The Athletes Of GTPlanet

[Michael88]

Let me know if I'm missing any sport.

You forgot to to add the entire strength based sports section.

I'm a (natural) weight lifter / strongman, been lifting for more than 10 years now.

Which includes log bar push presses, overhead presses, deadlifts, squat, circus dumbbell, bench press, farmers walk, suitcase dead lifts, front squats etc.

 

[kolio]

I also wrestled from 3rd grade up until my sophomore year. I just burned out and was tired of starving myself in order to make weight.

I wrestled from 4 years old up until middle school. I was actually quite successful amd went to state every year of my wrestling career.

But yeah, even though I was good at it, it wasn't all that fun. 👎

 

[wvmgmidget]

I wrestled from 4 years old up until middle school. I was actually quite successful amd went to state every year of my wrestling career.

But yeah, even though I was good at it, it wasn't all that fun. 👎

I wasn't bad at it either, it just sucked.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

You forgot to to add the entire strength based sports section.

I'm a (natural) weight lifter / strongman, been lifting for more than 10 years now.

Which includes log bar push presses, overhead presses, deadlifts, squat, circus dumbbell, bench press, farmers walk, suitcase dead lifts, front squats etc.

Dang. You ain't lying. Adding it now.

 

[lxmmy]

Football/Soccer. Played as a right winger for my school & some clubs and have done trials at some academies but quite a devastating injury when I was 16 ended my ambition to break through the ranks.

 

[kolio]

Dang. You ain't lying. Adding it now.

You can add YoYo'ing and wrestling too.

 

[Ph1sh]

If you call it a sport,

I'm a Dirt Track Racer where I race on Dirt Track Ovals

Heres a GoPro of me racing in my latest race

This is my race car above. Its called an Wissota Street Stock

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

You can add YoYo'ing too.

Is that really a legit sport? Or are you messing with me?

Not gonna lie though, I've seen the tricks they do, holy hell that stuff takes skill.

If you call it a sport,

I'm a Dirt Track Racer where I race on Dirt Track Ovals

Heres a GoPro of me racing in my latest race

This is my race car above. Its called an Wissota Street Stock

Yeah man. Organized car racing is a sport. Some people say, "driving is driving, not a sport." But in reality, the amount of G-Forces a driver has to withstand, and the fact that to control the wheel of a car you have to have arm strength and good endurance, hell yeah I call what you do a sport. Lol that stuff isn't easy.

I want to do organized racing sometime down the line in my life..

 

[lxmmy]

Is that really a legit sport? Or are you messing with me?

Not gonna lie though, I've seen the tricks they do, holy hell that stuff takes skill.

These days people would class gaming as a sport which I disagree so why not YoYo

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

These days people would class gaming as a sport which I disagree so why not YoYo

Well YoYo to me is more closer to a sport than gaming. But YoYo kind of fits into it's own category. It's difficult, but I don't know it to be tax on any part of your body. Then again, I've never done extreme YoYoing.

 

[kolio]

Is that really a legit sport? Or are you messing with me?

Not gonna lie though, I've seen the tricks they do, holy hell that stuff takes skill.

Not sure. But I think so because it requires hand eye, and some physical aspects.

 

[Harsk100]

Well, I used to play soccer as a Goalkeeper because I do not have much speed to run behind the ball as a Forward.

Well, I have played Korfball once in this year.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

Not sure. But I think so because it requires hand eye, and some physical aspects.

If you can inform me what physical attributes YoYo requires I can definitely add it.

Cause I truly want to know, never knew YoYo required as much dexterity as I'm reading about.

 

[Spirit]

If YoYo is a sport, then so is taking a Field Sobriety Test. That's how I see it anyway.

 

[W3H5]

YoYoing is as much an athletic sport as curling. Neither require any athletic ability, they're both skill based.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

YoYoing is as much an athletic sport as curling. Neither require any athletic ability, they're both skill based.

Ehh, I'd say curling takes a little bit of athletic ability. Unless I'm thinking of a different sport..

 

[W3H5]

Like bowling, but with big stones on ice.

 

[kolio]

If you can inform me what physical attributes YoYo requires I can definitely add it.

Cause I truly want to know, never knew YoYo required as much dexterity as I'm reading about.

1. Arm strength
2. Arm endurance
3. Shoulder strength
4. Shoulder endurance
5. Hand-eye coordination
6. Overall balnce
7. Finger strength
8. (As you can guess) Finger endurance
9. There is more but they are hard to explain.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

Both added to OP.

 

[Michael88]

1. Arm strength
2. Arm endurance
3. Shoulder strength
4. Shoulder endurance
5. Hand-eye coordination
6. Overall balnce
7. Finger strength
8. (As you can guess) Finger endurance
9. There is more but they are hard to explain.

Maybe I should play YoYo instead of doing powerlifting then, sounds like a much better full body strength exercise.

 

[kolio]

Maybe I should play YoYo instead of doing powerlifting then, sounds like a much better full body strength exercise.

Honestly, there is probably muscles you use playing with a YoYo that you would use doing many other thing.

When I started, I had a sore neck, and all those other thing I mentioned were sore.

And I was probably in my best physical condition at the time I started. I could run a mile under 6 minutes, and did hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups and other things a day.

 

[kikie]

I trained in an Austrian skiteam for a while.




Do you have to be a professionel to be an Athlete or just be good at a certain sport?

