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- From: krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith)
- Subject: Re: The fittest people on the planet.
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:25:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.222533.17953@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- References: <1k75umINNpjk@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <q3r3nb-@rpi.edu> <1993Jan28.211030.16414@walter.bellcore.com>
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- In article <1993Jan28.211030.16414@walter.bellcore.com> kenl@origami.cc.bellcore.com (Ken Lehner) writes:
- >In article <q3r3nb-@rpi.edu>, cecchinr@gehrig.cs.rpi.edu (Ron Cecchini) writes:
- >|>
- >|> And you know, I'd still be willing to put some of the pros up against
- >|> your "fit" athletes. When the pros are not in competition mode, they're
- >|> still doing lots of aerobics - 3, 4, 5 times a week is not unheard of.
- >|> I can't believe that they have such poor aerobic capabilities...
- >
- >I'll take your money. I'm a triathlete, and I know a few (non-elite)
- >triathletes who do 3 or 4 aerobic workouts A DAY (swim in the morning, run
- >at lunch, bike/run in the evening). I'm more than willing to bet that
- >there isn't a single (top) pro bodybuilder that can demonstrate aerobic
- >capability comparable to a "local" top triathlete, not to mention a
- >national caliber triathlete. The ability to do (say, in the pool) 10
- >intervals at 90% of maximum heart rate for 2 minutes, with about 20
- >seconds rest each time, is probably beyond the capacity of bodybuilders.
- >I can do an hour swim (non-stop), where my heart rate stays around 80% of
- >my (observed) maximum.
- >
- >I have a lot of respect for bodybuilders; I know what kind of dedication
- >it must take to achieve the results they strive for. I know that they
- >train for something very different than aerobic capacity. Please don't
- >try to put them in a category where they really don't stack up.
- >
- >Ken Lehner
-
- Let us be careful not to let this thread degenerate into a
- "my sport is better than your sport" flame-fest.
- It would be pointless. Suffice it to say that different
- sports require a different mix of resources on the part
- of their participants.
-
- Keith R
-