The athletic prowess of Jamaicans

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        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on November 24, 2006 at 10:42 am #12449

          Here's a nicely written article from the Jamaica Gleener by William Aiken:The sprinting prowess of African-Americans and Afro-Caribbean people in general and Jamaicans in particular is legendary and is demanding of serious scientific enquiry and research. The sprinting prowess of African-Americans and Afro-Caribbean people in general and Jamaicans in particular is legendary and is demanding of

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        • Participant
          senri on November 24, 2006 at 3:10 pm #68026

          interesting, makes me think of brazil. They had way more slaves down there then in US or the caribbean. I guess its the lack of opportunity i guess.

        • Participant
          flow on November 24, 2006 at 5:09 pm #59899

          "It has already been shown that the testosterone receptors of blacks are different genetically to those of whites and this difference confers increased responsiveness to testosterone. "

          does anybody know of an article about this?

        • Participant
          mortac8 on November 24, 2006 at 6:40 pm #59900

          "It has already been shown that the testosterone receptors of blacks are different genetically to those of whites and this difference confers increased responsiveness to testosterone. "

          does anybody know of an article about this?

          Yea where the hell did that come from?  Tell that to Andy Bolton…

        • Participant
          flow on November 24, 2006 at 7:31 pm #59901

          lol  a genetic advantage i could see is the limb-torso ratio people from warmer countries usually have through evolution.  but that is highly dependent on how the limbs are longer and everything and wouldnt give Jamaica an edge over for example africa.

          btw ato boldon said that there are lots of traffic accidents in trinidad tobago too.  however his reasoning was that people there just cant drive : P

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on November 25, 2006 at 7:59 am #59902

          Of the genetically related factors that I've actually seen research evidence supporting are:
          *shorter torso, longer legs
          *greater bone density
          *greater FT fiber distributions
          *longer achilles tendons

          I believe but am not positive that I may have also seen something about pennation angles of the quad and gastroc. These were for people of West African descent.

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