which athletes are in the best shape?

[semtex]

some people have those once in a lifetime genetics

 

[Malta]

Another fast rugby player

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfblvjqHF00[/ame]

And there's now some former sprinter turned rugby player that is faster than anyone in the NFL, he runs a 10.1 100m dash.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Yes a decathete is a track athlete. I'm not discounting it. There werer 2 separate debates in this thread. 1 debate/argument was which sport is the best athlete the other argument was which 1 is in the best shape. My answer was that football & basketball players are the best athletes and MMA/long distance track runners/sprinters are the most in shape. Not to say that football players or football players aren't.

Based on ?

Basketball? You got 175LBS Kevin Durant dominating the game and he can't bench his own body weight. Graceful ballerinas with agility of Swans? yes

Best athletes?

Football? You don't have to be an athlete to dominate the sport. Cue Peyton Manning.

In order to dominate a sport like MMA or Decathlon you have to be superior mentally as well as physically. You can cheat a little in football.

Give me some reasons breh outside of "I like the sport" which is obvious.

 

[Malta]

Breh quads are insane...

He has to be squatting like 600 + lbs...

He claimed he could do 825x8, I don't buy it but north of 600 wouldn't shock me.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Based on ?

Basketball? You got 175LBS Kevin Durant dominating the game and he can't bench his own body weight. Graceful ballerinas with agility of Swans? yes

Best athletes?

Football? You don't have to be an athlete to dominate the sport. Cue Peyton Manning.

In order to dominate a sport like MMA or Decathlon you have to be superior mentally as well as physically. You can cheat a little in football.

Give me some reasons breh outside of "I like the sport" which is obvious.

Athletism also involves a specific skillset. The combination of physical skill, accuracy, endurance, physical punishment can also be taken into account when describing an athlete. Are u saying that Peyton Manning isn't superior mentally?

 

[J.Pinkman]

There are zero athletes in rugby as big, fast or agile as Adrian Peterson, there is no rugby player that could move like barry sanders,walter payton. Calvin johnson would embarrass any rugby player that would try to guard him. Football players could play rugby easily. But those stiff rugby player that lack swift lateral movements, speed excelleration, would get embarased. I'm not sayin that rugby players aren't athletic or not in shape, but fotbal players & basketbal players are far better athletes. And who cares if rugby players don't have on pads


They don't hit as hard as football players do. Have u hear of the hard hitting saftey Sean Taylor, Ronnie Lott, Steve Atwater, Jack Tatum? Youtube them. They could have easily played rugby. Rugby isn't as athleticly demanding as football. The physical agility that football requires is extremely different.

Answer this question honestly how many rugby players can catch a football (which is considerably smaler than a rugby ball) like an nfl reciever one hand as they drag their toes in bounds? Probably less than 2% of rugby players can do that.

How many rugby players are as fast as Chris Johnson of the titans, antonio brown, mike wallace from the steelers. Rugby players don't run 4.2 and 4.3 40 yd times. Anything a rugby player can do football players do but NOT vice versa. Rugby players mostly rely on brut strength and not the combination of speed,power, agility, on field intellegence by executng an intricuit play (audibles etc)

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpdTkx67-U4[/ame]

Not as agile

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITyBuvktMU[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNFkFlISeRM[/ame]

Not as fast

How are you talking about playing different sports? You really think someone who has never picked up a Rugby ball before can just go play like that? You can't have played it or watched it much if at all if you think that.

Asking me that question is ridiculous. NFL players have been in training or playing the game since they were younguns. Most Rugby players have never played or watched NFL

Last sentence is just

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Athletism also involves a specific skillset. The combination of physical skill, accuracy, endurance, physical punishment can also be taken into account when describing an athlete. Are u saying that Peyton Manning isn't superior mentally?

Peyton is mentally superior but physically a joke. No one would say I want to be physically gifted like Peyton Manning. Stop it bro. The fact is to dominate the sport you don't have to be physically superior.

 

[J.Pinkman]

Are you really doubting rugby players, a lot of them are Samoan.

6"5 280lbs

The Best of Jonah Lomu MUST SEE!! Part 1 - YouTube


Ran a 10.8 100m

I think every rugby fan in the world remembers him FLATTENING that England player.



Complete beast.

 

[Malta]

And here are the Adrian Peterson types from Rugby -


5"11 210 runs 100m around 10.4

6"2 240lbs runs 100 10.66

They are both faster than Peterson and in the case of Rokocoko he's bigger and would outrun him in a 100m dash. Rugby players are incredible athletes, a lot of their power is in their legs.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpdTkx67-U4

Not as agile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITyBuvktMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNFkFlISeRM

Not as fast

How are you talking about playing different sports? You really think someone who has never picked up a Rugby ball before can just go play like that? You can't have played it or watched it much if at all if you think that.

Asking me that question is ridiculous. NFL players have been in training or playing the game since they were younguns. Most Rugby players have never played or watched NFL

Last sentence is just

U are helpin me prove my point. I'm waitin for u to to show me a rugby player as fast a chris johnson, deion sanders and as big & fast as bo jackson. U showed me youtube videos of some marginally fast white dude runnin against average speed white dudes. Cmon man

 

[semtex]

U are helpin me prove my point. I'm waitin for u to to show me a rugby player as fast a chris johnson, deion sanders and as big & fast as bo jackson. U showed me youtube videos of some marginally fast white dude runnin against average speed white dudes. Cmon man

I mean really we could speculate all day. who knows, I bet them rugby players would REALLY let loose if equipped with NFL protection. probably kill a nikka or two

 

[Ronnie Lott]

I mean really we could speculate all day. who knows, I bet them rugby players would REALLY let loose if equipped with NFL protection. probably kill a nikka or two

Who knows

 

[J.Pinkman]

U are helpin me prove my point. I'm waitin for u to to show me a rugby player as fast a chris johnson, deion sanders and as big & fast as bo jackson. U showed me youtube videos of some marginally fast white dude runnin against average speed white dudes. Cmon man

So you didn't watch the video? Cause the dude who I said was fast aint white. he runs 10.3 100m Funny thing is, he isn't even big but you still see him piledriving 20 stone + dudes into the floor.

 

[chipmarket]

what about hockey players (nhl).

They go all out for 3-4 minutes a shift and then break they are pretty much sprinting up and down the ice along with taking shots plus hitting and fighting.

 

[semtex]

what about hockey players (nhl).

They go all out for 3-4 minutes a shift and then break they are pretty much sprinting up and down the ice along with taking shots plus hitting and fighting.