Are Football Players Fitter than Tennis Players?

[franksinatra]

That's if you believe Jornet ;) it is interesting that women can out perform men at that distance

Ha, yeah I did pop the caveat in of within 200m as its been accepted he reached 8600m (within 200m of the summit) on his second ‘Summit’ within the space of a few days. Either way an absolutely incredible achievement.

Yes the likes of Courtney Dauwalter are definitely giving the men a run for their money, which is fantastic, but sadly not necessarily being reflected in parity of pay, according to a book I read recently.

 

[idahoblues]

I fucking can

You forget to get up in the morning, eat lunch and many other daily chores

 

[manchester blue]

Cant compare different sports really, just look how soft footballers are a little touch and they roll around like they have been shot. Compare to cycling where they go over the side of mountains ( like yesterday ) climb back up and get back on their bikes !.

OK that's not really a fitness thing but I would say being a cyclist you have to be fitter than any footballer or tennis player.

Tour cyclists are beasts and at least twice as fit as footballers. You never see a cyclist cramping up, I’ve even seen a goalkeeper cramping, I mean he was probably faking but it’s not a good indicator for the argument either way.

A 90 minute match once a week compared to 21 days of 5 hours cycling at an average of around 30mph up and down mountains is worlds apart.

 

[Blue Mist]

8 pages in and not one photo of that tennis player scratching her bum and showing us her knickers.
Very disappointing

 

[abu13]

Different types of fitness for each sport, all I can say is that i have played both to a low level and always found tennis to be the more challenging and physically demanding.

 

[abu13]

8 pages in and not one photo of that tennis player scratching her bum and showing us her knickers.
Very disappointing