How big are Michael Phelps's hands? ?

Question

Technically it would help him swim faster, but does having big hands really make a significant difference?

Answer 1

Approx. the size of a dinner dish and yes, it does make a small but significant difference at this level of swimming.

Answer 2

His hands are the size of dinner plates. I'm not kidding you; I was watching an NBC footage.

Answer 3

His hands are the size of plates, that we eat in. Imagine that.

Answer 4

dinner plate sized hands!! imagine what u could DO with hands like that!!! other than swimming i mean!! ;D

Answer 5

cud b twice as dat of mine

Answer 6

Answer 1

Source:http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2008...

Michael Phelps: The 'natural' transhuman athlete

Watching Michael Phelps swim you quickly realize that he's not like the others. He's clearly in a league of his own.

Or more accurately, he's swimming in a genetic pool of his own.

Phelps has a number of fortuitous physical endowments that have enabled him to dominate like no other. Simply put, he is the perfect swimmer.

Here's what Phelps has going for him:

Most people have a wingspan that matches their height. Not Phelps. He may be 6'4" tall,but his arms extend outward to a total of 6'7".The average shoe size for a person the size of Phelps is 12; he wears a size 14 which gives him a 10% advantage over the competition.

He also has a larger than average hand size which allows him to move more water.

Phelps is double-jointed in the chest area; this enables him to extend his arms higher above his head and pull down at an angle that increases his efficiency through the water by as much as 20%; this also allows him to have quicker starts and turns.He has proportionately short legs relative to his long, powerful trunk; this large upper body is the engine that powers his long arms. Moreover, his unique physique reduces drag through the water and allows for maximum propulsion.Phelps has a greater-than-average lung capacity allowing him to execute his underwater dolphin kicks longer than the competition.He has a genetic advantage that cause his muscles to produce 50% less lactic acid than other athletes. This means he can work at higher work loads for longer periods.

With a low body fat of 4%, he is better able to convert his effort into speed.

Looking at this list it's as if Phelps was designed to swim

Answer 2

Hands

His large hands act as paddles to propel him through the water

ARMSPAN

Unlike almost all other humans, his armspan is, at 6ft 7in, two inches wider than his height

BEIJING 2008

August 10: 400m individual medley: Gold Medal, World Record: 4:03.84.

August 11: 4 x 100m freestyle relay: Gold Medal, World Record: 3:08.24.

August 12: 200m freestyle: Gold Medal, World Record: 1:42.96.

August 13: 200m butterfly: Gold Medal, World Record: 1:52.03.

August 13: 4 x 200m freestyle: Gold Medal, World Record: 6:58.56

MEDALS HE'S STILL AFTER..

And the three he could still collect in Beijing:

August 15: 200m individual medley. August 16: 100m butterfly.

August 17: 4 x 100m medley relay.

THE GREATS HE'S NOW BEATEN..

With his incredible tally of 11 gold medals - won in Beijing and four years ago in Athens - US swimmer Michael Phelps is now the most successful Olympian in history.

He has overtaken fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz, Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina, US sprint and long jump legend Carl Lewis and Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi.

They only got nine golds each...

How he swims like a fish...

HEIGHT

6ft 5ins

WEIGHT

13st 9lbs

HEART

Pumps more than 30 litres of blood per minute to his major muscle groups, twice the average. Helps him to compete at his outstanding level two or three times a day

WAIST

His remarkably narrow waist increases his aero-dynamism in the water

TORSO & LEGS

He has a long torso and comparatively short but powerful legs, providing minimal resistance in the water

FEET

He has giant size 14 feet - dubbed flippers

DIET

Phelps eats a colossal 12,000 calories a day.

His daily intake is six times that of the average man of the same age.

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