The Vastly Different Bodies of Champion Athletes

All 5 women pictured here are world-class athletes that have spent years honing their bodies into perfection. On the left is Kim Chizevsky, a bodybuilder. In the center is Cheryl Haworth, a weightlifter. On her left is Olga Karminsky, a rhythmic gymnast. They all look different, but they all compete at the top level.

Howard Schatz photographed them and many others for his book Athlete. You can see more sample pages at My Modern Met. They make you re-think what it means to have a healthy body.

And what percentage of American women are champion weightlifters? Hmm...? Could it be that 66% of the country being overweight has nothing to do with weightlifting and such OUTLIERS should be disregarded when we talk about the health epidemic?

If women are forced to gain such tremendous amounts of weight as the woman pictured above, to be champion weight lifters, should we perhaps DISCOURAGE champion weight lifting?

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Every time I see these pictures, I check for the rhythmic gymnast walking on the front of her toes. She's there.

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The only question i have after looking at the pictures is that, does the athlete select his sport after the shape of his body, or does the training and the sport form the athletes body? I presume both are partially true..

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