World's fittest men of all time

[andgar923]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/health/gallery/fittest-men-all-time/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

[SourPatchKids]

I think GSP has the best physique out of any current athlete. Not grossly over proportioined like some of these guys.

[HardwoodLegend]

:lol @ Magic Johnson being on the list but LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are absent

[webberz0044]

No Kenyan long distance runners? Usain Bolt? that list is FOS.

[bluechox2]

:lol @ Magic Johnson being on the list but LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are absent
dudes still bouncing around with hiv, has ****ing super strength to still be on his toes and in shape

[alenleomessi]

bruce lee should be first... he is the definition of fit
didnt phelps used to smoke and do drugs few years ago?

[DropStep]

Strength and muscular endurance wise you cant get much better than a gymnast or even a cross fit athlete.
"Fittest" becomes too broad of a category when your trying rank with every sport along side it. Various sports require different attributes of fitness with makes it harder to compare.

[Meticode]

bruce lee should be first... he is the definition of fit
didnt phelps used to smoke and do drugs few years ago?
Yes, he got pictured doing some pot like an idiot.

[HardwoodLegend]

dudes still bouncing around with hiv, has ****ing super strength to still be on his toes and in shape

Money for top quality medical care is a big part of that "super strength".

But, yes, I do admire his resiliency.

[spree43]

bruce lee should be first... he is the definition of fit
didnt phelps used to smoke and do drugs few years ago?

because Bruce Lee didn't smoke pot or do drugs ...

[rknine15]

hector lombard??? :facepalm

[ihoopallday]

How is Usain Bolt not in the top 5? :facepalm

[HardwoodLegend]

Yeah, Michael Phelps' pot-smoking is pretty irrelevant when you consider it was done in downtime during the off-season. It only put a dent in his cardiovascular fitness for a short amount of time. His body had to be in impeccable shape for the quest of all those golds in such a grueling sport.

I still can't get over how LeBron isn't on this list. Think about all those injury-free minutes he's logged and what kind of athleticism he puts forth on the court on a nightly basis. What a beast of a sporting specimen.

And, f*ck a Kenyan long distance runner. What about Kenyan 800 Meter runner David Rudisha? The 800 is such a tough race, and this fool has lowered the World Record twice... dominating his competition for such a long stretch.
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[HardwoodLegend]

Allen Iverson should be on there too.

Unbreakable little fella was tireless with boundless stamina despite being a chronic smoker.

[Bucket_Nakedz]

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/images/f/floyd_mayweather-13783.jpg
u may not like him, but this mans discipline of fitness is remarkable.

[ace23]

It's all famous athletes. :oldlol:

[pauk]

Men? They must mean celebs...

[jamal99]

http://www.fitmole.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/scott-adkins-training-program.jpg
http://ionlywatch18s.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/scott_adkins_01.jpg

This guy has to be up there...

[HardwoodLegend]

Chad Ochocinco has some of the best aesthetics I've ever seen.

The tats and musculature are just goodlooking (nohomo).

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ql62rt.png

http://i50.tinypic.com/16m81f7.png

http://i47.tinypic.com/25s3q81.png

[StateOfMind12]

No love for Serge Ibaka?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hbe72BSb1qh3qfao1_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hbggVTYX1qh3qfao1_500.png

http://www.beboldnbrazen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/SergeIbaka6Edge.jpg

[HardwoodLegend]

Forgot about Serge. Good aesthetics as well.

Zyzz (R.I.P) should be on this list.

Internet celeb who was known for being chiseled like a Greek statue.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2v0ydg8.jpg

[ace23]

Thread is getting gayer by the post.

[Patrick Chewing]

didnt phelps used to smoke and do drugs few years ago?


Ummm but he's still fit

[Patrick Chewing]

Zyzz (R.I.P) should be on this list.

Internet celeb who was known for being chiseled like a Greek statue.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2v0ydg8.jpg


This guy was all roids though. Suffering a heart attack at age 22.

