Hardest Sport Ever: What Is It?
Clint Zemlak
2025-05-23 07:58:14
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According to their calculations, water polo is the toughest sport in the world with a score of 44 out of 60. The aquatics-based sport - which takes place at the Olympics - scored highly mainly due to the endurance required (9/10), with swimmers needing to tread water for more than 30 minutes per match, and physicality (8/10) thanks to the kicking and grabbing that goes on underwater. Boxing also has the maximum physicality score (10/10) as fighters look to send their opponent to the canvas. Gymnastics also makes the top 10 thanks to the agility needed to reach the top of the sport.
Celestine Batz
2025-05-15 05:20:25
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Indoor/outdoor rowing is the most physically demanding of all sports. You use both upper and lower body, pushing (with the legs) and pulling (with the arms) against a resistance. Hard work for the aerobic system and muscles. You can work every major muscle group including legs, buttocks, shoulders and stomach.
Maxime Russel
2025-05-15 01:19:32
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The athletes are amongst the fittest in the world and the skill level is extremely high. It’s absolutely up there, in terms of calories burned per hour etc. Also in terms of time spent near the maximum heart rate there aren’t many sports that compete. For example when playing the top guys I can experience an average heart rate of over 170bpm for upwards of 90 minutes. The average person will burn over 1000 calories playing for an hour so it really is a physical challenge.
Georgette Langosh
2025-05-15 00:05:52
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Kokpar.
It’s the equivalent of American football on horseback – and with a sheep's carcass for a ball. From the moment a contender picks it up, they will have any one of the six opposing players trying to rip it from their grasp. Needless to say, it is played by some of the hardest, toughest and strongest guys I have seen astride a horse.
Kokpar requires strength, horsemanship, and certainly isn't for the squeamish.
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