Any Chubby or Fat Pro-Players ?

[Sephiroth]

First of all, this is not a dismissive post. Rather, i was amazed to find some pro badminton players to be rather chubby and i wonder if there have been any others in the past who were very good ?

Take a look at Chin Eei Hui for example, in the Malaysian Women's doubles team...(she's on the left). They managed to take Gold at the commonwealth games 2006.

Sephiroth

[asphyxiate]

Mia Audina I think is bigger than most of the women but that doesn't seem to have stopped her :D!

[george333]

Zhang Jun is quite big. Fat and probably out of shape, but he won XD gold in 2000 and 2004:)

[hahahalol]

looks to me like muscles than fat...look at her leg :P

[tinkerbella122]

First of all, this is not a dismissive post. Rather, i was amazed to find some pro badminton players to be rather chubby and i wonder if there have been any others in the past who were very good ?

Take a look at Chin Eei Hui for example, in the Malaysian Women's doubles team...(she's on the left). They managed to take Gold at the commonwealth games 2006.

Sephiroth

You call that ... fat :eek: ? Obviously you haven't been to North America before o_0 ... (jks) :p ...

But seriously, I don't think it's fat... a lot of gymnists have fairly large thighs, but it's all muscles.

[__Lam]

i think she just has a larger body structure, but those legs are muscles. even fat pro's probly have good technique and footwork to compensate. but they are at a disadvantage though, larger target for smash and larger. it'd be better if they shed the fat :cool:

[stumblingfeet]

I've heard that for strength and power sports, it is often good to have a slightly higher body fat % because it leads to greater strength and power gains. Something about hormone levels.

Is it possible that for some players, who have a "power hitter" style, that the slightly greater weight is offset by the gains in power?

[__Lam]

I've heard that for strength and power sports, it is often good to have a slightly higher body fat % because it leads to greater strength and power gains. Something about hormone levels.

Is it possible that for some players, who have a "power hitter" style, that the slightly greater weight is offset by the gains in power?

maybe helps in weight transfer, but it would only be marginal anyways unless the greater weight is muscle, if its fat, then the disadvanatages would outweight the small power gain, ex) slower footowork, less endurance, lower ability to jump, etc.

[nelle]

Mia Audina I think is bigger than most of the women but that doesn't seem to have stopped her :D!

i think same as u, Mia is the fat one, but her performance still OK :)

[Eurasian =--(O)]

some people can have good cardio vascular ability but be chubby. also some women look chubby when it is really muscle, just the way they are built. Men don't have the same half muscle/half fat thing.

[Syaoran_Style]

about zhang jun ... it's defenitely muscles !! loool

[Smichz]

well..if it's ex player..that's alot to name!Ex:Haryanto arby..he gained too much after he retired.Prob he enjoys alot after resigning..haha..good for him.

[Baderz_Jas]

about zhang jun ... it's defenitely muscles !! loool

agree ;) :D but definitely not muscles in the tummy :p lol ;) :rolleyes: :D hehe :)

[ye333]

Zhang Jun definitely did not look fat in 2000.

Fat top players? The answer is soooo obvious: Taufik Hidayat for MS, Mia Audina for WS.


Zhang Jun is quite big. Fat and probably out of shape, but he won XD gold in 2000 and 2004:)

[cooler]

Zhang Jun definitely did not look fat in 2000.

Fat top players? The answer is soooo obvious: Taufik Hidayat for MS, Mia Audina for WS.
why u say TH is fat?

[ctjcad]

why u say TH is fat?
..but pocket-wise "fat"??..:confused: ;) :D :cool:

[chickenpoodle]

you also have to remember muscle structure for individuals differ.
some look fat but in reality what you see is merely a layer of fat covering muscle.

look at olympic heavy weight lifters... they look fat. but we can't even lift a small fraction of what those guys train with on a daily basis...

some people look cut. simply because they lack this layer of fat covering their muscle, while others look chubbier/plumper due to this layer of fat.

[Bbn]

Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah definitely are a class above the rest.

In 1 tournament the commentator mentioned they are the 2 biggest players on the circuit and their sheer body size is intimidatingto opponents.Maybe that's their tactic.

I think their pockets should be quite fat too.

[MINN_EROSS]

First of all, this is not a dismissive post. Rather, i was amazed to find some pro badminton players to be rather chubby and i wonder if there have been any others in the past who were very good ?

Take a look at Chin Eei Hui for example, in the Malaysian Women's doubles team...(she's on the left). They managed to take Gold at the commonwealth games 2006.

Sephiroth

CEH maybe not as slim as WPT but she got no fat tummy and me and my friend admire her for that..(becoz both of us have that!!!hahha)and she have a energetic smash!admire for that too. and long as i remembered...she can jump..and most of us can't!! so for me..she is not considered as fat!!

[beijing2008]

i know jürgen koch, who is fat! :)
actually he isn't a top world class player but still good for many European countries.

[alvinlai]

Zhang Jun definitely did not look fat in 2000.

Fat top players? The answer is soooo obvious: Taufik Hidayat for MS, Mia Audina for WS.

Zhang Jun is very strong~! He's one of the few, if not the only one in the Chinese national team who can do quadruple skipping ie, he can swing 4 times in 1 skip, according to my coach. They train together in 2000 and that's when he saw Zhang Jun did that during skipping exercises. Fat still? Well, that's for you to ponder.:D

[Sealman]

I am always amazed when I see these big guys execute jump smashes :)

[tjl_vanguard]

probably aint word for it.. maybe super fit athelets haha

[sharkw]

Zhang Jun's just a little on the chubby side, I would say he's a natural endomorph but with badminton he keeps relatively fit. Another player would be Gu Jun, ex World and Olympic champion with Ge Fei. Heryanto Arbi was quite fit when he was playing, though I'm not surprised to hear that he gained a lot after retiring - his brother is Eddy Hartono, former Olympic silver medalist in MD, who was definitely on the bigger side even in his playing days.

[s1nn3r]

There are few older generation player which can be consider fat during their prime.!
Razif Sidek & Eddy Hartono!

[trickyx2]

ZHENG BO!!! lol. Zhou mi is built, but not fat... um...

[Pemuda]

Cheah Soon Kit is one chubby healthy boy.

[Mark A]

I don't know about "fat" exactly, but Ant Clark used to be on the bigger side (most obviously in early '07) - he just looked like a normal bloke but still moved brilliantly. His weight loss for AE '08 was very noticeable, perhaps done in prep for the Olympics.