Do you think professional motocross

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SoCalMX70 1/24/2012 2:07pm
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jndmx wrote:
Violent: no

Dangerous and physically demanding.....yes.
moto282 wrote:
This ^
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x2

I seem to have this argument with my non-moto friends every few months
Definitely agree here. I don't miss high school football at all. I was beat to shit every game.
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SL91 1/24/2012 2:27pm
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Ever try competitive XC mountain bike racing? It's not as brutal as MX on a "minute by minute" basis, but if you're doing an 8 hour race, it can lay you out for a week afterward. Same thing with ultramarathon trail running races. But there's nothing, I mean nothing, I've tried that gets the heart going like mx. It is a rush!
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Football has one of the highest rates of injury there is in any sport. Knees, elbows, necks, concussions, sprains, groin pulls, etc. The issue with motocross is the high rate of speed and also falling. There both dangerous but just in little different ways. When your body hits the ground somethings gotta give.

As far as physically demanding they both are. My heart rate goes through the roof after only a lap or 2 in MX. Amazing how much your heart rate goes up when your not really moving that much.
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TDeath21 1/24/2012 2:40pm
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I have played just about every sport you can think of, most of them at really competitive levels. And I can honestly tell you that motocross...
I have played just about every sport you can think of, most of them at really competitive levels. And I can honestly tell you that motocross is the hardest sport, and the second hardest is tennis.
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Tennis before boxing?
Yes. Although boxing is one of the few sports I haven't done, so I can't directly compare the two. What I can go off of is that tennis players play all year round in tournaments, and obviously are practicing when they aren't playing. Boxers have two fights a year and are obviously training when they aren't fighting. If you're in your upper 20's, in tennis (like motocross), you're considered old. In boxing a lot of them hit their prime in their early 30's and some box into their 40's.

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UpTiTe 1/24/2012 2:43pm
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Anyone who was a starter at even the high school level wouldn't even ask.

If you've ever gone over the middle just to meet a big linebacker or a speedy safety at full speed you would know the answer.

Motocross is more physically demanding though.
chrisgg90 1/24/2012 3:35pm
1/24/2012 3:35pm
I read an article years ago about Germany doing tests on there top athletes to establish who was the fitter of them. I think it was Pit Beirer and some Football Players (soccer) cycling etc. and Pit Pissed all over them, with the exception of the Cyclist who was on par with him.

They said that cycling and MX riders are very similar in fitness due to the demands on the body over a prolonged period without rest and the continuing change in heart rate, where in other sports, although over prolonged periods the athletes rest during the match and don't require the same level of fitness as it's only for short burst at a time.

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