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Originally Posted by OreoGaborio
I used to run track & field where I did the 4x400, high-jump & pole vault, I've played soccer, baseball, basketball, I've skiid, snowboarded a few times, I've tried mountain climing, mountain hiking, etc etc etc..... Each of those activities requires a different aspect & level of fitness....
But how many here have tried to ride at or near 100% of your ability for roughly 40 minutes like the MotoGP guys do?
Me personally, the longest motorcycle race that I compete in is a 20 minute GP... and before I learned that it wasn't a sprint & I needed to pace myself, I was BEGGING for the white flag by the 15th minute.
Of course that's at Loudon, NH, one of the most notoriously technical & exhausting full size road courses in the States... There's hardly ANYWHERE to rest besides the front straight which is only about 1/2 a mile long.... but my point still applies... On some tracks it's extremely taxing to ride a motorcycle at that level for that length of time.
But to answer the question: I think it's about the same. All sports require top level conditioning to achieve top level performance.
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Good point. I was a distance runner in track, ran cross country and played basketball in a city league. All sports require something different. Conditioning wise there is no doubt that I was in better shape than a lot of people, but it was mainly slow twitch muscles and a ton of stamina. Football players for example use tons of reps of much faster movements. It just depends on what part of being in shape youre looking at. I used to be able to run 12 miles continuously when I was in CC, but could only bench about 140. These days Im stronger but have nowhere near the conditioning I used to since I just lift and do light cardio instead of focusing on cardio and doing a little lifting.
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Originally Posted by Trip
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