Very good one !
I always wanted to ask, it seems the appropriate thread , do quads affect men skaters ...functions?
I fell for it, hook line and sinker!![]()
You mean hook line and stinker.
Wasn't there a map of the world on another thread that showed geographical endowment by country? Or was that another April Fool's Joke? What were the Russian measurements?
I don't know how figure skating might affect a male skaters, uh, overall prowess, but at least in the cold rink one could expect some considerable shrinkage due to temperature?
I will say that I know for a fact that long distance cyclists have issues in that area. Lots of prostate problems. Don't ask me how I know, I just do. I can't see how quads would affect...that area....like sitting on a little hard bicycle seat for hours and hours would do.
Seriously-do male skaters wear the same kind of support belts that male dancers wear? I could see where pairs and dance would need them.
Well now I'm looking at a picture of Evan with flat hair and I realize he has the same nose as Plushenko. So whose is bigger?
See, that's just like Plushenko's nose job: totally believeble.
-- Uh, I also asked in the skating couple thread, does anybody know about a Cohen's special one, male or female, present or past?
Or is the girl a CIA agent?
Wow, that's the first time I ever think of that.
And now I'm curious about something else: why would quads affect functions?
-- Oh, now that I think of it, what a life choice would that have been for both Plushenko and Yagudin! - Uhm, nooo way figure skating was going to make the cut.
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He really should get one, though.![]()
It varies from skater to skater. Some do, some don't. Occasionally we'll get a hint from glimpses below the waistband, but it seems to be that mostly Americans and Europeans wear the dance belts; I know Plushenko and Yagudin in particular just went with regular underwear. (NOT discovered by nefarious sources, just for the record!via Youtube!)
I saw some television documentary featuring Alexei Urmanov talking about why his persistent groin injury effectively ended his competitive career. He said the injury didn't bother him when he was playing soccer or doing other activities, but as soon as he got on the ice it did. Some physician then talked about how everything you do in skating uses the groin muscle. Urmanov's particular problem was that he didn't have the strength to get into the tight contracted air position required for the triple axel.
I guess skating would make the groin muscle stronger, but there is also the danger of injury from hyperextending it or overuse.