Which takes more endurance?

[Mo0o]

Two different sports with really different muscle fibers being used. A wrestler probably can't stay on the pitch for as long as a soccer player but then again a soccer player probably can't as long as wrestler can on the mat (pinning and tapping out aside).

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Two different sports with really different muscle fibers being used. A wrestler probably can't stay on the pitch for as long as a soccer player but then again a soccer player probably can't as long as wrestler can on the mat (pinning and tapping out aside).

You'd be surprised at the conditioning wrestlers actually do. Especially for those that cut weight. Hours of running in a sweat suit (yes, illegal in a lot of cases, but still used) or riding a stationary bike with the heat cranked all the way up is very common.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Two different sports with really different muscle fibers being used. A wrestler probably can't stay on the pitch for as long as a soccer player but then again a soccer player probably can't as long as wrestler can on the mat (pinning and tapping out aside).

You'd be surprised at the conditioning wrestlers actually do. Especially for those that cut weight. Hours of running in a sweat suit (yes, illegal in a lot of cases, but still used) or riding a stationary bike with the heat cranked all the way up is very common.

I'm sure the wrestler could handle running for 90 minutes. Our wrestling team ran just as much as our soccer team did. Soccer was considered a 'get in shape' period prior to wrestling season starting. A lot of us that played soccer were also wrestlers.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Two different sports with really different muscle fibers being used. A wrestler probably can't stay on the pitch for as long as a soccer player but then again a soccer player probably can't as long as wrestler can on the mat (pinning and tapping out aside).

You'd be surprised at the conditioning wrestlers actually do. Especially for those that cut weight. Hours of running in a sweat suit (yes, illegal in a lot of cases, but still used) or riding a stationary bike with the heat cranked all the way up is very common.

Oh yeah of course. But they probably dont do as much long distnace endurance training as soccer players. While soccer players probably dont do as much weight training as wrestlers.

 

[lyssword]

wrestling conditioning takes more endurance than soccer. I've done both. One thing is to move your body another thing is to move Your body and try to move another person's body who also wants to move Your body in the opposite direction There are very few sports that take more endurance than wrestling, except for boxing perhaps.

 

[SampSon]

They aren't really comparable.

Soccer is like a marathon. Wrestling is more like a sprint.
Both take a lot of energy to do and require a lot of training (as with just about any sport).
Though Soccer is a classical endurance sport, not wrestling.

I played soccer and lacrosse (outdoor) and could run endlessly with 15 second sprints every one minute of running.
I honestly don't think I could go a round in the wrestling ring.

 

[waggy]

i did both in highschool. you can't compare the two.


in wrestling you have a 6 minute (sometimes) competition. you have to be able to control a guy your size and make him do things he does nto want to do. At the end of it you are drained.


in soccer you have to be able to run for around 30 minutes (you are not running the whole time but a good portion of a 45-60 minute game).

 

[shiner]

I'm gonna have to go with option 3:

Listening to my ex wife talk about shoes.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

What takes more endurance? Running a Marathon or being a power lifter?

The things you are debating both require endurance, but they are different types. One requires a consistant pace over a longer period while the other requires alot of endurance over a very short burst.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
What takes more endurance? Running a Marathon or being a power lifter?

The things you are debating both require endurance, but they are different types. One requires a consistant pace over a longer period while the other requires alot of endurance over a very short burst.

Powerlifting isn't endurance. Its strength. Two very different things.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
What takes more endurance? Running a Marathon or being a power lifter?

The things you are debating both require endurance, but they are different types. One requires a consistant pace over a longer period while the other requires alot of endurance over a very short burst.

Wrestlers don't have some kind of special way to condition themselves. They do it like everyone else, they do lots and lots of cardio.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
What takes more endurance? Running a Marathon or being a power lifter?

The things you are debating both require endurance, but they are different types. One requires a consistant pace over a longer period while the other requires alot of endurance over a very short burst.

