Wat is conditioneel de zwaarste sport ?

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 15:23 schreef tong80 het volgende:

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Mooi voorbeeld ook.

Formule-1 schijnt ook krachten te vreten. Zou je misschien niet zeggen maar je lichaam is anderhalf uur niet ontspannen en er komen zwaartekrachten op je bovenlichaam.

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In 2007, Martin Brundle, a former Grand Prix driver, tested the Williams Toyota FW29 Formula 1 car, and stated that under heavy braking he felt like his lungs were hitting the inside of his ribcage, forcing him to exhale involuntarily.

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Turn 8 at the Istanbul Park circuit, a 190° relatively tight 4-apex corner, in which the cars maintain speeds between 265 and 285 km/h (165 and 177 mph) (in 2006) and experience between 4.5g and 5.5g for 7 seconds—the longest sustained hard cornering in Formula 1.

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 15:38 schreef Meike26 het volgende:
Nascar schijnt ook heel erg zwaar te zijn, net als Formule1, maar de races zijn langer, de rondjes linksom + de g-krachten en de hitte in zo'n zeecontainer zijn allemaal niet in het voordeel van de coureurs. Wel opvallend dat de Nascar coureurs hardgetrainde dikzakken zijn !

Vraag me nu af, vraagt een mentale input in de desbetreffende sport ook van je conditie, of niet. Ik ben van mening van wel, vriend hier op bank vind van niet.

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 15:50 schreef tong80 het volgende:

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Dat zijn American Football-spelers. We hadden vroeger op TV de zogenaamde superstar wedstrijden. Daar streden sporters uit verschillende disciplines in 10 onderdelen tegen elkaar.
Werd hier door de AVRO uitgezonden. In Neerland wonnen voetballers en Hockeyers het vaakst. Ties Kruize was de beste de oud-hockey-er. Bij de europese superstars werd ie tweede achter de Franse hordenloper Guy Drut. Wereldwijd werd Gu7y Drut en Ties Kruize top tien na een paar American Footballers.

Joop Zoetemelk deed ook een keer mee. Was het onderdeel jezelf opdrukken. Ze begonnen te tellen voor Joop : 'Eén, tw.... tw.... net geen twee keer Joop stortte inelkaar.

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 15:50 schreef tong80 het volgende:

Dat zijn American Football-spelers.

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 15:55 schreef vosss het volgende:

Ik ben echt van mening dat de zwaarste sport voor het menselijk lichaam F1 is.

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There is no other sport in the world which compares to the demands Formula 1 puts on the heart.

The heart rate of a top driver can average over 180bpm for a race distance of 90 minutes or more. This is huge and no other sport keeps a heart rate so high for such a long time.

On top of that there is a lot of muscle work for the whole body – heavy work for neck muscles to cope with the G forces, high loads on legs and arms and good lumbar strength to stabilise the body. A normal person could do two or three laps in a Formula 1 car under those stresses before physically they couldn’t continue.

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Op zondag 13 maart 2011 17:00 schreef tong80 het volgende:

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Ik noemde een aantal voorbeelden waaronder F-1 Als ik zelf die optie niet had genoemd was niemand erop gekomen

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Plus, moeten die kerels nekspieren hebben om u tegen te zeggen...

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Fitness of an F1 driver

Imagine driving the fastest cars on earth, imagine the strain this puts on your body. Fitter than football players and leaner than athletes: racing car drivers possess the most finely tuned bodies on earth.
Medical studies consent. During a race a driver must remain calm, focused and in constant communication with the technical team whilst perfectly manoeuvring a highly complex vehicle around and unfamiliar track alongside competitors, travelling at speeds up to 300 kilometres/hour.

All this in an environment where one wrong move can cost lives calls for a sportsman at the very peak of physical and mental strenght. Fifteen years ago drivers achieved this by visiting the gym twice a week. These days they know better.

The heart

A human being has a resting heart rate of around 60 beats/minute, rising to around 150 during a run on the treadmill. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing Team) has a resting heart rate of 40 beats/minute, rising to 198 beats/minute during a two hour race, a figure - approximately the same as that of a marathon runner crossing the finishing line - which initially stunned medical researchers.

Dr Riccardo Ceccarelli, from Italian sports medicine clinic 'Formula Medicine' and of the Panasonic Toyota Racing Team, explains why a high speed drive can be as challenging as a 26 mile run.

Dr. Riccardo Ceccarelli "The difference is one of mental stress. There is no sport that demands such intense concentration. A huge amount of adrenalin is being pumped, and this - as well as the physical strain - causes the high heart rate."

The body's ability to cope with such extremes is a result of intensive workout and so drivers undergo cardiovascular exercise for up to four hours a day: jogging, cycling, rollerblading.... This also helps to keep weight in check - a driver such as David Coulthard maintain a body fat ratio of 7%, similar to that of a runner at the start of a race.

The neck

Ceccarelli "I know of no other sport that places such big demands on the neck muscles. A head and F1 helmet together weigh about 6kg. Add about 4G-Force as experienced when cornering in a Grand Prix, and the neck has to support 24kg."

The neck is a driver's most important muscle. During training, large elastic bands are used to simulate the demands of high G-Force. Drivers also incorporate resistance work into their exercise regime - rowing and weight lifting. But they have to be careful not to go overboard: Formula One cockpits are very small and don't accommodate someone with the physique of a weight lifter.

Diet

Formula One drivers eat much like track and field athletes - carefully regulating their carbohydrate and protein intake. In the lead up to a big race they'll gorge on carbs - pasta and bread - for energy.
Immediately before the race and sometimes throughout, drivers absorb huge amounts of water. Failure to do so could bring on dehydration through sweating - the extreme heat found in a Formula One cockpit means drivers can sweat off up to 3 kg of their body weight during the course of a race.

Mental health

Formula One drivers don't just take care of their bodies, they look after their mental health too. Many of the F1 Teams work with sports psychologists to ensure that a driver can exert unwavering mind control during a race. Methods include reviewing track maps, visualising a route and a perfect lap, in order for the driver to feel he has driven the course many times before he even arrives there.
Drivers also learn breathing techniques to stay calm at crucial moments, and techniques for shutting out the outside world - a driver getting into a car surrounded by a medical team, technical staff and thousands of fans and members of the press may use the click of the seat belt as a trigger to block these distractions and get to work.

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Op maandag 14 maart 2011 14:41 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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