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Motorsport guys are fit, but hardly athletes as such. Stick and ball athletes have too much down time. The big3 in the US have more bench time than playing time - even soccer is mostly walking around. Cyclists, x-cross skiers, triathletes have zero rest breaks. You race for 5 hrs it's 5hrs with no TV breaks, time-outs, and half times. The training is brutal.
Racing drivers have excellent reaction time and eye–hand coordination.
Yes, Ill give you credit that MMA fighters are generally in great shape and are generally quite strong. But, they just fight. Thats it. Most sports have all the same exact attributes as MMA fighters, but they compete in sports that require sometimes daily games/matches/races, that last hours upon hours, at full speed. MMA is mostly dancing and jabs, with some ground n pound action. They wouldnt last 10 miles on an easy Tour de France stage. Their idea of "stamina" is quite laughable to me. Being confined in a small cage and basically hopping around at slow speeds and taking jabs at one another isnt anything special.
I said martial arts.
YOU said MMA. I assume you mean UFC stuff. The Korean style arts I practiced required TONS of endurance.
Oh, and if you don't think 3 minutes in the ring requires endurance, talk to a boxer.
The unanswerable questions are how we rate different athletic achievements. There is an attempt in the scoring systems of the decathlon and modern pentathlon of the Olympic events. But then the endurance based athletes laugh at the 1500 meters or a swim as a test. Those based upon power or balance laugh at what an Iron Man champion shows.
For a balance of skills shown my vote would be an American football outside linebacker. But then I grew up watching NFL Films shows on Saturdays and they were produced so well at one point as a boy I thought that the most noble profession a man could have was being a running back
about the same as a professional video game player
It is not like pro gamers have to deal with 4.5G when breaking or nearly 4G when cornering, like in F1. That is massive g-forces for over 90 minutes. The F1 cockpit temperature during the Singapore GP is around 60 C / 140 F. I would like to see a pro gamer experience that. Playing a game has no serious consequences. One little error in the Isle of Man TT and you are dead.
I would lean towards athletes that are involved in a game of some sort over gymnasts, decathletes, cyclists or triathletes. While those are physically demanding, and can be incredibly demanding mentally from a pain and endurance standpoint, they do not offer any challenge with regard to circumstances that are constantly changing, or constantly changing strategy.
I'd probably lean towards basketball as having the perfect mix. Another good one, maybe a read option QB. A guy like Russell Wilson or Cam Newton.
It is not like pro gamers have to deal with 4.5G when breaking or nearly 4G when cornering, like in F1. That is massive g-forces for over 90 minutes. The F1 cockpit temperature during the Singapore GP is around 60 C / 140 F. I would like to see a pro gamer experience that. Playing a game has no serious consequences. One little error in the Isle of Man TT and you are dead.
Boxing. You must be in peak physical condition as well as mentally focused. Having trained amateur boxers for the better part of two decades I have had athletes from a majority of other sports walk through the door and confess that boxing was the toughest workout they had ever endured. That was coming from basketball players, hockey players, wrestlers, football players, rugby players, track and field, and swimmers. During my time in the military the members who performed at the top of their annual PT tests were often soccer players. You don't see any fat soccer players.
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