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Originally Posted by YeahBee
Something I don't understand
How can people devout their lifes to sports that aren't fun?
Running, heck almsot every endurance sport
I mean if you cannot fool around playing it in your driveway/backyard it just is a pain
Several of the sports measure the same things, I can understand the sense of accomplishment but why not use your talent for a sport that is fun to do, marathon runners probably have better genetics for endurance then anybody else so they would be miles ahead of anybody else if they played a ball sport, even thou they wouldn't dedicate as much time to endurance training, can anyone say acctual running is fun?
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Not necessarily so. We have alot of Marathon Runners come in to our Boxing gym, who can't handle the mitt work much less actual sparring.
It's a different type of fitness. They are overwhelmingly cardiovasuclarly fit, sure. Endurance? Yes, but in the sense they have to keep their legs moving fast to run.
That DOES NOT translate into another sport automatically. Again, I have Triathlon champions come into the boxing gym, who can't endure flurry drills. They don't have the speed, they gas quicker than you'd expect, because they can't handle oxygen deprivation.
And sorry, Marathon running do not deprive you of oxygen like another sport such as boxing does.
They're fit, they have enduracne, but that does not mean they'd excel in another sport.