not race wise but culturally they are not athletic at all. all they play is cricket well which is cricket. for all the people they always are super low in the olympics. you never see an athlete in american sports of indian heritage. Are there any in euro soccer? their national teams are never ever decent. Whats the deal?

9/27/2011 9:58:09 PM

Whoooooooooooo cares.

9/27/2011 9:59:28 PM

USA! USA!

9/27/2011 9:59:53 PM

why are indians so aesthetic?

9/27/2011 10:02:10 PM

9/27/2011 10:03:08 PM

That is a gentleman I would go out of my way to not offend.

9/27/2011 10:06:22 PM

dots or feathers?

9/27/2011 10:06:31 PM

seriously?

I say diet.

9/27/2011 10:07:29 PM

I, too, was thinking Jim Thorpe type Indian and not Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan.

9/27/2011 10:32:53 PM

This is Exhibit B of why Indians prefer to talk on the phone.

9/27/2011 10:38:29 PM

there are only one type of indians.

[Edited on September 27, 2011 at 10:44 PM. Reason : get that social construct crap out of MY thread]

9/27/2011 10:43:32 PM

durr

[Edited on September 27, 2011 at 10:45 PM. Reason : ]

9/27/2011 10:44:49 PM

dunno, but they also tip like total shit

9/27/2011 10:46:33 PM

dammit, I was going to post a picture of Jim Thorpe.

9/27/2011 11:03:44 PM

ask esgargs

9/27/2011 11:13:33 PM

as bad as they smell not doing anything strenuous do you really want them to try?

9/27/2011 11:14:05 PM

We had a guy who used to play on our indoor soccer team who is Indian and was very good. Very fast, good touch and could shoot. Scored one of the most memorable goals of the several years I have been playing with this team. I know he also plays cricket and is apparently good at it as well. We have a middle aged Indian guy who is also pretty good, he's not that fast but can dribble and shoot very well. However, there were a handful of other Indian guys on our team at one point or another and they were all horrible.

9/27/2011 11:17:59 PM

I took badminton for my 200 level PE back in 2003 and the one Indian dude in the class completely destroyed everyone else.

9/27/2011 11:29:50 PM

Yeah, I've known quite a few Indians who were great soccer players.

9/27/2011 11:33:25 PM

Raquetball
Cricket
Tennis

9/27/2011 11:35:10 PM

Competitive sport has very low priority in a typical Indian parent mindset. The probability of making a career out of playing sport is very low in India. Unfortunately for the majority of the people sport is only a leisure activity. Only cricket is has been commercially exploited. As more and more sports take this route in India, you will start seeing more Indian athletes on the world arena.


FYI NC State has been recruiting tennis players in India for a few years now.

[Edited on September 27, 2011 at 11:44 PM. Reason : a]

9/27/2011 11:37:50 PM

9/27/2011 11:39:57 PM

their national teams are so bad. it seems like they would have gymnasts track and field or swimmers even without pro leagues but they suck at all of those with ALL THOSE PEOPLE.

9/27/2011 11:44:56 PM

A lot of them are vegetarian.

9/28/2011 12:53:08 AM

I always laugh how they always bench just the bar or 65 lbs max. It's like dude if you don't eat protein then weightlifting is a waste of time.

They do love their racket sports. Isn't the #1 doubles tennis team Indian? Or used to be.

Always pissed me off how they'd take up a court at carmichael playing badminton

9/28/2011 1:00:16 AM

so basically indians aren't real men amirite

9/28/2011 4:02:18 AM

so basically lewisje gets offended by everything amirite

9/28/2011 4:05:54 AM

no but I am sensitive

9/28/2011 4:06:47 AM

<3

9/28/2011 4:22:30 AM

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"I always laugh how they always bench just the bar or 65 lbs max."

how much would you bench at the age of 25 never having benched before or done any exercises or sport? (and also much smaller in size)

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"It's like dude if you don't eat protein then weightlifting is a waste of time."

did you follow one of them around analyzing his diet and discovered that he consumed no protein over the course of a whole day? protein is not just in steaks.

so instead of appreciating that they are doing something that they have never done before, you laugh at them. must be nice to be born with bulging muscles.

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in pretty much the whole non-western world, there is no concept of "let's go lift", or "let's jog", etc. couple that with a significantly lower amount of protein and calories in the diet. that should suffice as an answer to the question in the thread title.

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"you never see an athlete in american sports of indian heritage."

and the sky is blue. why would you? i haven't seen many americans competitively playing table tennis, badminton, or squash. also, in much of the world outside the US (i.e., countries/cultures that have been around for much longer than the US), sports are mainly played as a tradition and for leisure, not for competition. the few who do end up in competitive sports tend to get into sports that their national compatriots are already famous for. that's why you will see dominant countries/cultures in many sports.

9/28/2011 6:42:30 AM

That sounds like an awfully long apology you just typed.

