RE: interesting tidbit about vertical

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Hey, that woman sounds really attractive!  Can you get me her number?
Seriously, I doubt weightlifting=vertical in any meaningful way.  Vitaly
lifts
weights all day long, but his stout limbs were clearly not made to fly.
Meanwhile,
the guys who are the great jumpers all have spindly legs.  (Michael refused
to do
leg work, even as he tirelessly bulked up his upper body.)  It also seems to
me that
guys with big butts tend to be good jumpers, like DJ and his brother.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu [SMTP:Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:06 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	interesting tidbit about vertical
> 
> I mentioned in an earlier post that weightlifters are rumored to have
> excellent vertical leaps - something that our more earth-bound Celtics
> (like Potapenko and Walker) might want to take note of. Today I read at
> nbcolympics.com (the name sums up the viewing experience perfectly, alas)
> that a certain weightlifter has a standing vertical leap of 30". Not
> impressive, you say? Well, how about if I told you that the lifter in
> question is a woman, U.S. Olympic lifter Cheryl Haworth? Still not
> impressed? Well, how about this: she competes in the super-heavyweight
> class (no weight limit) and weighs in at an astounding 297lb at a height
> of 5-9, quite a lot of it fat! For comparison, I remember Joe Kleine, at
> 270lb, having a vertical of 17". Pot and Walker can probably do a little
> better, but I doubt they get up anywhere near 30".   
> Kestas