Most "conditioned" athletes

[Buckeye.2]

Rowers.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Hard to say on Thump's list.

Off the list, cross-country skiers. If they do a variety of distances, they need to be the total package of explosiveness, endurance, and core and upper body strength. also, I would think that MMA guys would be like wrestlers+.

Gymnasts would probably top the list but for the short duration of their events.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Conditioning has more to do with endurance, not high burst power over short periods of time. That's why OSU has a "Strength and conditioning" program.

My idea of "conditioned" is whoever can exert the most amount of watts for the longest period of time.

That's a spot-on description of conditioning.

I also believe water polo is up there as well.

Water polo players are in fantastic condition. We have a couple older triathletes who played water polo in their younger days. One owns the training shop where I train and has finished ~20 Ironmans including Kona a couple times and the other is our main swimming coach who just missed qualifying for Kona last year.

 

[knapplc]

I just noticed an egregious error. Why isn't "Honu Swimmer" on that poll?

 

[OHSportsFan]

Sled dogs.

 

[xcrunner]

I'd say distance runners (I am one) but we have absolutely no explosiveness. That doesn't really count for "conditioning" but I still feel like it has relevance... If I can't jump, sprint, cut, or basically do anything except for run really far and pretty fast then I have trouble saying I'm the "most conditioned". So I put soccer players because they seem to have more balance.

That being said I'm not really going with a standard definition of "conditioned" by using those metrics.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

What I always found interesting/depressing...
When I would get to a comfortable conditioned level in any activity or sport.. and then do something different... I'd quickly find out I was back to square one with the new activity

 

[Bleed S & G]

 

[BuckBackHome]

Hard to say on Thump's list.

Off the list, cross-country skiers. If they do a variety of distances, they need to be the total package of explosiveness, endurance, and core and upper body strength. also, I would think that MMA guys would be like wrestlers+.

Gymnasts would probably top the list but for the short duration of their events.

Biathletes (sp?) have always fascinated me because they haul butt cross-country skiing and then have to stop and slow everything down to become sharpshooters. I should research how much their heart rates change during this event.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

If you're going by what burns the most calories per hour of activity, both x-country skiers and squash players would be high on the list.

 

[GomerBucks]

Mixed Martial Artists
X-Country skiers
Cyclists
Swimmers

 

[OHSportsFan]

 

[Wells4Heisman]

Futbol

 

[Muck]

Biathletes (sp?) have always fascinated me because they haul butt cross-country skiing and then have to stop and slow everything down to become sharpshooters. I should research how much their heart rates change during this event.

Skiing - Upwards of 200 bpm
Stepping up to the firing line - 185 bpm
Firing off hand - 160-165 bpm
Firing prone - 135-140 bpm

 

[muffler dragon]

Skiing - Upwards of 200 bpm
Stepping up to the firing line - 185 bpm
Firing off hand - 160-165 bpm
Firing prone - 135-140 bpm

Have you competed since becoming a Scandinavian citizen?