• Fittest Man of All Time
      • Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 4:11PM
      • Fittest Man of All Time
      • Usain Bolt #59, right behind a triathlete and uh Brad Pitt. And Hugh Jackman. And, wow, LL Cool J. The Rock. Daniel Craig. Distance running got Paavo Nurmi at #36, 33 ahead of Usain Bolt.Gerard Butler at #27 fittest man of all time? Seriously? OK pushing on...Michael Jordan only #21, just behind Chuck Norris, which is totally accurate. Mark Whalberg, #17, definitely a much better athlete than Michael Jordan or Usain Bolt. Greg LeMond #13. Ashton Eaton #11. Lance Armstrong #8 (I guess just because you're on drugs doesn't make you not fit). Ronaldo #7.

        And...

        ...Wait for it...

        ...Crossfit's Rich Froning #1 fittest man of all time.

        Discuss.

        http://www.menshealth.com/fitn...n-all-time
    • Superb_Curves
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 4:27PM - in reply to Fittest Man of All Time
      • Superb_Curves
      • As you probably already surmise, Men's Health is not out to conduct science and educate the populace, but out to make money ruthlessly. Advertising; reinforce corporate media and mass culture status quo: muscles, machismo, celebrities,garbage cobtemporary fashion, meat eating, bimbos, sports. Pick up the mag for a quick solution! But Only if the workout sounds manly and fits into magazine page layouts. Try this workout! Insanity! Anarchy! Chaos! Green beret, cross fit, firefighter, actors for ancient Greek hoplite tv or movie shows. Have great sex eat this bla bla. Forget about science and learning. Just reset your brain and bust out the pocketbook and subordinate your attention to the almighty prevailing mass media. Fits in nicely with the yuppie job, social media account, car and apartment.
    • Aliblabuia
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 4:37PM - in reply to Fittest Man of All Time
      • Aliblabuia
      • First, it is fittest, not best athlete.
        Second, who sells more magazines, Mark Wahlberg or Paavo Nurmi?
        Third, I hate everything to do with crossfit, but lets face it, we runners are not really overall fit. We're just skinny endurance beasts with, usually, very little explosive strength and athleticism.
    • Claire-ification
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 4:47PM - in reply to Aliblabuia
      • Claire-ification
      • Fit for what? Fit for doing crossfit? Fit to play a 48min basketball game? Fit to do a decathlon at world class levels? Fit to swim various distances at fast paces?

        This whole idea of 'fitness' is very unclear.

        I'm sorry, but Ashton Eaton could destroy Froning in a strength endurance competition... as could Trey Hardee.

        Aliblabuia wrote:
        First, it is fittest, not best athlete.
        Second, who sells more magazines, Mark Wahlberg or Paavo Nurmi?
        Third, I hate everything to do with crossfit, but lets face it, we runners are not really overall fit. We're just skinny endurance beasts with, usually, very little explosive strength and athleticism.
    • Fittest Man of All Time
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 4:49PM - in reply to Aliblabuia
      • Fittest Man of All Time
      • Right, but surely you don't think Mark Wahlberg et al are fitter than Usain Bolt?
    • WWRD
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 5:46PM - in reply to Fittest Man of All Time
      • WWRD
      • the list is truly comical on so many levels, not the least of which some people on their died young, how fit were you if you don't live past 50?

        I don't think you can come up with a criteria that gets you this list, like others have said, it's a cross section of people with name recognition thrown in with some good athletes, and the winner is the type of dude they promote.
    • #96
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/19/2015 6:24PM - in reply to Fittest Man of All Time
      • #96
      • While we're complaining please note that Dean Karnazes was # 96. Ahead of Edwin Moses and Cal Ripken, Jr.

        Jim Ryun was not on the list. Neither was Geb. Carl Lewis was pretty high on the list which actually makes sense.

        Accepting the source for what it is, the list does have some cool characters. Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente, Bruce Lee.
    • justintherunner
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 7:57AM - in reply to in love with karl
      • justintherunner
      • IT says Froning does 75 pull ups consecutively. I suspect those are actually kipping pull-ups which is not impressive.
    • DC Wonk
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:25AM - in reply to justintherunner
      • DC Wonk
      • Lot of celebrity crap on that list. There is also no mention of performance enhancing drugs as the key driver for many of these people.

