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I'm curious which athletes can produce the most work? I watched a decent amount of the CrossFit Games and was wondering if those guys are doing more work than an elite runner, cyclist, or rower. The crossfit slogan is "Fittest on Earth," but I'm not so sure yet. They can do crazy workouts and are very impressive. Although I think the fittest should be able to produce the most work. So who can do the most work?
Who would win in an all out work competition? For 1, 5 10, 20, 30, or 60 minutes?
Would it be possible for a weight lifter to produce more work than these endurance athletes or sprinters? Even over shorter durations like 1-10 minutes? If so how would they compare at 30-60 minutes?
One crossfit competition was doing a clean and jerk at 135 ibs 60 times and one of the guys did it under 5 minutes. Assuming the bar moves 2 meters from the ground position to the overhead position. , this athlete is about 5'7" and does it 30 times in about a minute
my estimate is: joules= (61kg*9.8m/s^2)*(2m*60reps)= roughly 72,000J in 5 minutes or 36,000 for one minute
how long would it take other elite athletes to do the same work? Would runners use the same equation? I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work. This is where I could use some help. How far would a runner have to run to produce that 36,000 and 72,000 joules? If their mass was 50kg, 60kg, 70kg, 80kg? Let's assume they run around a track with no wind, or for cyclist they use a stationary bike, rower, or even treadmill.
What are your opinions about which athletes or exercises do the most work?
Thanks for your time
Jimbo
Who would win in an all out work competition? For 1, 5 10, 20, 30, or 60 minutes?
Would it be possible for a weight lifter to produce more work than these endurance athletes or sprinters? Even over shorter durations like 1-10 minutes? If so how would they compare at 30-60 minutes?
One crossfit competition was doing a clean and jerk at 135 ibs 60 times and one of the guys did it under 5 minutes. Assuming the bar moves 2 meters from the ground position to the overhead position. , this athlete is about 5'7" and does it 30 times in about a minute
my estimate is: joules= (61kg*9.8m/s^2)*(2m*60reps)= roughly 72,000J in 5 minutes or 36,000 for one minute
how long would it take other elite athletes to do the same work? Would runners use the same equation? I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work. This is where I could use some help. How far would a runner have to run to produce that 36,000 and 72,000 joules? If their mass was 50kg, 60kg, 70kg, 80kg? Let's assume they run around a track with no wind, or for cyclist they use a stationary bike, rower, or even treadmill.
What are your opinions about which athletes or exercises do the most work?
Thanks for your time
Jimbo
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