9/28/2011 6:58:17 AM

Traditional Indian wrestling is kinda a big deal over there and I think they are somewhat competitive in the Olympics.

The Hindu squat and Hindu Pushups I guess where invented by them




The ones that come to America Im guessing are the smartest ones that have been mostly studying alot. Some "Americanized" indian guys I know were as athletic as your average joe

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 8:23 AM. Reason : .]

9/28/2011 8:21:45 AM

Dude I am far from a naturally muscular person.

The point is your average 25 year old male who doesn't lift weights can still probably squeeze out 5-10 reps of 135.

Most girls can do sets of ten with 45-65 lbs that's the point. If you aren't going to eat protein then lifting weights is pointless

9/28/2011 8:37:18 AM

9/28/2011 9:26:09 AM

You realize that NCSU had a high level Indian women's tennis player competing for us last season? I tutored her a few times when I was working as a tutor for the athletic department. Her name is Sanaa Bhambri and she's in grad school here.

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 10:48 AM. Reason : spelling]

9/28/2011 10:46:15 AM

WWW.FUCKYEAHTATANKA.COM

9/28/2011 10:48:23 AM

what is this sports that you talk about?

9/28/2011 10:48:33 AM

we're too busy terking yer jerbs while you play your silly games.

9/28/2011 11:14:06 AM

Quote :

"Always pissed me off how they'd take up a court at carmichael playing badminton"

9/28/2011 11:51:12 AM

The average person in India doesn't have the means to go to a basketball court, a baseball diamond or any other kind of sports area that we are so accustomed to here. They don't have the facilities that the average high school in this country has for people to develop into playing 'real' sports.

That is why many of them play cricket in the street in front of their houses, ping pong (or table tennis as they call it) is also very popular. You know why they don't swim? because there are not many Olympic sized pools or training facilities for the average person to be able to attend.

The list goes on and on...

9/28/2011 11:53:22 AM

Quote :

"the average person in India doesn't have the means to go to a basketball court, a baseball diamond or any other kind of sports area that we are so accustomed to here. They don't have the facilities that the average high school in this country has for people to develop into playing 'real' sports."

Same situation for the Jamaicans and Kenyans, and they dominate in track and field because all you need is your foot. So, how does that fit into your argument?

9/28/2011 12:47:52 PM

Jerk Chicken>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Curry Rice

9/28/2011 12:50:17 PM

I don't really have a dog in this fight, but this (Kama Sutra)



looks fairly athletic.

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 4:50 PM. Reason : ..]

9/28/2011 4:49:56 PM

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"The point is your average 25 year old WESTERN male who doesn't lift weights can still probably squeeze out 5-10 reps of 135."

FTFY.

you sure like to make assumptions. there is no such thing as the "average 25 year old male". have you see the diversity of body sizes and strengths around the world? i have no clue what you would get if you averaged all the 25 yo males in the world.

indian/asian males are far smaller, have much less muscle mass, much less strength, and less developed neuromuscular pathways than western males.

i see hundreds of 20-30 yo old males from the asian continent on a daily basis. there is no way more than a 1/4 of them could bench that much. perhaps 1/2 could if you are talking 1RM. (the half who are overweight)

btw, it is not just about strength. it is also about the neuromuscular pathways needed for executing a proper lift. the bench press movement is not a movement that is done by the vast majority of the world as part of daily life, or ever. the squat and deadlift movements are, but not the bench. i remember when i was a sophomore i was lifting with my partner. we were doing the bench, i was lifting a measly 100 lbs or so (BW 140 lbs). one of our friends, a ukrainian student, who did gymnastics for a decade, stopped by. he wanted to try benching the 100 lbs. he had never benched before. dude was cut, and weighed about 160 pounds; i would guess he had double my sheer strength. he did lift it, but in piss poor form, he nearly dropped it on his chest coming down, and had difficulty racking it. he was clearly embarrassed. as i said, it is not just strength. i bet he would have been awesome at the squat and deadlift, though, as those are natural/common movements, and he had the requisite strength.

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM. Reason : ]

9/28/2011 5:16:51 PM

Sooo, what your saying is, you can't bench 135?

9/28/2011 5:19:52 PM

Quote :

"Jerk Chicken>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Curry Rice"

finally, something we can all agree on

9/28/2011 5:23:31 PM

what about South Korea? Their esports scene is extremely competitive and i would hardly consider them "western".

9/28/2011 5:24:43 PM

They eat dogs in Korea

9/28/2011 5:31:39 PM

playing starcraft competitively does not make one an athlete.

9/28/2011 5:34:13 PM

Quote :

"what about South Korea? Their esports scene is extremely competitive and i would hardly consider them "western"."

so is india's: cricket, field hockey, badminton, etc. but i get your point.

part of it is american influence (basketball and baseball). part is this: the few who do end up in competitive sports tend to get into sports that their national compatriots are already famous for. that's why you will see dominant countries/cultures in many sports.

9/28/2011 5:47:36 PM