Would that not make it a fairly rich person’s game? Their calorie intake is like 20,000 calories. Throw in the ability to train and eat while being able to afford that, Id find it hard for most people
I was saddened to learn that professional long distance runners have a team who sign up for the race with them and run in front of them in formation to reduce drag. Marathon running seemed like the very purest form of sport where it was about nothing beyond your ability to run fast for a long time, but money found a way to make it this complicated team game where solo runners now have something like a 3’30" disadvantage at the top level.
one olympics with basically no rules, one olympics where it’s literally just naked people with 0 assistance of any kind beyond what’s needed to keep them healthy.
Maybe swimming? Any high energy sports will cause you to have a high calorie diet, but I the diet is like 1/8-1/2 of the sumo wrestlers, and I feel like you get a decent amount of endurance and training from a lake/ocean/river if you don’t have a community pool around
About 3.2 gallons or 12 liters. That may be affordable but I think I’d tap out after 1 day of eating 3 gallons or beans and rice and someone saying it’s the same tomorrow, haha.
Would that not make it a fairly rich person’s game? Their calorie intake is like 20,000 calories. Throw in the ability to train and eat while being able to afford that, Id find it hard for most people
Joke’s on you: All sports at basically all levels are a rich person’s game.
Luck is just the culmination of one’s self-compounding privilege.
I think many high level competitive sports are a rich man’s game.
Behind a lot of athletes (from automotive to sports combat), are a sponsor or “team” that handles a lot of the talents needs and training.
Still, the only way I could afford 20k calories daily would be gas station grub and cheap sugary booze.
I was saddened to learn that professional long distance runners have a team who sign up for the race with them and run in front of them in formation to reduce drag. Marathon running seemed like the very purest form of sport where it was about nothing beyond your ability to run fast for a long time, but money found a way to make it this complicated team game where solo runners now have something like a 3’30" disadvantage at the top level.
at that point we should just actually realize Dark Olympics, just allow every assistance you can get, go wild.
one olympics with basically no rules, one olympics where it’s literally just naked people with 0 assistance of any kind beyond what’s needed to keep them healthy.
Maybe swimming? Any high energy sports will cause you to have a high calorie diet, but I the diet is like 1/8-1/2 of the sumo wrestlers, and I feel like you get a decent amount of endurance and training from a lake/ocean/river if you don’t have a community pool around
How much beans with rice is 20k calories?
About 3.2 gallons or 12 liters. That may be affordable but I think I’d tap out after 1 day of eating 3 gallons or beans and rice and someone saying it’s the same tomorrow, haha.
12 liters? I wouldn’t even get half down my throat.