Paul Ryan Says He Has Less Body Fat Than Olympic Athletes

[DemocratSinceBirth]

You can't make this isht up...

[Whovian]

1. There is so much wrong with that man.

[liberal N proud]

2. And he can run faster too.

His lips are moving, he must be lying.

[unblock]

3. i hear he also said he's the most modest man in the ENTIRE WORRRRRLD!!!

[applegrove]

41. LOL!

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. WHEN

WHEN are the tweeted photos of his six pack going to come out? You KNOW they have to be out there!

[rfranklin]

5. Most the fat is in his head...

just sayin'

[SidDithers]

6. Maybe the curlers...nt

Sid

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He can also leap tall buildings in a single bound!

[Chorophyll]

8. Even if it were true, who cares?

The fucked-up priorities are strong with that one.

[Major Nikon]

15. Literally speaking it is true

You have some shot putters that border on morbid obesity all the way to some gymnasts, cyclists, and runners who will be around 5%. Most of the population could make the same claim and be just as accurate.

[Chorophyll]

19. Yeah, that makes sense. But why would he even bring it up?

It doesn't make him any more qualified to run the country.

[Major Nikon]

20. Cuz he's a narcissistic gasbag

I suspect it's his idea of a great way to capture the women's vote.

[Guy Montag]

35. As a woman, I can't stand guys completely consumed by themselves

And usually such men are absolutely blind as to how silly they look.

I find his talk about his alleged physical prowess a huge turnoff.

[loyalsister]

40. I ran across a couple of guys like that at my class reunion

Scrawny, chunky, or just insignificant. They hit the gym in their college years and acquired muscles and vanity.

[Chorophyll]

46. As a woman, I say "blecch." Give me a flabby liberal any day.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

9. Did I Ever Tell You....

That story is out of this world!
Quite!

[DawgHouse]

10. My daddy can beat up his daddy. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Especially on nights with a full moon

When he shape-shifts.

[Emit]

12. braggart punk

is what he is

Link:

“Paul Ryan shirtless” became one of the most popular Internet searches—despite yielding only one softish vacation photo—which makes it all the more strange that nobody has taken a closer look.


Well, guess what: He’s probably lying about the body fat thing, too. Or, at best, wildly exaggerating.

~snip~

Sounds good. But then he can’t help but brag: “I keep my body fat between 6 and 8 percent,” he tells Allen.


Here’s who else maintains 6 to 8 percent body fat: Olympic 100-meter sprinters, that’s who. Also, world-class boxers, wrestlers, and marathoners, according to this study of elite American athletes. Top collegiate swimmers look pretty fit, right? Well, they average out at a plump 9.5 percent, at least according to another study. Positively porky, compared to Ryan. (For some perspective, the average man has body fat of 17 to 24 percent, and most women a bit more.)


If his claim is to be believed—a Ryan spokesman did not respond to questions—he’s more along the lines of Tour de France cyclists who also get down around 8 or 9 percent to prepare for major races. According to Iñigo San Millan, a veteran cycling physiologist who has worked with numerous Tour de France teams, the lowest body fat he’s ever measured on a cyclist was 8.3 percent. That’s at peak fitness, racing shape.


Ryan’s claim, in other words, puts him squarely in the company of elite athletes. (And also, freakily, with these guys.) But while Ryan is definitely skinny—he told Allen that he’s 6-foot-2 and weighs 163 pounds, and his suits flutter like a Christo project gone wrong—that might be a stretch. At anything less than 10 percent body fat, says Martin Rooney, a well-known trainer who works with NFL and MMA athletes, “a man with his shirt off is lean and shredded. Veins everywhere and really cut up. This is the model and bodybuilder look. So if he is saying he is 6 percent, he is shredded with a six-pack and should have no reason not to do photo shoots everywhere.”

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/paul_ryan_claims_he_has_6_to_8_percent_body_fat_.html

[Sophiegirl]

25. SERIOUSLY??

Who gives a damn.

I've known several really uber-fit men. Most tend to spend all their time pumping iron and ignoring their brain.

[Canuckistanian]

36. "his suits flutter like a Christo project gone wrong"

[Emit]

38. Hahaha! I loved that part, too!

[CRK7376]

13. Maybe if he

worked in Congress as hard as he works out and wasn't an obstructionist we would be in better shape as a country.

[lame54]

14. not if you count his head

[spanone]

16. hey lyan, who gives a shit.....just another lie

[Angry Dragon]

17. That is because he is full of shit

[HopeHoops]

18. The little he has is in his cranium, and it doesn't involve synapses.

[SoapBox]

21. WTF! Man, that's some kind of "brass" ya got there Coupon Care Man!

...what an asshole.

[cr8tvlde]

23. CouponCare ... clip and save and pray for when you or yours get sick.

No more trendy-sounding "Vouchers".

[ellie]

22. He is such a lunatic.

[truebrit71]

24. He realizes he's running for national office and not to try and bed the prom queen, right?

...Seriously, who is more clueless than whom on this nightmare ticket of over-inflated self-worth?

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. Who gives a rat's ass?

He's so vain...

[Gin]

27. Its all in his head. IMO

[Flashmann]

28. What body fat he DOES have

Is concentrated between his ears....

[justiceischeap]

29. And what does this have to do with his responsibility as VP?

Really, his marathon running, mountain climbing, I've got the body fat of Olympic athletes have nothing to do with being the VP pick--other than displaying he has body image issues because he's so focused on his (even lying about his abilities). This has nothing to do with the Presidential election.

I just find it amazing (yet totally satisfying) how off the tracks the Republican party has driven.

[Aerows]

33. If you lie about things that don't matter

You will lie about things that do matter. He's Olympic quality alright - at telling outright, outrageous untruths.

[Aerows]

30. It *could* be true

due to a high metabolism.

But this is Paul Ryan. He probably has to wear a restraining girdle around his chest to conceal the poking out of his man boobs.

[Javaman]

31. Paul Ryan qualified for the Olympics, but didn't compete because...

he didn't want to show up all the other athletes.

[Iggo]

32. Well hell then. Game over!

[Javaman]

34. Paul Ryan is trying to include a triathlon as part of the Presidential election process.

He's quoted as saying, "I may not know shit about anything, but I can kick all these old bastards asses!!"

[Canuckistanian]

37. Twiggy had more body fat than that

[Zambero]

39. Less brain cells too

Not to mention no heart, and a very long nose!

[Judi Lynn]

42. He needs to tell it to right-wing Rev. Pat Robertson who says he leg presses 1 ton!

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[pa28]

43. He IS an Olympic athlete

[HiPointDem]

44. except *that guy* (peter norman) supported smith & carlos. doubt ryan would have.

Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) showing the Black Power salute in the 1968 Summer Olympics while Silver medalist Peter Norman (left) wears an OPHR badge to show his support for the two Americans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlos

[Blue Idaho]

45. Is he measuring the fat between his ears?

FatHead.

[ecstatic]

47. Manorexic

There's nothing sexy about a 6'3, 150 lb man. Sorry