This is related to a parallel thread about black athletes and triathlon-kinda. Only kinda because I am white but I can't see that having a bearing on this discussion but it is why I started a separate thread. Some members of the forum have discussed blacks being poor swimmers because they have more dense bones and don't float well. I have heard that blacks have more dense bones on average than whites. I took a bone density test last year and my bones were 20% more dense (heavier) than an average male. At the time my body fat was 5.7% .(No chance of that being true now in the winter) Well I suck at the swim and can't float to save my life, man am I a sinker. Does anyone know if there is any truth to the notion that dense boned athletes (black, white or whatever)fare worse in the swim.
Thanks,
David
Thanks,
David