Which sport do you think is best for overall fitness?

[James3shin]

Boxing I believe would be the overall best sport for fitness, go out and try to just shadow box for a warmup, its a nice change, and gets you warmed up for a run pretty quickly. I also think Wrestling is also very demanding.

 

[Otaking]

Boxing / Swimming

But I'm partial to Tennis since I played JV

 

[Patt]

Golf

 

[Tifababy]

I remember reading a long time ago (I think in SI for kids) that the most "in shape" (not sure how they determined that) atheletes were beach volleyball players followed by tennis players.

 

[lokiju]

Swimming, was in the best shape of my life when I used to swim every day.

Great work out.

 

[Qwest]

competitive tennis (personal experience)

 

[maziwanka]

swimming, no contest.

 

[gigapet]

pro tennis players are no joke

 

[Toasthead]

Water Polo

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: gigapet
pro tennis players are no joke

They tend to be lean like marathon runners.

 

[Aharami]

id have to agree with swimming. although soccer is damn good. i played soccer in high school and was in the best shape of my life

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Nebben
Fooseball.

For sure.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

Soccer followed by rugby

 

[James3shin]

Soccer was pretty good, but "plain old" running got me in much better shape. I'm going to try and add some boxing elements to my daily regimen, shadow boxing itself is actually pretty fun at the moment. I plan on getting a jump rope as well today.

 

[GasX]

Crew - uses the entire body, requires a lot of strength AND aerobic fitness.
or
Rugby - you have to be hard, fast, strong, and able to run forever.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
Boxing

or real wrestling.

best shape of my life...i have played almost all and boxing and wrestling required the most out of you

jC

 

[James3shin]

Crew is definately a good one.

 

[BurnItDwn]

swimming / water polo ... I was thin, only 220 pounds when I did these things regularly.

Now I am not thin (280 pounds) ... and I do these things rarely. Also, I eat a lot less then I used to.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Out of the ones mentioned, boxing and swimming. The two would complement each other very well I think.

 

[Phoenix86]

WTF? Boxing? There are like a eleventy billion training exercises with boxing, including weight training and running to get that "overall" effect.

I'd go with swimming.
edit: as a bonus, it's uber low impact, no knee worries there, like soccer/running.

 

[Steve]

Lawn darts.

 

[CRXican]

swimming of course

 

[Insomniak]

Define "overall fitness"....you can't have it all at the same time...

 

[Promethply]

Swimming gives you excellent overall workout as well.

 

[Monkey muppet]

tiddlywinks - I played this for over 50 years and I've had alot of positive comments about the way I look