Who are the fittest sportsmen?

[Cityfan]

Darts players

Actually at the top level most sports demand unbelievable levels of athleticism and I suspect it would come down to precisely how you quantify fitness and which sports resemble that definition most closely.

 

[Blueprint Blue]

Darts players

Actually at the top level most sports demand unbelievable levels of athleticism and I suspect it would come down to precisely how you quantify fitness and which sports resemble that definition most closely.

That's the question really isn't it? How do you define ultimate fitness?

 

[inchy14]

That's the question really isn't it? How do you define ultimate fitness?

Cross fit athletes are supposed to be the ones, covers all bases but not everyone is built for all events, different shapes and sizes suit different things, all still fit in their own right.

 

[abu13]

Tennis players amaze me, at the highest level the explosive speed they have is awesome.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Boxing.

Genuinely the end of the thread.

 

[Blueprint Blue]

Boxing.

Genuinely the end of the thread.

I've thought that for years, as per my original post, the lighter weights especially.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Chess players, the work that goes into a good game is unreal

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Top rowers have freakish cv fitness/lung capacity plus power and endurance. The 2K/6min event is too short to suit pure aerobic performance and too long for the meat heads to sustain effort - has to be the complete package.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Xiao Rooteng encapsulating strength dexterity and poise and I stand in awe of the disciplines required for Gymnasts. They have to be among the fittest of all athletes, especially the rings and vault horse.

 

[Bovril]

Boxing.

Genuinely the end of the thread.

Agreed, having been a boxer in the Army it was the hardest individual thing I ever did. End the thread.