fittest sports people.

I for one believe professional cyclists are the untimate for fitness/sports endurance.
What do you lot reckon.

ULTIMATE

Traiathletes - running cycling swimming - thats got to be tough

Nah tri are not supermen like pro cyclists imagine 100+ miles very fast paced for three weeks ala tour de france and hilly.

fair point...

Or what about darts their well fit.
Pmsl

cross country skiers
olympic rowers
and those nutters that do weeks of marathons in the desert

rugby league enough cardo to do the same as an 80 minute bleep test with the 10 metre rule plus enough strength and fitness to tackle and take the hits

honestly? In all round fitness, probably fighters in the striking game. You pretty much need to be seriously fit in just about every aspect to be a top level boxer.

Honestly boxers and the like are only good for say 12 rounds if at the top of their game i know they are expending lotsa energy but for stamina and fitness id put money on pro cyclists would be way higher up the scale.
I mean boxers can pace themselves and look good (im proof of that)and look seriously fit yet cyclists cannot do that unless they are caning it as they have others who will pass them if they cannot keep the pace as there is no kidding in cycling.
Well looking at cyclist training in boxing could do it not the technique but the stamina after few week be fitter than a boxer other way around boxer wouldnt achieve the fitness to compete in cycling i know one is fighting and the other isnt.

Are most cyclists not died up to the eye balls though?

Dosed

Are most cyclists not died up to the eye balls though?

Hey my wife has some JimmyChoos and i think you are getting mixed its most sports have their bad apples with drugs.
Pmsl

sea swimmers i reckon

Ultra marathon runners are up there as well

these guys also worth a mention...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDWedJpwpw

WOW

physically I'd go for top level rugby union loose forwards, no other sports put their body through the continious pounding that these guys do with very little rest for 2 x 40min halves. then MMA fighters coz they not only have the physical pounding but they also have what all combat sports fighters go through psychologically which is unequaled by any sport. the strain & stress of knowing your opponent is intent on knocking you out is someting non combatant sports can't match
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agree with alex the crossfit gamemers arew about the fittest atheletes on the planet, they are something else

There have been tests conducted over the last 10 years or so... most people think its cyclists and rowers etc


suprisingly its not..... its F1 drivers... believe it or not...

My uncle was involved in the sampling of it hence thats how I know


Paddy

motocross is brutal on the body too

Aerobically fit - Cross country skiers/Elite Cyclists without a doubt (scientific fact when you lok at VO2 Max figures)

Anaerobically fit - difficult to say, possibly MMA fighters/boxers/footballers/rugby league players (difficult to measure)

*look

The fittest sports person is clearly Pole Vaulter Allison Stokke

agreed, if i seen her jogging at the side of the road i would pull over hit her with the car door, knock her out and wrap her up in a sack an tape her up take her home and let her be my girlfriend

hahaha Paul! You'd 'let' her....love it :D

Lol hey paul if i saw her 1st you would have the hardest thai fight of your life on ya hands.
Pmsl
'Let her be my g/f' funny shit

shes smokin to be fair, wicked figure on her, banged fitter x

Me too paulinthailand then my ma shouted time to get up for work son.
Pmsl

TO BE FAIR SHE LOOK STUNNING IN THAT PIC, but it is a particularly good un, in others shes not that hot, i went to school with a girl called kelly massey who does olympic atheletics too and she was fucking beautiful but the strain and constant hard work of atheletics smashed her looks to pieces il try and find a before and after shot, she loks like she has been on the meth!

http://www.mlhphysio.co.uk/athletes.php

her now, dont get me wrong shes not a swamp donkey but she was beautiful iv just added her on face book to jack a before picture

Shes still a stunner paul and fit as.
Btw you a Sale lad if ya went to school with her seeing she runs for Sale Harriers.

no mate shes actually from a small village by wolverhampton just competes for sale, let me get a before picture, she was a strong 9 out of 10 id give her 6 now

Id give her more than a 6"
Lol
So i still go with cyclists as fittest aerobic fitness as i do cycling and got behind a young say 18-20 year old female cyclist and was on her back wheel for 1.5 miles then i was gone took the bonk as cyclists say only spoke with her @ traffic lights and complemented on her fitness-maybe i should have rephased it instead of saying 'you are well fit' which may have come across wrong me being a 50 year old male.
Anyway she did say i hope so as im competing in two weeks time in the ironman triathlon.
I was goosed but i had done 12 miles fast at this stage.
Thats my excuse and im sticking to it.
Lol

fooking dog! nt right a woman having bigger legs than me