Conditioning

by **Tamthewasp** » Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:19

Was discussing with a few mates about the best conditioned athletes. While he was arguing that mma and boxers are the best conditioned athletes, they only fight a couple of times a year at a high level of competition. Where as tennis players compete all year round.

So my question is are Tennis players the most conditioned athletes? If not who and why?

by **edlglide** » Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:29

I'd say soccer players. Or footballers as I guess they would be called by the vast majority of you.

Tennis is tough too, but they have to cover a much smaller area -- plus tennis players can skip a couple of tournaments, take a few weeks off. Also, while I think a 5 set tennis match would be harder than soccer, they only play best of 5 four times a year so actual 5 set matches are rare.

by **Moralspain** » Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:42

with conditioned athlete you mean fit and athletic guys?, if so i can't tell, when we talk about best athletes 1st we have to do is to differentiate the aerobic sports (cycling, swimming, triathlon etc) from anaerobic ones (football, basketball, tennis, rugby etc).

Among the anaerobic sports yes i think tennis is one of the most physically demanding sports, consequently tennis players are one of the best conditioned athletes.

For example, when i'm training for a triathlon, 5 days a week combining swimming, running, cycling, and a friend invite me to play a tennis match i sweat blood to end the 1st set, no kidding, and i promise you i'm extremely fit but 2 different worlds man!

by **ILuvBillVal** » Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:33

Well, it's certainly NOT MMA fighters. If they're lucky they go five five minute rounds. I'm not by any means knocking MMA fighters but it's a cash cow that has become over hyped as hell.

by **jayl0ve** » Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:30

MMA fighters. I'm sorry BillVal you're a nice funny guy but you sound very ignorant right now.

Try no-holds barred grappling with your friends sometime. I've done it and you would be very very surprised at just how COMPLETELY EXHAUSTING it can be, in a way that tennis never is for me. I have never been so tired in my life to be quite honest. And that was with no striking allowed...just grappling.

25 minutes is an eternity in MMA...

DREAM (an MMA organization in Japan) features bouts with a 10 minute 1st round and 5 minute subsequent rounds. If that's not a supreme test of endurance I don't really know what is, I guess.

Tennis is a demanding sport but really only demanding on an aerobic level....you're not really straining any muscles or doing any kinda major work with your muscles while doing it, it's mainly just a lot of running. Maybe a tennis player could outrun an MMA player in a marathon but the MMA guy will choke the tennis player to death, so...I dunno, kind of a rock paper scissors situation

by **Rob ITST** » Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:55

I think that no matter what sport you look at, the top professionals are as conditioned to play that sport as is humanly possible with modern training.

In other words:

A top tennis player would make a top MMA fighter look out of shape on a tennis court.

A top MMA fighter would make a top tennis player look out of shape in an octagon (plus, he'd probably make him unrecognizable due to sever injuries to the head and face).

A top football player would make a top boxer look out of shape on a football field.

etc...

There is no winner.

by **Tamthewasp** » Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:10

I was going gor all round athlete.,like a mma guy would suck at triatholon. etc .

So who would be the best all rounder takung strength, zpeed, carxio , stamina and all the other conditions tgat I would spell wrong

by **Vieira151** » Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:33

Definitely not a drunk Scotsman. For sure.

by **Tamthewasp** » Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:10

Vieira151 wrote:Definitely not a drunk Scotsman. For sure.

Buckfast and phone qwerty do not mix. Also it takes 1 too know 1

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by **Vieira151** » Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:16

It's funny 'cause I'm shit and don't get drunk(doesn't mean I don't drink though...) :lol:

Also, Buckfast? Eww. Drink a real man's drink.

by **kiplaird** » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:07

I read Tams OP and hands down Tennis Players are the most conditioned.
they do it week in - week out.
Football players are 2 a month
Cricket players are - well - once they get let out out jail for match fixing
nah - i aint even gonna explain my reason further because their aint really any other sport that is actually that physically demanding week in week out... although - it does rear it's ugly head about the demanding schedule.... is that in another post..?
fair enough... their is athetes who TRAIN for a whole year or the whole years of there life - say olympics - but not competing as often as tennis players do but still putting in the hours and even more, just to get to that stage where they can compete..
Provacative Tam the Wasp... got me thinking there... i hate i when people make me do that lol.. GOOD POST..! :wink:

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