according to Tom Kurz, olympic weightlifter are the second most flexible atletes after gymnasts, is that true? and the i am talking about lower body flexibility
maybe. who knows! any reasoning that mr kurz provides to back up his statement? (AKA please post context to random question) any reason this interests you?
I don't know, I think ballerinas probably outstrip weightlifters. But his general point (that Olympic lifters are crazy flexible) is perfectly valid.
it could be that "flexible people with an interest in strength go into weightlifting" im super flexible and so is my dad, yet his interest was ballet, mine was lifting or it could be that "lifting from a young age develops flexibility", which is true of most elite lifters chinese athletes in general are very flexible so not a good study population
Unfortunately, that's neither reasoning nor backup... I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but just because someone said something doesn't mean that it's true. So, one more time, why does this interest you? [it interests me too, but you asked first ]
Well he said something about that back in 1970s olympic weightlifters were the known for the second most flexibility of atletes after gymnasts. He said:" that because the sport puts great load on ones joint, that if they were not in the safest position they would be destroyed" he also talks about their low squats and "split jerk" and hip position. And back flexibility.