[Noob Saibot]

How is Usain Bolt not in the top 5? :facepalm

I was thinking the same thing. Fastest man alive and EVER and not even in the conversation. :facepalm . I would replace him with the terminator, no offense to Arnold.

[ihoopallday]

I was thinking the same thing. Fastest man alive and EVER and not even in the conversation. :facepalm . I would replace him with the terminator, no offense to Arnold.

Yeah that list doesn't make much sense.

[HardwoodLegend]

This guy was all roids though. Suffering a heart attack at age 22.

Quite a few guys on that list have used roids, including Arnold at #3.

I wouldn't say Zyzz was ALL roids. Not everybody who uses them sees those kind of results. And, he had a heart condition since birth, so he could have had that cardiac arrest with or without the drugs.

[LJJ]

I don't get how non-athletes can make the list. Bruce Lee, Arnold, that other bodybuilder.

Seems like the creator of the list is talking about pure aesthetics, not functional fitness.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

you guys do understand that looking fit and actually being fit can be different right?...


Cus whoever posted that random guy is an idiot. And also has homosexual tendencies.

[dude77]

lol yeah, looking fit and being fit are not anywhere near the same thing .. phelps is definitely 'fit' cardiovascular wise anyways .. bolt looks fit .. but being able to sprint for one 9 second spurt doesn't mean you're 'fit' .. I'd like to see him do other fitness tests .. I would imagine people like navy seals have to be some of the fittest physically and mentally

[HardwoodLegend]

I don't get how non-athletes can make the list. Bruce Lee, Arnold, that other bodybuilder.

Seems like the creator of the list is talking about pure aesthetics, not functional fitness.

Bruce Lee didn't have functional fitness?

Read up on his training habits.

[LJJ]

Bruce Lee didn't have functional fitness?

Read up on his training habits.

I'm not saying he didn't have functional fitness, but I am asking why he should top a list like this other than aesthetics. There is no substance behind that reasoning at all.

While he was more than just another martial arts movie actor, he wasn't quite a competitive athlete either. What exactly has Bruce Lee done to prove he was a more fit martial artists then, say, Ernesto Hoost? Why was he the best, and on what basis? Just all myth and people believing Bruce Lee's movies are documentaries.

[SpecialQue]

I'm not saying he didn't have functional fitness, but I am asking why he should top a list like this other than aesthetics. There is no substance behind that reasoning at all.

While he was more than just another martial arts movie actor, he wasn't quite a competitive athlete either. What exactly has Bruce Lee done to prove he was a more fit martial artists then, say, Ernesto Hoost? Why was he the best, and on what basis? Just all myth and people believing Bruce Lee's movies are documentaries.

If there weren't familiar faces on the list, no one would read it.

That's why that random dude that people here are inexplicably jerking off over didn't make the list.

[Patrick Chewing]

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/19/afb2571958fd4288bd6c91052f7d3faf/l.jpg

[9erempiree]

This guy and that guy. 2 of the most fittest athletes in all of sport. Basketball and football(soccer) requires endurance, strength and explosiveness. Something these two possess. I think these two would do well in any sport and these sport help the train for functionality.

Cristiano Ronaldo
http://www.diariofemenino.com/images/galeria/2000/2898_cristiano-ronaldo-desnudo.jpg

Michael Jordan
http://face2face.si.edu/.a/6a00e550199efb88330148c856c409970c-800wi

[MiamiThrice]

Lol @ the guy talking shit about Bruce Lee. To say he didn't have functional fitness? Please this ****ing guy could do 100 pushups with his dick alone. Just because he didn't have a lot of mass doesn't mean the guy wasn't a ****ing freak. Guy was no doubt the strongest pound for pound person to ever live.

