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It is spin sensitive like inverted rubber but because the sponge is not bouncy it is less like Tenergy 05 and more subtle. Definitely not worse than Vega Pro and better than T05.

None of these are new or rising stars other than Manika Batra. And I think one could argue that it is the improvement of other parts of Batra's game that are more involved in her improvement than the chop blocking. Finally they are all women. I asked loopadoop for a reason as well. Loopadoop...

If you like Vega Pro pr Rakza 7, this is better IMO with the same technology and equally competitive price. Of course if you like the new rubbers, you may find this slow or in need of boosting. But I don't think there is any other competitor in the price for value arena.

Fastarc G1 has everything I would ever want in a rubber and I wish ESN and Nittaku had made this rubber more widely available at smaller European retailers earlier. It is the most popular rubber in Japan for a reason and I don't see the need to waste money on anything else.

The era of spin for the sake of spin is over. The era of spin for the sake of consistency and speed is here. The true genius now is to use high levels of spin to remain consistent but it is not going to win you as many points. I think this is my primary justification for going to a faster and...

This is the CSL. Did you see Lin Gaoyuan?

Is this blade still available?

Can you give some notable examples at high level tournaments in any part of the world?

You do know that men and women are different in terms of fat composition, right?

Okay. I will leave it at that. Muscles are not the only thing that go into lean body mass. And when you are extremely heavy like say, a sumo wrestler or an NFL lineman, your mass is so high that you can be lean by % and be considered fat. We can agree to disagree.

You got my point. I referenced the source of the bullshit story so some can check it and see whether I am lying. Most America football players are asked to sometimes lose weight because they are large. The problem was that back then no one could tell whether it was because they had big...

It is definitely harder to overwhelm people with spin but I think inverted is definitely the easier option to play for all the reasons that have been mentioned. I mean, I took 8 months off and came back and my inverted play has caught up. You can always dial down or dial up the power or change...

You seem to be coming late into a discussion without understanding the context. My original story was an example of someone being treated like he was fat and being forced to lose weight when he was not fat - he performed better athletically when allowed to lose weight. Yes the 2% number is...

There is. It is called a dexascan. If you haven't done it, do not pretend to know exactly how fat a world class athlete is.

I knew someone would say this. The story is from Covert Bailey's book, "Fit or Fat", which was written in the 80s before more modern tests with lower error were widespread. It is unlikely that the guy was 2%. It is however quite likely that the guy was being told to lose fat when he had very...

If you know the kind of stuff Loopadoop posts and how he feels about long pips, you will realize your best strategy is to nod your head and move on...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115755.htm I have provided lots of stuff to enable you to understand that 1) healthy women carry more body fat than healthy men. 2) Chen Meng obviously has a slim upper body and most of her weight is in her lower body like most top level...

And how do you know she has 8 - 13 kg of excess fat? Not excess weight but excess fat? A popular fitness trainer told the story of an American football player who was clearly overweight. His coaches asked him to lose weight because he was too big. He was put on diets and his food relatively...

In fact no one is espousing a chubby muscular dichotomy. In fact all people , fat and thin, have muscles and muscles are required to carry fat. In fact you can be very muscular with little fat and still too large for table tennis. But even when people look chubby, you can't tell what their...

Yes. That said, being all muscle doesn't mean you can't be too large to move quickly and play the sport with high endurance. But this is not something that you can conclude by simply saying that someone looks chubby or fat. Looks can be deceiving.