Real Olympic Athletes Strip Down For Sexy Anatomy Lesson

Guys on sites like Manhunt often label their bodies as "athletic." We know it means zero percent body fat and lots of muscles, but does it really? Check out these photos of Olympic athletes showing the wide, wide world physiques.

In a photoshoot called "The Athlete," photogs Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein put sports figures from vastly different disciplines side by side to compare. All the bodies are fit, but quickly we see lumping "athletic" into our image of Falcon porn is completely wrong. The basketball player, the wrestler, the marathon runner, the sprinter and the bodybuilder all have bodies as comparable as a gin martini and a Belgian beer—all delicious, all quality, all different.

Next time that hunk tells us his body's "athletic," we'll ask him which sport. Then we could prep for a roll in the hay with a cute compact wrestler, or a trip to the moon with a tall, sinewy basketball player. Which athlete in these photos would get your vote for spring training?

· The Body Politic (nightcharm.com)
· athletic body diversity reference for artists (ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com)