which athletes are in the best shape?

[MikeBrownsJob]

are you a fan of Harry AA? this individual is quite beastly as well at least from a lifting standpoint

Never heard of him but will look it up.

ETA: Okay I know who you are talking about after seeing a picture. Dude is a beast as well.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

and he's only 185lbs

Yup. There is no one who displays that range of athleticism, power, strength and endurance. His physique is functional, not limiting.

 

[MMS]

When these discussions come up I just laugh.

Basketball? Football? Baseball? Boxing?

While all in great shape we are talking about all around athleticism. No one has brought up Bryan Clay

SPARQ is an acronym for Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness.

There are performance guides which give the details for each rating so you can see how you rank and can quickly identify your relative strengths and weaknesses. An average rating typically falls between 45 and 55. An elite rating typically exceeds 85 or 90.

Bryan Clay (US Decathlete) - reported in the SPARQ Magazine from the Summer of 2008, he achieved a Football rating of 130.40, close to the high-scoring 132.00 recorded at the 2008 Nike Combines, where more than 10,000 athletes were tested. He performed all tests, and his other ratings were: SOCCER 96.50, BASEBALL 102.00, BASKETBALL 90.00 and ATHLETIC ASSESSMENT 145.00.

He ran a 4.38 40.

Benches 355 LBS

Clay has a vertical leap of 43.5 inches, one of the highest no step vertical jumps in NBA/NFL Combine history.

No one is touching dude

i wont say noone is touching him but this is plausible

Remember that when you have to push a car uphill



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thats all leg drive whoadie

 

[EQ.]

I know what it is I just don't respect VO2 as a barometer

Cool.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

i wont say noone is touching him but this is plausible



thats all leg drive whoadie

Will Claye weight training session - YouTube

Will Claye weight training session - YouTube



This is what a leg day should look like.

 

[MMS]

Cool.

the thread is which athletes are in the best shape

cross country skiers arent as agile, strong, or fast as a multitude of other athletes across many sports

 

[MMS]

Will Claye weight training session - YouTube

Will Claye weight training session - YouTube



This is what a leg day should look like.

you know those are 20lb bumper plates right :wot:

 

[semtex]

i wont say noone is touching him but this is plausible



thats all leg drive whoadie

 

[MMS]

i forgot all about those shops

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

you know those are 20lb bumper plates right :wot:

Lol at that smiley. But dude that's a great way to get explosion and agility. He competes in the long-jump and triple jump.

 

[patscorpio]

boxers
soccer players

 

[krackdagawd]

Top three are all interchangeable imo and soccer is def last.

 

[MMS]

Lol at that smiley. But dude that's a great way to get explosion and agility. He competes in the long-jump and triple jump.

ya i dont doubt it

im a huge fan of pyrros dimas



its always been my goal to get that strong at that size

i think the disagreement with alot of folks in this thread is simple

some people value endurance

and some people value strength

and the ones who value strength tend to vote football, boxers etc

where as the endurance folks talking VO2 maxes saying cross country

to me endurance is something you can train alot easier than raw power/strength but thats just my opinion

i will say Clay and other decathletes really encompass all around athleticism.

i think what gets me are athletes that:

are absurdly strong relative their size
are fast, quick, agile
can do whatever they do over time without expiring

everything else is extra to me, thats how i judge it atleast

 

[patscorpio]

Top three are all interchangeable imo and soccer is def last.

sorry krack but the majority of MMA fighters are among the poorly conditioned athletes ive seen...the stamina on most of them are

 

[krackdagawd]

sorry krack but the majority of MMA fighters are among the poorly conditioned athletes ive seen...the stamina on most of them are

You have to take into account that they also have to worry about grappling/wrestling and ask anyone who has wrestled before how taxing that is.

Not making any excuses for dudes that I have seen gassed after a round of doing nothing though.