What advantages do short people have over tall people?

Short people have advantages in some occupations and sports.

1. Power movement. For example, lifting weights, squatting and pulling hard, being short is definitely a super advantage. Because first of all, with the same muscle mass, short people (short hands, legs and trunk) have larger and thicker muscle cross-sectional areas.

Secondly, such competitions are compared together according to the same heavyweight. Under the same weight, short people can have more muscle mass.

Third, because of leverage, short limbs can have greater absolute strength. At the same time, the distance needed to "lift to the top of your head" in weightlifting is also shorter.

Many advantages, no disadvantages.

2. Work with limited space. I thought of some tank pilots and fighter pilots. When I came to our school to recruit fighter pilots, I clearly stipulated the upper limit of height (at that time, our school stipulated that men over 178 were not allowed).

3. Work with hard living conditions. I'm thinking about astronauts. Take China Yang Liwei as an example. Generally, 168cm male is the best. From ordinary pilots to fighter pilots, to reserve astronauts, to full-time astronauts, the upper limit of height is getting lower and lower. It is not only the reason of narrow space, but also the comprehensive viability, adaptability to complex speed, different gravity, high and low temperature environment, cardiopulmonary ability, vascular ability and so on.