Gawker ranks 47 fitness activities.

so are they implying that lethal swordfighting would be number 1?

"We have ranked them in scientific order, based on the following criteria: Physical Difficulty; Amount That You Would Be Humiliated If You Tried to Just Waltz In and Do Them Like Some Big Shot Because You Thought They Would Be Easy; and Overall Hardcoreness."

I know it's inevitable that people will find fault with the list and that it's so subjective, but given the specific criteria they've used, how do the put basketball higher than hockey???

1. Physical Difficulty - toss-up

2. Would be humiliated if you did it cold - clearly hockey is tougher here. someone not experienced wouldn't even be able to remain upright on skates whereas anyone can play pickup basketball

3. Overall Hardcoreness - c'mon

So by what criteria did hoops get ranked 16, while hockey was only 24. Note that I play basketball a lot and have never played hockey, so it's not a personal bias thing. It just seems obvious that hockey is tougher.

Also, what are "super" squats? Are they different than regular squats?

XXX_NYC wrote:

2. Would be humiliated if you did it cold - clearly hockey is tougher here. someone not experienced wouldn't even be able to remain upright on skates whereas anyone can play pickup basketball

Competently dribbling is a lot harder than you think. As a recent first timer at both, I find dribbling to be much harder. Ice skating feels pretty much like roller skating - just colder and a little bit less room for error.

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Competently dribbling is a lot harder than you think. As a recent first timer at both, I find dribbling to be much harder. Ice skating feels pretty much like roller skating - just colder and a little bit less room for error.

okay but soccer is ranked higher than hockey. i don't get that one.

Hard to take this one seriously. Lacrosse, Rugby, and Ultimate are all conspicuously absent while Isometrics and Zumba or Similar Dance-Based Fitness Class made the cut.

this list is stupid. how is pole dancing not higher?! what an outrage!