window of adaptation and can improve during the season.

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:49 pm

I don't think you clicked the link PL54.

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:09 pm

Little guys=small target.

johno · Post by **johno** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:44 pm

Audie Leon Murphy was a legend in his own time. A war hero, movie actor, writer of country and western songs, and poet. His biography reads more like fiction than fact. He lived only 46 years, but he made a lasting imprint on American history. Audie was born on a sharecropper's farm in North Texas on June 20, 1924. As a boy, he chopped cotton for one dollar a day and was noted for his feats of derring-do and his accuracy with a gun. He had only 5 years of schooling and was orphaned at age 16. After being refused enlistment during World War II in both the Marines and Paratroopers for being too small (5'5") and underweight (110 lbs), he enlisted in the U.S. Army a few days after his 18th birthday.

Too small to be a war hero. Everyone knows you have to be Arnold-size. Jason Statham is the physique-minimum.

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:13 pm

The average young man was much smaller then. The majority of people still lived on a farm in those days,
if I'm not mistaken.

The depression didn't do much to put on weight either.

DPR · Post by **DPR** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:36 pm

I visited his grave in Arlington. It's a good place to visit.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:24 pm

Bob Wildes wrote:I don't think you clicked the link PL54.

i don't click links...LOL

johno · Post by **johno** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:59 pm

Bob Wildes wrote:The average young man was much smaller then. The majority of people still lived on a farm in those days,
if I'm not mistaken.

The depression didn't do much to put on weight either.

True. IIRC, Murphy learned to shoot because he had to have rabbits for the pot.

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:28 am

Bruce Dern tells a story about Audie in Bruce's autobiography.

I don't remember the specifics, but it involved a run in with a "wise guy' at a horse track.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:11 am

Bob Wildes wrote:The average young man was much smaller then. The majority of people still lived on a farm in those days,
if I'm not mistaken.

The depression didn't do much to put on weight either.

Times have changed. You can become an aviator and a powerlifter at that height now.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:29 pm

Turdacious wrote:
Bob Wildes wrote:The average young man was much smaller then. The majority of people still lived on a farm in those days,
if I'm not mistaken.

The depression didn't do much to put on weight either.
Times have changed. You can become an aviator and a powerlifter at that height now.

LOL. Well played sir, well played.

http://www.cottonmuseum.com/index.html

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