        Fittest guy who should be in top 5, if not #1, who would crush the Crossfit boy in everything is ex-Seal Jeffrey Goggins.

        http://triathlete-europe.compe...ete-planet
    • Xfit_guy_the_real_1
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:34AM - in reply to Claire-ification
      • Xfit_guy_the_real_1
      • Claire-ification wrote:
        Fit for what? Fit for doing crossfit?
        Fit for whatever you throw at them. That's the beauty of CrossFit Elite training, that you're prepared for the unexpected.

        Climb up a wall? Do a triathlon in the ocean with the bike portion uphill (!) in sand? Carry a 200 lbs Doberman on your back? You name it, we're ready.

        You think Michael Jordan could excel at all that? No way, he would probably not even survive the first portion of the CrossFit Triathlon (*part of the CrossFit Games a couple of years back).

        Also, Rich Froning has a far superior PHYSIQUE than any of these wannabes.
    • Math Mannn
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:48AM - in reply to Fittest Man of All Time
      • Math Mannn
      • Fittest Man of All Time wrote:
        Usain Bolt #59, right behind a triathlete and uh Brad Pitt. And Hugh Jackman. And, wow, LL Cool J. The Rock. Daniel Craig. Distance running got Paavo Nurmi at #36, 33 ahead of Usain Bolt....
        33 + 36 =/= 59
    • Xfit_guy_the_real_2
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:53AM - in reply to Xfit_guy_the_real_1
      • Xfit_guy_the_real_2
      • Also, Rich Froning has a far superior PHYSIQUE than any of these wannabes.[/quote]

        Umm... Ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
    • Thisthis
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:54AM - in reply to Superb_Curves
      • Thisthis
      • Superb_Curves wrote:
        As you probably already surmise, Men's Health is not out to conduct science and educate the populace, but out to make money ruthlessly. Advertising; reinforce corporate media and mass culture status quo: muscles, machismo, celebrities,garbage cobtemporary fashion, meat eating, bimbos, sports. Pick up the mag for a quick solution! But Only if the workout sounds manly and fits into magazine page layouts. Try this workout! Insanity! Anarchy! Chaos! Green beret, cross fit, firefighter, actors for ancient Greek hoplite tv or movie shows. Have great sex eat this bla bla. Forget about science and learning. Just reset your brain and bust out the pocketbook and subordinate your attention to the almighty prevailing mass media. Fits in nicely with the yuppie job, social media account, car and apartment.
        This.

        But somewhat surprisingly, it seems to work for people. I have a good deal of meathead friends who are into this kind of thing. Not close friends, mind you, but guys I know and see rather often: work, socially, etc.

        These are guys in their early thirties who got fat in college, lived the fat life for like a decade and then decided to turn it around. Many do XFIT and P90X stuff and they have gotten really fit. So when I used to go to the pool and they would be there, I felt really fit next to their fat asses. Over the past two years or so, they have put on quite a competition.

        I am a runner, not one of the XFIT guys who loves to post here. But that crap works.
    • Get used to it..
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:56AM - in reply to dsfakjsdljfklasdj;fsalkdfj
      • Get used to it..
      • I thought the other my person dumb enough to believe this was Greg Lemond himself. Greg, is that you?

        dsfakjsdljfklasdj;fsalkdfj wrote:
        Greg Lemond > Lance Armstrong
    • Ted Underhill
      • RE: Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time... 5/20/2015 8:56AM - in reply to Xfit_guy_the_real_1
      • Ted Underhill
      • Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:
        Claire-ification wrote:
        Fit for what? Fit for doing crossfit?
        Fit for whatever you throw at them. That's the beauty of CrossFit Elite training, that you're prepared for the unexpected.

        Climb up a wall? Do a triathlon in the ocean with the bike portion uphill (!) in sand? Carry a 200 lbs Doberman on your back? You name it, we're ready.

        You think Michael Jordan could excel at all that? No way, he would probably not even survive the first portion of the CrossFit Triathlon (*part of the CrossFit Games a couple of years back).

        Also, Rich Froning has a far superior PHYSIQUE than any of these wannabes.
        I believe I read somewhere that Rich Froning can't live without bread. Does the transitive property then prove beyond a reasonable doubt that carbs are good.