What is the most athletic sport and why is it strongman?

Athletic? Probably decathlons

to be quite honest

crossfit

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>>39113451
my nig nog, come on

MMA
>strength
>speed
>power
>endurance
>flexibility
>reaction time
>balance
>agility
>coordination
>mental toughness
all athletic traits are important for mma

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>>39113451
Crossfit is a pleb strongman. It tries to do the same thing but fails

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>>39113550
>MMA

HOCKEY

NBA

It's a combination of all metrics of athleticism at an elite level. There's maybe 600-700 people on the entire planet that are able to compete.

>>39113550
The most important trait is being a childish overcompensater who wants to make a 'career' out of getting punched in the face to prove hes the TOUGHEST OF ALL TIME

Its got a great retirement plan, you become functionally retarded over time and dont even realize how badly you fucked your life up

>>39113620
as someone who watches NBA i can tell you that there are only a handful of true athletic players and the rest are slightly above average.

>>39113550
MMA is gay. It's guys in their underwear cuddling on the ground. One penetration short of being gay porn.

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>>39113618

>outdoor arena by my house
>going to be cold soon
>cardio

Going to take day of work and skate a few hours in the morning
>mfw

>>39113642
Are you 13?

>>39113657
Are you a fan of MMA?

>>39113377

Rugby. It's 80 minutes of tackle football, only with fairly continuous play and limited substitutions.

>>39113620

The NBA is vastly overrated athletically. A lot of the guys have GREAT explosive genetics. Some are just tall. None of them are strong worth a fuck. And they're all goddamn crybabies.

>>39113663
Not really but calling a fighting sport gay is about as childish as it gets

>>39113683
closet fag detected

gymnastics

>>39113669
>And they're all goddamn crybabies.
You know flopping is as real as wrestling, right?

>>39113620

NBA is a game of skill not athleticism, their measurables are awful compared to the NFL who are the real elite athletes

>>39113550
Martial arts are definitely the toughest sports and boxers may have amazing endurance, but they're probably not the most "athletic". That being said martial arts make any other athlete look like a pussy

>>39113721

that being said height is a very important metric aside from skill

>>39113721
>nfl
>Only have to be good at one thing
Leeeeel

>>39113721
NFL has a wide-range of players. There's strongfat guys who sit on the line and push each other. Ask them to run 50m and they'll have to sit on the bench huffing oxygen. You could probably sign a bartender as the kicker.

>>39113738
I wouldnt say all martial arts. For example tae kwon do is only for children and neckbeards to feel cool

>>39113756
Okay, barring things like aikido and other bullshit, martial arts are the toughest

>Strongman
>athletic
Just some overblown fat guys who just cant even do a pullup or run a mile

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>>39113753

>>39113753

the strongfat guys still have ridiculous athletic talent for their size, look at Lane Johnson, he's unreal

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most athletic human being of all time

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>>39113837

>>39113565
My Savickas

>>39113837

lol Lebron is nowhere near the top 10% of NFL players athletically

>>39113715

Except wrestlers actually take bumps and sell. NBA players do that shitty little buttslide thing and no-sell any injury the instant they get the call.

It's poor psychology is what it is.

>>39113938
you're right. he's above all of them.

>>39113377
>strongman
Being fat isn't a sport

>>39113837

Most genetically gifted maybe. Too bad he wastes it playing a pussy, ceremonial non-sport like basketball instead of some real shit like rugby, hockey, or even American football.

>>39113957
Ya he's wasting a lot of times incomprehensible amounts of money instead of making nothing in rugby or hockey

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>>39113837
i'll raise you one gronk

>>39113982
time making* sorry, I'm on my eighth scoop

Why are they always so fat?

I would guess collegiate & olympic wrestling

>>39113945

>4.6 40 at 250lbs

>20 reps of 180lbs bench

>40'' vert

Mario Williams:

>4.7 40 at 300lbs

>35 reps of 225lbs bench

>40'' vert

>>39113565
>>39113786
>>39113837
>>39113855
>>39113991
>>39114041
worshiping roided freaks

>>39113683
i've never personally called it "gay", but i have to agree MMA is by far the most dull and homoerotic sports out there. the idea of it as a fighting sport sounds like it would be exciting-- the highlight reels certainly are-- but the reality of watching full matches really is 90% just men mounting each other in the missionary position.

>>39113995
in terms of functional strength, muscle + fat > muscle - fat > fat - muscle > no muscle no fat

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>>39114219
you guys are so scared of body contact, why exactly? cause you might actually get sexually aroused by it?
I switched from lifting to mma and gotta say nothing is more homoerotic than gym culture

have some high test

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>>39113410
>decathlons
>athletic

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The sports that require the highlest level of athleticism are as follows:

From Child Tier:
Gymnastics
Figure Skating/Carnival Gymnasticy Stuff/Crazy Dancing Shit with High levels of coordination

What the fuck did you just do tier?:
Grappling Sports (BJJ, Amateur Wrestling, Sambo, Judo...)
MMA
Fancy Skiing/Board Sports (Board sports are for fags though)

Not interested in listing other sports, but sports involving lots of change of direction and variety of activity would be next.

>>39114104
Literally every athlete competing at a high level is on steroids, dipshit.

That includes all your bulls in the NBA and NFL

Not in soccer though, cuz looking like and being a pussy is an advantage in that sport.

>>39113855
>>39114104

This is photo implies roiding?

>>39114459
Grapplefag with no striking skill detected

>>39114674
I listed MMA as well. Grappling arts require higher levels of coordination and a much larger number of skills.

I did Muay Thai for 4 years.

>>39114721
Boxing requires the most skill despite how limited it is

>>39113377

Turkish oil wrestling, /fit/'s favorite sport!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CReDmSNMgvY

>>39113565
first nigga i ever seen look better fat

>>39114740
lol

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>>39113774
>overblown fat guys who just cant even do a pullup or run a mile

>>39113774
Who cares about running a mile when you can lift a fucking ATLAS STONE?

>>39116190
MDE reference?

>>39116190
People without diabetes

I've played rugby for ten years, American Football for one and done a couple of strongman comps
A long strongman event session is one of the most taxing things you can do. Hardest thing I've done was a yoke walk ladder with my shitty York belt:
>140kg for 40m
>220kg speed run for 40m
>260kg for 20
>280kg for 20
>290kg for 20
And then back down

>>39114362
there's nothing wrong with being gay. or bi curious in your case.