 

[GTRacer22]

Raced quarter midgets from 2007 up until last year. Accumulated two track championships (two different classes), and 34 total wins.

Quarter midgets are basically 1/4 scale midget race cars, for kids ages 5-16. 4 main engines are used: the Honda 120cc, the Honda 160cc, the Briggs and Stratton Animal, and the Briggs and Stratton World Formula. I've raced the two Hondas and the World Formula in my career. Retired last year as I simply grew out of it. Pictures and video from the World Formula car below.

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[sems4arsenal]

Nothing cool as above but used to train in Football, swimming, basketball and more importantly was a national champion in Taekwondo.

Lately I do the occasional month of cross fit, I'm not out of shape but wouldn't call myself athletic.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Hey. I run track, and apparently, I'm good...to most people?

 

[Bo]

The thread title and thread purpose don't quite match up. "Athletes" in the now widely accepted sense refers to someone partaking in a sport which contains three very clear attributes (physical strength, speed and endurance), which would eliminate sports which are more mental-based than outright physical. There is the American English version which is the equivalent of "sportsperson" in British English, so it may cause some confusion. Just a heads-up.

Anyway, I recently signed a deal to drive for Serpent UK (Serpent Off Road) thanks to their distribution deal with RudeBits. I officially become a team driver in 2016, but between now and when my contract kicks in, I'm still essentially part of the team. It's my first ever sponsorship deal in RC racing, and I feel quite lucky to be in such a position - it provides me with a fantastic stepping stone to move up from more regional racing events to the BRCA Nats and possibly even international events in the not too distant future. Will it be a step up? Yes, it'll be a huge step up. Am I nervous? In all honesty, no - I'm more relaxed than ever, but more inspired and enthused too. It's the idea of having support that's nice, as well as having the chance to represent the Serpent brand as they enter a new discipline of racing.

I started RC racing in 2012, after many years of trying to get a budget together. I do everything myself with no input from my family, which is very rare for a younger driver. It does feel as though I've missed a lot of my potential because I wasn't able to start racing earlier in my life, but I'd like to stand proud and alone, knowing that it was my own work that got me there - not rich parents.

I do like the idea of this thread. Professional or amateur, pretty much everyone has the drive to do something competitively. It's nice to share our motives and passions, no matter how we compete.

 

[Nicko]

Some pretty cool stories here guys. I currently race sprint karts, in the Australian Rotax Max Pro Tour. I was unable to race the entire season this year due to other commitments, however next year I plan on racing the whole series to hopefully gain a seat to represent my country at the World Finals. Here is an onboard video from my latest race, where I qualified alongside current European champ Pierce Lehane.



In my spare time I do a fair bit of running, mainly 5km or 10kms.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

Seems this thread is starting to grow. Love hearing the stories from you guys!

I trained in an Austrian skiteam for a while.




Do you have to be a professionel to be an Athlete or just be good at a certain sport?

Just good at a certain sport. Haha you don't have to be professional to be considered an athlete.

Hey. I run track, and apparently, I'm good...to most people?

Word? haha that's wassup. What events do you do bro?

The thread title and thread purpose don't quite match up. "Athletes" in the now widely accepted sense refers to someone partaking in a sport which contains three very clear attributes (physical strength, speed and endurance), which would eliminate sports which are more mental-based than outright physical. There is the American English version which is the equivalent of "sportsperson" in British English, so it may cause some confusion. Just a heads-up.

Anyway, I recently signed a deal to drive for Serpent UK (Serpent Off Road) thanks to their distribution deal with RudeBits. I officially become a team driver in 2016, but between now and when my contract kicks in, I'm still essentially part of the team. It's my first ever sponsorship deal in RC racing, and I feel quite lucky to be in such a position - it provides me with a fantastic stepping stone to move up from more regional racing events to the BRCA Nats and possibly even international events in the not too distant future. Will it be a step up? Yes, it'll be a huge step up. Am I nervous? In all honesty, no - I'm more relaxed than ever, but more inspired and enthused too. It's the idea of having support that's nice, as well as having the chance to represent the Serpent brand as they enter a new discipline of racing.

I started RC racing in 2012, after many years of trying to get a budget together. I do everything myself with no input from my family, which is very rare for a younger driver. It does feel as though I've missed a lot of my potential because I wasn't able to start racing earlier in my life, but I'd like to stand proud and alone, knowing that it was my own work that got me there - not rich parents.

I do like the idea of this thread. Professional or amateur, pretty much everyone has the drive to do something competitively. It's nice to share our motives and passions, no matter how we compete.

Wow man, first and foremost congrats man! Always good to hear of some success .

and the whole athlete thing, at first, it was meant for the people who fit the bill of society's interpretation of an athlete, then I thought, NO. I'm not gonna exclude anyone from this thread. (Which of course, there will be people who won't be able to relate to the topic but that's different) This thread is generally for anyone who participates in any competitive or casual sport or endeavor. I wanted to welcome as much people as I could to this thread because I don't like to make people feel left out, unless they really can't add relevance to the topic at hand. I may change the thread title accordingly though.

 

[TS050]

I play football from time to time, so it's like, not nearly as cool as anything else on this page of the thread.

Normally, I'd be a defender, but I am an attacking midfielder from time to time.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

I play football from time to time, so it's like, not nearly as cool as anything else on this page of the thread.

Normally, I'd be a defender, but I am an attacking midfielder from time to time.

Haha why wouldn't it be cool? As long as your having fun doing it.