Which Sport has the Fittest Athletes in the World?

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I'm Ben. I am a scientist from the UK studying neuroscience, exercise science, and nutrition. My mission is to make young men into forces of nature by training their physical capabilities, optimising their health, and developing noble character.

[jota]

The conditioning and endurance of boxers who can go the full 12 is next level .

[thijs]

In my opinion MMA fighters, more specifically welterweights to light heavyweights weight classes.

[navajokimball]

Wrestling. Unless you’ve wrestled a full match you’ll never understand how hard wrestling is. You need every athletic ability in the book plus the mental.

[CoachTshepoBlackJaguars]

As a former fighter and current rugby player and coach I fully agree with you but also consider that in fighting the lighter guys typically are faster and throw a lot more strikes so their fitness is probably better than heavier guys. It definitely gets to a point where all the extra weight begins to slow you down and wear you out.

[willbradley]

This video is spot on. I did ice hockey throughout high school and then kickboxing and Muay Thai in college. I love hockey but the level of fitness needed between the two just doesn’t even compare. When you’re doing a combat sport you have to push yourself to the absolute max or else you’ll get pummeled. It’s different in most team based sports where, if you get tired, you can cool down and rotate out with your teammates.

[mr.potatohead]

Id argue that the training for fighting rather than the actual match is what makes them the top on the list

[The_Fight_Game]

I’ve competed in track, CrossFit, and MMA/Muay Thai. I can say without a doubt the most difficult one of these competitions physically and mentally was MMA.

[martinig]

I feel like you should've defined what you meant by fitness. Because I would consider all these athletes fit. But you mention good points like being well rounded in other aspects than just cardio or raw strength. Still great video.

[neptuneai]

Important thing to note about rugby is, although the sport as a whole requires excellent stamina strength, size, agility, etc, individual players specialize in niches, so they don't need to be this remarkable in all the categories. The biggest rugby players and fastest rugby players have almost no overlap.

In contrast, fighting, as a 1 on 1 combat sport, requires you to have no weak links. I would definitely consider fighters more fit overall.

[Aaron_Salloway]

Ive played many sports and have been weight training for 3 years and I absolubtley agree. Boxing was the hardest thing I've ever done, I've never been so tired or drenched in my sweat in my whole life. Felt like a lifeless corpse after every session but totally worth it.

[haroldibarra]

MMA. These fighters do crazy workouts and really random too, for example going from 1 minute of intense bag hitting to sprawling to squatting heavy to simulate a fight. Not only the weight training and calisthenics but also the sparring with nervousness and an already accelerated heart rate due to not wanting to get knocked out. You have to have a combination of ALL the traits. Speed and fast twitch muscle fibers for explosiveness that helps in things like a suplex or a barrage of punches, not to mention how random these fights can be. You also need slow twitch muscle fibers for strength and long term. You could go from a barrage of punches to getting taken down and fighting you way back up to top position.

[goncalocorreia]

I completely agree, I've played many sports and of all the sports I've practiced, combat sports were the most intense and made me more complete, I did Muay Thai, Kickboxing and currently Boxing, I believe that all of them, including Grapling and MMA are the most complete sports

[MVProfits]

In MMA you have to be strong, have amazing endurance, be flexible, explosive, you got it all.

[rolandrush]

Fighters and rugby players use CrossFit (cross model training) type training to get in shape to do their sport.

[Chmb]

All of these sports contain really physically demanding. But I think they are all different types of cardio

[rolandrush]

Gymnasts would be the only ones that beat combat in flexibility.

[christopherhamill]

Decathlon is being under rated here in my eyes. The detrimental reason given here was lack of endurance, I guarantee you no one is running a 4:30 1500m without extensive training which is the minimum almost for competitive decathletes. They easily run 60km per week, while training for the hurdles, pole vault (arguably the sport with the largest barrier to entry), sprints as well as explosive events like shot put which requires elite technique, explosiveness and strength. Additionally the point of them being 7/10 or 8/10 on all events isn’t accurate, it’s more like 9 or 10 for some events while being 7 for all e.g Ehammer

[CarlFredrik-uocu]

Great video. For part two, you need to include: rowers, swimmers, cross-country skiers, and triathletes.

[chrisbergonzi]

Decades ago, there was a study comparing wordl-class athletes. Judged by VO2 max. I believe rowers won by a substantial margin...

[EvanErnstYoutube]

I have done wrestling, jiu jitsu, rugby, and CrossFit. Wrestling is easily the hardest, you have to have insane peak fitness with no rest to survive, requiring the most mental toughness. But a CrossFit games athlete would be much stronger and more versatile, even though the mental part could be slightly easier.