Some of the people on this list are retarded. Not talking shit, but is there a guy in a wheelchair/stroller in the top 25? Pretty sure I can find quite a few more fit people than a guy that can't even walk. (Again no hate, but don't see how someone like that makes a most fit list.)

[MiamiThrice]

Forgot about Serge. Good aesthetics as well.

Zyzz (R.I.P) should be on this list.

Internet celeb who was known for being chiseled like a Greek statue.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2v0ydg8.jpg

Yeah some guy that achieved all his success through roids and died as a result at 22 years old should be on this list. Sounds awesomebro

Not to mention this dude regularly partied, drank, did hard drugs. Guy had aesthetics, but he isn't fit at all. I doubt he'd be able to run 100 feet without collapsing on the ground.

[9erempiree]

Yeah some guy that achieved all his success through roids and died as a result at 22 years old should be on this list. Sounds awesomebro

Not to mention this dude regularly partied, drank, did hard drugs. Guy had aesthetics, but he isn't fit at all. I doubt he'd be able to run 100 feet without collapsing on the ground.

To be fair, he's a bodybuilder and bb's tend to be all show and no function. It's not just him, any bodybuilder in particular is not fit. I don't consider strength a key measure in fitness. I consider bodybuilders to be more like beauty queens, they are pretty much divas.

No bodybuilder should ever be considered when talking about fitness. They may look good but they are far from being fit. Fit is being able to run a mile in 5 minutes. It pisses me off that bodybuilders are talked about how they live this healthy lifestyle but it's far from the truth. They are drug induced bodies and they would fail any simple Physical Education Class Fitness Test.

I do lift weights and try to build a muscular body but at the same time I want to be able to do some of these fitness challenges that have been posted on ISH.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Zyzz never did cardio. He'd get smoked.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/HEALTH/10/11/herschel.fitness.martial.arts/t1larg.herschel.walker.jpg

^ Performed thousands of calisthenics every day and ate like sh!t but managed to outperform people who had superior diet and nutrition through pure rock hard will.

http://www.runnersworld.com/images/cma/hero08goggins200.jpg
^ Look this guy oup on Youtube. Absolutely spectacular cardiovascular endurance. Dave Goggins. Runs more in one day than most do in a month.

http://www.historyguy.com/worldbiography/jack-lalanne-at-71.jpg

^ Swam the English Channel at age 50-something. Absolute boss.


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0ytVdo_7xyo/SwYTiRX3Y2I/AAAAAAAAAMY/aRqMxQEmKs0/s400/060405_rossenamait.jpg

^ Guy is the guy that other boxers go to for training.

[MiamiThrice]

To be fair, he's a bodybuilder and bb's tend to be all show and no function. It's not just him, any bodybuilder in particular is not fit. I don't consider strength a key measure in fitness. I consider bodybuilders to be more like beauty queens, they are pretty much divas.

I do lift weights and try to build a muscular body but at the same time I want to be able to do some of these fitness challenges that have been posted on ISH.

So lifting weights has no effect on "functional strength"?

I guess all of the Football/Basketball/Hockey/Baseball/any ****ing sport players that lift weights has no impact on their performance.

Yeah ****ing right. Since I started lifting heavy my performance in functional sports such as basketball increased dramatically.

[9erempiree]

So lifting weights has no effect on "functional strength"?

I guess all of the Football/Basketball/Hockey/Baseball/any ****ing sport players that lift weights has no impact on their performance.

Yeah ****ing right. Since I started lifting heavy my performance in functional sports such as basketball increased dramatically.

Please read in context.

Lifting, as in bodybuilding, is not functional. Lifting for strength, in a sport is functional.

Perhaps you are the ones that Jefferson Money mentions as high test but low IQ.

:facepalm

[MiamiThrice]

Please read in context.

Lifting, as in bodybuilding, is not functional. Lifting for strength, in a sport is functional.

Perhaps you are the ones that Jefferson Money mentions as high test but low IQ.

