Average British male now 5'10, a growth of 4" in 100 years

[Provost]

I don't think height is really something to be unduly worried about, as it's not something that anyone can really control.

Save your angst for weight control.

[Loen]

[QUOTE=James*;44408103]So why did you even bring up biomechanics and why is it relevant? I never said that taller people were biologically determined to be more successful[/QUOTE]

Why did [I]you[/I] bring it up? You're the one who responded to my post originally with that article.

It seems to me that all you're doing is either putting words in my mouth, or misreading everything I write. I'm not even trying to argue that you're wrong; I agree completely that there's a social bias toward taller men, but this has nothing to do with biological benefit, and is outside of the scope of my argument.

All my original post was about is how there can't be such thing as a biologically ideal height because height is a trade-off of advantages and disadvantages when it comes to physical activities. e.g. short people make better gymnasts due to having shorter limbs (ergo less resistance to overcome) and a higher strength-to-weight ratio; while tall people make better sprinters due to having a larger stride, or better strength athletes due to their greater capacity for muscle mass and higher relative bodyweights.

Maybe it was my mistake for not clarifying whether I meant biological differences, or overall.

[Cutthecrap]

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;44409536]I don't think height is really something to be unduly worried about, as it's not something that anyone can really control.

Save your angst for weight control.[/QUOTE]

The problem is, when you practice TKD ITF, and you want to kick the other guy above his waist, it gets kinda complicated if he is taller by 1 - 1/2 head.