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Most "conditioned" athletes

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Most "conditioned" athletes?

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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.
 
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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.

Thump;2153016; said:
My idea of "conditioned" is whoever can exert the most amount of watts for the longest period of time.
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That's a spot-on description of conditioning.

Thump;2153016; said:
I also believe water polo is up there as well.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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
 
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Jagdaddy;2153181; said:
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.
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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.
 
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BuckBackHome;2153503; said:
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.
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Skiing - Upwards of 200 bpm
Stepping up to the firing line - 185 bpm
Firing off hand - 160-165 bpm
Firing prone - 135-140 bpm
 
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