The Luge is Just Glorified Sledding

haha, YO wrote:

If luge is so f***ing easy why don't all you f***ers just give it a go? You can get that Olympic medal you all want.

Why people on here bash other events on here I will never understand. Then you wonder why the football players at your school beat you up and get all the women.

Go stick your head back in all that f***ing ice.The football players are now the overweight and crippled ones falling dead from massive coronaries while the runners are still running. Easy or not,the luge just as random a way to get crunched by concrete as bungy jumping or skydiving. Since their going to confuse daredevil events with athletics I dont know why bungy jumping wasn't included. Better hurry up and respond because your next trip down that f***ing hill may leave you brain dead or plain dead you f***er.

Mister Reality Check wrote:

I think Luge is more dangerous than synchro swimming. Do you think I'm right?

Yes, there are facts that back this up. You can comment all you want but your opinions are pointless and stupid unless you have evidence for them or have done them yourself.

reality check this wrote:

Go stick your head back in all that f***ing ice.The football players are now the overweight and crippled ones falling dead from massive coronaries while the runners are still running. Easy or not,the luge just as random a way to get crunched by concrete as bungy jumping or skydiving. Since their going to confuse daredevil events with athletics I dont know why bungy jumping wasn't included. Better hurry up and respond because your next trip down that f***ing hill may leave you brain dead or plain dead you f***er.

Is there anything you do in bungy jumping other than jump off a building? In luge you are controlling the sled by your actions, picking the best lines to get down the run the fastest and needing to do some form of physical activity to make sure it happens. Go f*** yourself.

haha, YO wrote:

Mister Reality Check wrote:

I think Luge is more dangerous than synchro swimming. Do you think I'm right?

Yes, there are facts that back this up. You can comment all you want but your opinions are pointless and stupid unless you have evidence for them or have done them yourself.

My opinion is no more pointless than yours on the matter, unless you've done both. You see, you think the Luge is more athletic than I do. Have you done it?

You're really quite dumb haha, YO

It's hilarious that since that poor guy died, all you Americans have seen luge for the first time and are suddenly opinionated experts on the sport.

tshakur wrote:

Distance running is glorified walking.

Well, maybe glorified jogging

I'll take you seriously. In walking, one foot is always in contact with the ground. In running, both feet are in the air at the same time between steps. Olympic distance running draws on different physiological systems than jogging, so it is not more of the same but something different. And it is also harder to train for, more tiring than any sport, other than maybe boxing and wrestling. In terms of injury chances, distance running beats sprinting by far. Sprinters require much more power than distance running, and many different exercises are necessary for sprinters. Note, however, that great distance runners can beat most good high school sprinters at the sprints without altering their training, whereas great sprinters cannot beat even lousy high school distance runners at anything over 800m.

Mr. Luge Scrooge wrote:

Refer to the "Ranking Sports by Various Measures of Athleticism" thread at

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3418847

Apparently, ESPN did an analysis and found that Bobsledding/Luge is a tougher sport than Track and Field - Distance. see

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills?sort=total_rank#grid

How did this happen? I would point out two things:

1) ESPN gave points for "NERVE" -the ability to overcome fear. This boosted Bobsledding/Luge in the ranks.

2) ESPN gave points for "DURABILITY" - the ability to withstand physical punishment over a long period of time. But they only awarded distance running 5.75 points out of 10. This doesn't make sense....

Of course it doesn't make sense. They give equal weighting to every category! How did they decide that makes sense? I know..., they have no idea what makes sense so they do the simplistic thing. Also, can all the experts that were chosen categorically state that they have a detailed understanding of all the sports they were ranking? It's not surprising that the major sports that people are most familiar with come out on top. In the end, it's all just mental masterbation that has no real meaning.

Also, I must say that I am perplexed by many of the numbers. How could Gymnastics and Figure-skating, for example, not rank super high on the agility scale. They must have a different definition of agility than I do.

Mister Reality Check wrote:

My opinion is no more pointless than yours on the matter, unless you've done both. You see, you think the Luge is more athletic than I do. Have you done it?

You're really quite dumb haha, YO

Yes you goddamn moron! How the f*** have you not picked up on that this whole f***ing time? I have luged in the past, it is very challenging and requires athleticism. So I can comment on it, I know what it takes.

My hats off to you for truly experiencing the luge, but have you ever gone snow tubing? Now thats a sport. Much more difficult and requires more strength to control the tube. More blood, sweat, and tears than running any day of the week.

snow bunny wrote:

My hats off to you for truly experiencing the luge, but have you ever gone snow tubing? Now thats a sport. Much more difficult and requires more strength to control the tube. More blood, sweat, and tears than running any day of the week.

There is no track in snow tubing, no turns to navigate so there is much less strength involved.

Wow, you really know your way around the ice. Have you ever gone bobsledding? That looks really scary but really fun all at the same time.

haha, YO wrote:

Mister Reality Check wrote:

My opinion is no more pointless than yours on the matter, unless you've done both. You see, you think the Luge is more athletic than I do. Have you done it?

You're really quite dumb haha, YO

Yes you goddamn moron! How the f*** have you not picked up on that this whole f***ing time? I have luged in the past, it is very challenging and requires athleticism. So I can comment on it, I know what it takes.

But have you done synchronized swimming? If not, you can't say Luge is more athletic.

And, by the way, please never offer an opinion on how well the President of the United States is doing his job unless you have been an elected official yourself. You can't possibly know what you're talking about otherwise.

I've talked to synchronized swimmers.

I don't comment on the president and how well he is doing despite the fact that I have been elected treasurer of a small town.

haha, YO wrote:

I've talked to synchronized swimmers.

I don't comment on the president and how well he is doing despite the fact that I have been elected treasurer of a small town.

Let me guess. You've also been an astronaut, a race car driver, a bee keeper, a fireman, a gymnast, a paralegal, and a horticulturist.

Power at the start is vitally important in all the sliding sports.

It's only for a few seconds, but running 100 metres only takes a few seconds.

How is this any different?

indeed espn is retarded.

how do distance running and distance cycling not have 10's in the endurance category???

9.63? how did they come up with that number?

to espn:

-9876/10

ha ha, YO MAMA wrote:

Let me guess. You've also been an astronaut, a race car driver, a bee keeper, a fireman, a gymnast, a paralegal, and a horticulturist.

No, yes, yes, volunteer, no, no, I own a cactus.

jjjjjjjjj wrote:

tshakur wrote:

Distance running is glorified walking.

Well, maybe glorified jogging

I'll take you seriously. In walking, one foot is always in contact with the ground. In running, both feet are in the air at the same time between steps. Olympic distance running draws on different physiological systems than jogging, so it is not more of the same but something different. And it is also harder to train for, more tiring than any sport, other than maybe boxing and wrestling. In terms of injury chances, distance running beats sprinting by far. Sprinters require much more power than distance running, and many different exercises are necessary for sprinters. Note, however, that great distance runners can beat most good high school sprinters at the sprints without altering their training, whereas great sprinters cannot beat even lousy high school distance runners at anything over 800m.

Your logic is so bad, it is tough to even begin to address

Mister Reality Check wrote:

Yes, but at least the human being is doing all the work

That's your problem. Gravity should be doing at least 50% of the work if you want to run fast!!