Men's Health ranked the fittest men of all time...

I have no doubt that article is a paid advertisement for Crossfit

Get used to it.. wrote:

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

Greg Lemond is the Frank Shorter of cycling. Always complaining that others robbed him of titles he could have won but not that innocent himself.

CyclingGuy wrote:

Get used to it.. wrote:

I thought the other my person dumb enough to believe this was Greg Lemond himself. Greg, is that you?

Greg Lemond is the Frank Shorter of cycling. Always complaining that others robbed him of titles he could have won but not that innocent himself.

Really weird comparison to make. Frank ran clean. This is pretty much universally recognized in the running community. So you are basically saying that Lemond competed clean and complains about cheaters, just like Shorter.

Yeah, I guess that is true. Not bad company to be in.

Statham should be no. 1. I saw him in a movie and he beat up a lot of guys with his bear hands!

Honestly I feel they left out bodybuilders from the list, possibly on purpose. Because it's not that popular anymore.

But if you look at athletes like Arnold in his prime or Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, etc. you will have to agree that those are basically as fit as the human body can be pushed.

Must be hard to land movie roles when you have the hands of a bear.

Precious Roy wrote:

Statham should be no. 1. I saw him in a movie and he beat up a lot of guys with his bear hands!

So you just need to do roids/EPO and get a ton of plastic surgery, and boom on the list.

The list is racist. True top 5:

1. Michael Jordan

2. Michael Vick

3. Patrick Willis

4. Wilt Chamberlain

5. Lil Wayne

LAST: Rick Ross

Scott Jurek is ranked way too low. Only man on that list that can even run 165.7 miles, let alone in 24 hours. Why are so many actors so high?

Man, George W Bush should've at least made this list...

his stats, at his age, all alongside running the country?

The man is a prophet!

I wish they would humor us by explaining the criteria to make the list.

73. Pat Tillman

From a fitness perspective, what makes Pat Tillman make this list?

brogan1 wrote:

I wish they would humor us by explaining the criteria to make the list.

73. Pat Tillman

From a fitness perspective, what makes Pat Tillman make this list?

NFL safety? I would say you'd have to be fit to play that position. Then take his military training on top of that, I'm surprised he's not higher. I believe he also ran a marathon, so that should satisfy your likely angle that most neurotic runners take, trying to argue that only runners are truly fit.

Ted Underhill wrote:

brogan1 wrote:

I wish they would humor us by explaining the criteria to make the list.

73. Pat Tillman

From a fitness perspective, what makes Pat Tillman make this list?

NFL safety? I would say you'd have to be fit to play that position. Then take his military training on top of that, I'm surprised he's not higher. I believe he also ran a marathon, so that should satisfy your likely angle that most neurotic runners take, trying to argue that only runners are truly fit.

Of course he was fit. I expect that of a professional athlete. But what makes him top 100 all-time? I didn't consider his military training and forgot about his 3:48 marathon. They should have mentioned those things in the description. They didn't discuss his physical fitness. They just mentioned that he gave up a $4 million contract to join the war. He made this list because he sacrificed his life for our country, not fitness.

brogan1 wrote:

Of course he was fit. I expect that of a professional athlete. But what makes him top 100 all-time? I didn't consider his military training and forgot about his 3:48 marathon. They should have mentioned those things in the description. They didn't discuss his physical fitness. They just mentioned that he gave up a $4 million contract to join the war. He made this list because he sacrificed his life for our country, not fitness.

I just found it odd that you singled out an NFL safety with elite military training (especially at 73) but not Mark Wahlberg (at 17).

Good list but they missed

4. tie - Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt

3. Vladimir Putin

2. David Lee Roth

1. Carl Weathers

OK, I had to scroll through all the picuters and yes some were ridiculous but I was curious to see if Jack La Lane made the list and he did at #4. If Jack did not make the list, it would have no credibility.

Decent list, but the top two should definitely be:

2. jamin

1. Xfit_guy_the_real_1

Superb_Curves wrote:

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This guy has it just right.

Ted Underhill wrote:

brogan1 wrote:

Of course he was fit. I expect that of a professional athlete. But what makes him top 100 all-time? I didn't consider his military training and forgot about his 3:48 marathon. They should have mentioned those things in the description. They didn't discuss his physical fitness. They just mentioned that he gave up a $4 million contract to join the war. He made this list because he sacrificed his life for our country, not fitness.

I just found it odd that you singled out an NFL safety with elite military training (especially at 73) but not Mark Wahlberg (at 17).

I found that odd too but another poster had already pointed out Wahlberg as well as many other questionable entries. I didn't notice anybody mention Tillman.