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best "athletes"?

Best so called "athlete"?

  • Jockey

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • Race car driver

    Votes: 14 73.7%
  • Golfer

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Curler

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Total voters
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stang

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Always laugh when people call them athletes. However, since they insist, who do you think are the the better specimens?
 

scouser1

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anyone who thinks that race car drivers arent athletes has no clue what they are talking about, sitting in a car that barely has a body that bashes them back and forth, having to deal with insanely hot tempetatures and enough G forces to make your brains come out your nose, and the slightest mistake could not cost you a sprained ankle or torn ACL but your life, now thats an athelete
 

Meesh

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As has been said before, the only 3 true sports are motor racing, boxing and bullfighting. All the rest are merely games.

For motorsport. Cockpit temperatures of 140c and more, sustained for 2 or 3 hours or more. G-loading exceeding 4g. Sustained heart rates of 120bpm for the duration with peaks much higher. And while enduring this having to have the facility to control a machine at high speed where inches and fractions of seconds are important, not to mention having to think both tactically and strategically about the race situation and the state of your own machine.

And as scouser said, a mistake of an inch or a split second can result in much more than 2 minutes in a penalty box or an extra stroke on your score, or even a punch in the mouth.

I'm always amused at those who believe they can just jump into a race car and perform at that level.
 

Meesh

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Yeah. And all hockey players do is slap a puck. Anyone can do that.

And all golfers do is hit a ball. Anyone can do that.

And all boxers do is punch somebody. Anyone can do that.

And all sprinters do is run. Anyone can do that.

Easy.
 

Meesh

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Yeah, but what's the consequence if you make a mistake?

And physical fitness isn't much of an issue for a typist.
 

Meesh

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I wasn't saying a boxer isn't an athelete....there is no doubt about that one. As there is no doubt to me about hockey players or sprinters.

...and as for 'anyone can do that'....I was using a bit of sarcasm to point out that things that appear easy usually are not. It takes a high skill level, training, discipline, fitness and practice to be accomplished at any of those things.
 

Meesh

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I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. It was most certainly meant to be a bit sarcastic.

My point is that none of these things are easy. Lord knows, I suck at most of 'em.
 

Benhur

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Ok so if I don't get in accident when I go to work I'm an athlete?Ever see the "King" Richard Petty? He looked like he lived on Marlboro's and Maddog 20/20? He was an athlete?
I don't know about Nascar drivers(even though I'm pretty sure that today's Nascar drivers are very fit)....but here is something on F1 drivers:

Formula One drivers are some of the most highly conditioned athletes on earth, their bodies specifically adapted to the very exacting requirements of top-flight single-seater motor racing.

All drivers who enter Formula One need to undergo a period of conditioning to the physical demands of the sport: no other race series on earth requires so much of its drivers in terms of stamina and endurance. The vast loadings that Formula One cars are capable of creating, anything up to a sustained 3.5 g of cornering force, for example, means drivers have to be enormously strong to be able to last for full race distances. The extreme heat found in a Formula One cockpit, especially at the hotter rounds of the championship, also puts vast strain on the body: drivers can sweat off anything up to 3kg of their body weight during the course of a race.
Physical endurance is created through intensive cardio-vascular training: usually running or swimming, although some drivers prefer cycling or even roller-blading! But the unusual loadings experienced by neck and chest muscles cannot be easily replicated by conventional gym equipment, so many drivers use specially designed 'rigs' that enable them to specifically develop the muscles they will need to withstand cornering forces. Strong neck muscles are especially important, as they must support the weight of both the driver's head and his helmet under these intense loadings. Powerful arm muscles are also required to enable the car to be controlled during longer races.

In terms of nutrition, most Formula One drivers control their diets in much the same way as track and field athletes, carefully regulating the amount of carbohydrate and protein that they absorb. During the race weekends proper most drivers will be seen eating pasta or other carbohydrate-rich foods to provide energy and to give the all-important stamina for the race itself. It is also vitally important that drivers take in large amounts of water before the race, even if they do not feel thirsty. Failure to do so could bring on dehydration through sweating – not surprising given that the physical endurance required to drive a Formula One race is not dissimilar to that required to run a marathon.
 

peteeey

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Any competitive amateur golfer or curler for maintaining a high standard of performance while fighting a hangover.
 
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