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Marathon/Ultra swimming is one where women do much better. Multiple theories as to why; higher body fat and low bone density makes it easier to float, bigger hi
by jbob2000 7y ago
Marathon/Ultra swimming is one where women do much better. Multiple theories as to why; higher body fat and low bone density makes it easier to float, bigger hips means more buoyancy towards the back of the body when swimming, and/or higher pain tolerance. Men can't get anywhere close to the records that women ultra swimmers set.
- growlist 7y ago> higher pain tolerance myth
- nailer 7y agoConfirming: there was an ultra marathon swimmer on Rogan a few months ago who does various swims between the Hawaiian islands - he said the exact same thing.
- jbob2000 7y agoThat's where I got this information! Great episode.
- wtdata 7y ago> higher pain tolerance Are there any scientific studies confirming this?
- jbob2000 7y agoI am not sure, which is why I listed this as a theory.