Olympic body types

In Olympic weightlifting, people of every body type imaginable can be seen competing at the highest levels.

Body types of Olympic athletes

Olympic athletes show strength comes in ALL shapes and sizes

As we’re well aware, women and men come in all shapes and sizes. This saying has never been so apparent than in New York photographer Howard Schatz’s latest series of photographs, which documents the amazing diversity of body types of USA Olympic athletes. Short and tall, muscular and slim, big and small – almost all body […]

We’ve united 10 of our nation’s most talented female athletes to tell us what they love about their bodies, and what they don't.

A new project by New York-based photographer Howard Schatz has laid bare the wide spectrum of body types that can make an athlete.

“I am enjoying using Howard Schatz's images of female athletes as my reference for female Super Hero body types when I work with artists. I'm sort of in love with all these powerful women.”

Some people start fitness programs hoping to look like "perfection". Some people quit fitness programs because they don't achieve "perfection". What is this so-called ideal, and how relevant should it be to our goals?

Samantha Wright