[MacDaddy77]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

There are probably only three things on that list where you would question a lack of physical activity, Equestrian, shooting and curling.

Otherwise, every single one of them requires far more physical fitness than golf.

Skeleton and luge, as examples, pretty much requires abs of steel. Those are very fit athletes.

Have you seen any fat rythmic gymnasts? They're very fit.

You've obviously never sailed a Laser if you think it doesn't require a great deal of strength - particularly strong abs as an example - to compete at a higher level. Interestingly, however, as I found out in the Alberta Summer Games one year, the best sailors are the ones who win on days with no wind, where strength is unnecessary, when you find out who has been treating their hull well and where skill in trimming a sail is paramount. I did pretty well on heavy wind days, where being a brute and hiking out trying to keep the thing upright, was the paramount advantage.

Golf, seriously, is a game of skill but is pretty debatable as a sport. Curling as well.

In equestrian, the athlete is the horse although, to be fair, you're not going to see a lot of fat horse people - like John Daly - in the Olympics.

My two cents.

On another front, Jessica Simpson says today the whole Tiger connection "is a lie."

Cowperson

Neither of you have obviously curled before? If you are playing the game "properly" it is quite a workout sweeping for 10 ends.

You should watch curling sometime and watch how hard those guys sweep and how much of a workout they are getting