:facepalm

"I do lift weights and try to build a muscular body but at the same time I want to be able to do some of these fitness challenges that have been posted on ISH."

Implying that lifting weights has no positive influence on "fitness challenges"

Next.

[9erempiree]

"I do lift weights and try to build a muscular body but at the same time I want to be able to do some of these fitness challenges that have been posted on ISH."

Implying that lifting weights has no positive influence on "fitness challenges"

Next.

too much test and not enough iq.

go sit outside and get some sun.

:facepalm

[LBJ 23]

Please read in context.

Lifting, as in bodybuilding, is not functional. Lifting for strength, in a sport is functional.

Perhaps you are the ones that Jefferson Money mentions as high test but low IQ.

:facepalm


You have many natural bodybuilders who lift primarily for strength and are overall pretty functional.

[HardwoodLegend]

Zyzz never did cardio. He'd get smoked.

Zyzz did cardio. Didn't you see those dances he used to do? His footwork and agility were nasty.

And, you get a cardio workout from lifting, by the way.

[SpecialQue]

Zyzz did cardio. Didn't you see those dances he used to do? His footwork and agility were nasty.

And, you get a cardio workout from lifting, by the way.

Anyone who dies in their early 20s for the reason he did does not belong on a "world's fittest men" list. It's obvious you idolize the guy, but let's get real here.

[HardwoodLegend]

Anyone who dies in their early 20s for the reason he did does not belong on a "world's fittest men" list. It's obvious you idolize the guy, but let's get real here.

He died from a heart defect he had since birth and making the mistake of falling asleep in a sauna, not due to any "lack of fitness".

I'm being facetious by saying he belongs on this list, but to say he wasn't fit is silly. Simply taking steroids won't get your cut up like that. It takes many hours of hard work in the gym to burn as many fat calories he did to achieve that definition.

[Mach_3]

Please read in context.

Lifting, as in bodybuilding, is not functional. Lifting for strength, in a sport is functional.

Perhaps you are the ones that Jefferson Money mentions as high test but low IQ.

:facepalm


What the hell did i just read

[9erempiree]

He died from a heart defect he had since birth and making the mistake of falling asleep in a sauna, not due to any "lack of fitness".

I'm being facetious by saying he belongs on this list, but to say he wasn't fit is silly. Simply taking steroids won't get your cut up like that. It takes many hours of hard work in the gym to burn as many fat calories he did to achieve that definition.

He wasn't very fit. Good body but not fit at all.

Like the poster says, when you die in your 20's...you are not fit.

[HardwoodLegend]

He wasn't very fit. Good body but not fit at all.

Like the poster says, when you die in your 20's...you are not fit.

So, Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis weren't fit? Not fit at all? They had no level of fitness whatsoever.

[9erempiree]

So, Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis weren't fit? Not fit at all? They had no level of fitness whatsoever.

I know you are some skinny kid that got inspired by Zyzz. It's ok, he was an inspiration to thousands and set out to do what he said but let's not lie and say he's fit when he says he doesn't even do cardio.

[HardwoodLegend]

I know you are some skinny kid that got inspired by Zyzz. It's ok, he was an inspiration to thousands and set out to do what he said but let's not lie and say he's fit when he says he doesn't even do cardio.

So you avoid my question to make some wholly inaccurate personal attack on me. :oldlol:

Why do you assume I'm "some skinny kid"? How do you know I'm not some beefed-up roider with high blood pressure who's taken offense to your comments about Zyzz since I might resemble those remarks and could possibly die a similar death?

I'm neither, btw. I've got a good build and general level of health.

Back to my point that you ignored... I think it's inaccurate to call any of those men who died in their 20's "unfit" due to structural heart problems. Instead, it'd make more sense to say they were too fit for their heart's capacity. Zyzz doing strength training 5 days a week actually is a cardio benefit. He was way fitter than the average human being just from doing that alone.

Come back with some type of worthwhile argument, son.