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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 1151219" data-attributes="member: 1325">Upper body strength. Sprinters have enormous upper body strength. (remember Ben Johnson?) No pot bellies visible on any sprinters I can remember.It is the arms which keep a 400 meter runner moving in the last 50 meters. (Believe it or not). It is the arms which provide the sprinter with the momentum and drive and allow them to maintain it. Try sprinting with your arms hanging by your side.And they are also quite dextrous (not quite ballerina or gymanstics) but are generally very supple and flexible: this is significant for it is equivilent to a motor oil. A well-oiled engine runs better. A supple and flexible human runs better than a stiff one.But the movement we are talking about, walking or "hustling", Strength cannot be regarded as playing such an important part. In fact, if any single attribute was to play an important part, it should be height, more than Dexterity. Being nearly two meters tall, most people find it difficult to keep up with me at a brisk walk.All in all, while it is not terribly realistic having all humans moving at the same speed, the alternatives start falling apart when reviewed. Because you can't say someone with a 18 Dex and 150 cm (5 foot) tall is going to be a faster walker than someone who is 2.10 (7 foot) with 12 Dex.You end up having different algorithms for different types of movement, and trying to keep track of them when people dump stuff or pick stuff up, it is a shear nighmare.</blockquote>

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