Wrestlers don't have some kind of special way to condition themselves. They do it like everyone else, they do lots and lots of cardio.

Sure, there's plenty of typical cardio in the conditioning. But that doesn't come even close to the full extent of training.

Anaerobic conditioning is much more important than aerobic conditioning for wrestling.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
What takes more endurance? Running a Marathon or being a power lifter?

The things you are debating both require endurance, but they are different types. One requires a consistant pace over a longer period while the other requires alot of endurance over a very short burst.

Wrestlers don't have some kind of special way to condition themselves. They do it like everyone else, they do lots and lots of cardio.

Sure, there's plenty of typical cardio in the conditioning. But that doesn't come even close to the full extent of training.

Anaerobic conditioning is much more important than aerobic conditioning for wrestling.

winnar.

 

[TwiceOver]

Define "Wrestling". Acting really doesn't take much endurance.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
Hockey to soccer is a more suitable comparison.

my first thought, and these are the only 2 sports i watch semi-regularly. im sometimes amazed at how some huge hockey players practically float on the ice.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Define "Wrestling". Acting really doesn't take much endurance.

It may be acting, but the actual conditioning requirements are no joke. Watch a match from a conditioning/acrobatics/gymnastics standpoint and realize how much effort those guys really put into it.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Define "Wrestling". Acting really doesn't take much endurance.

they are talking real wrestling. hell even the crap on TV takes a good deal of endurance.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

wrestling, in soccer you could be the goalie...

 

[Green Man]

Soccer = being gay for 45 minutes without stopping much.

Wrestling = being gay 2 minute periods.

So I vote soccer for the traditional sense of the word gay

Wrestling is gayer for shorter bursts of time.

 

[dr150]

Originally posted by: TheSiege
I had this debate come in at work today, I say soccer. Other disagreed since we couldn't find any soccer/wrestling people I thought I would ask you guys.

If you've done both sports, you know the answer.


BTW, it's not even close.

There's a reason why soccer players are so skinny/fit.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: BudAshes
Since this thread question is stupid, I have a sort of off topic question for the wrestlers out there. Do you have to be at least a little gay to enjoy wrestling? I mean come on, 2 sweaty guys in leotards pawing at each other? That sounds like hell to me. But to a gay dude that is heaven.

Have you never wrestled with a friend, your dad? Your child? Never play fought with someone else? How bout a real fight where you grappled? How about football where one guy falls on another? Rugby? Basketball, touching at each other, trying to steal the ball sometimes hitting them where ever?


Point being, stop being a homophob - there is nothing gay about wrestling.

I have wrestled with my friends/family, but not in a sweaty leotard on a mat doing grappling moves. I'm certainly not homophobic, i live near the gay capital of the world and interact and enjoy the company of gay people all the time. None of them wrestle but then again none of them need to because they are openly gay and don't have a bunch of repressed tendency's. If they feel like stripping down and getting sweaty with a guy they do just that in the privacy of their home(well hopefully in the privacy of their home at least).

 

[Train]

I wrestled in HS, we had a lot of soccer players on the team. They would all say wrestling is harder, hands down, same with the football guys.

I would say though that Soccer players appeared to be tougher than the football guys. Footballers were the first the give up when wrestling got hard.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: dr150

Originally posted by: TheSiege
I had this debate come in at work today, I say soccer. Other disagreed since we couldn't find any soccer/wrestling people I thought I would ask you guys.

If you've done both sports, you know the answer.


BTW, it's not even close.

There's a reason why soccer players are so skinny/fit.

have you seen the shape most wrestles are in? sure the big guys are kinda fat. but hell they are strong.

anything under 170 (or so i would guesS) they are in shape.

 

[Nocturnal]

Wrestling you use most of your body, feet, arms, legs, core, etc. I say wrestling.

 

[GasX]

Soccer requires infinitely more aerobicc endurance

Wrestling requires infinitely more anaerobic endurance