As elite athletes, Tom Brady e Patrick Mahomes they have both been subjected to public criticism regarding their physique. Earlier this year, fans of the Kansas City Chiefs have in fact begun to circulate the expression “dad bod” (as well as, literally, “dad body”) together with a video depicting Mahomes himself shirtless. Brady, as a former American football player, has instead addressed body-shaming at various stages of his career due to both his “too tall” and his physique deemed “too thin.”
For both, however, the priorities remain solely sport and gaming. In a recent interview, both Brady and Mahomes admitted to training very specific muscle groups for equally specific purposes, not caring at all about what public opinion thinks. Not surprisingly, both also added that “necessarily resembling a specific and pre-set fitness model does not necessarily make an athlete a better sportsman”.
The benefits of a dad’s physique: the considerations of Tom Brady e Patrick Mahomes
“You have this incredible ability to improvise, you have exceptional technique when you throw on the run, especially to the right,” Tom Brady revealed to Patrick Mahomes during the interview.
“I admit, those are things I’m constantly working on,” Mahomes responded. “I use my hips and the external oblique muscle.” The American football player, who plays quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League, then added with a hint of irony: “The people who see me ‘ the dad physique’ are right: it’s the oblique abdominals. It means that I’m obviously doing them well.”
“A little ‘padding’ can come in handy”
It is precisely the obliques – in addition to his famous arm – the muscles that help Patrick Mahomes win many games with the Kansas City Chiefs, and his rings Super Bowl they can testify that aesthetics is not everything. It is no coincidence, as Tom Brady – a “retired” American football player after playing quarterback for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League – also jokingly added – there are some advantages in not staying at the 6 % body fat.
“On the pitch we necessarily have to maintain a bit of ‘padding’,” he revealed with the right amount of irony. “They all hit us all the time. People don’t understand that we can’t always look like those receivers.”
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