Tag Archives: Soccer Players

Which Sport Has the Fittest Athletes?

Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by .

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Have you ever found yourself wondering which sport has the fittest athletes?  Many people often watch sporting events on TV and are curious about which athletes are training the hardest, are in the best shape, and could be called ‘the fittest’. It’s important to realize when assessing this and any of the athletic workouts that [...]

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Fitness for Hockey

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by .

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I have to say that the last time I was really into hockey was about 15 years ago – right around the time that Patrick Roy was traded from the Montreal Canadiens. When that happened, I don’t think I followed hockey, until… The recent winter Olympics in Vancouver. I was drawn back in from the [...]

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Soccer Fitness – Why Soccer Players Are So Fit

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by .

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Yesterday, I mentioned that I believed rugby players to be the fittest of all athletes. Today, I want to discuss why I believe soccer players are 2nd on my list of fittest athletes. Aerobic Fitness Demands First, off to play soccer at a decent to high level you need to be able to run 90 [...]

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Fittest Athletes?

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by .

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Having played soccer pretty much all my life you would think that I would have a biased opinion as to which athletes I believe are the fittest. But that isn’t necessarily the case. I used to think that soccer players were easily the fittest athletes, until I got into high performance conditioning and coaching. I [...]

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