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

Eaton should be number 1. 110 hurdles, pole vault. I'd like to see anyone else on the list try that! And that's only two events! As a sub 4 miler in my prime, I didn't really respect decathletes 1500m abilities. Now, I'm a masters miler and Eaton would smoke me. I have a new respect for their 1500m running! Anyone who has stepped foot on a track knows that the guys who run the 110 hurdles are athletic freaks. Throw in another nine events. Man! No contest. Eaton wins.

I didn't see the list, but Kelly Slater and some ballet dancers need to be on any real list.

Eaton. His best event isn't even in the decathlon. WTF! Fittest and best athlete of all time!

While I understand your reference to the 400mH, I'll rebut with stating that the decathlon is, in itself, an event. His best event IS the decathlon.

When in competition shape, AE is the fittest person on the planet. Also, AE is the most talented athlete on the planet, period.

You're right. That makes 12 events then. 10 events in the deca. The deca itself, and the 400 hurdles. I suspect he'd run a great 800 too based on his 400m hurdles time. What a stud!

Also, if GSP is not on the list he should be in the top ten with Kelly Slater and at least one male ballet dancer (they are some of the top athletes in the world and they don't even compete in a sport).

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

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.

Have you guys ever seen how insanely strong a competitive shotputter (or any thrower) is? A guy like Christian Cantwell can bench about 600 pounds and probably squat double what Froning claims.

Now, I have a coaching friend and summer workout buddy who was an NCAA shotputter. I don't know his bench PR (500+ for sure), but he still holds his college's freshman record at just under 450. That's right, 450, not 350. He can also hurdle hop the full 42 inches in warmups, he can run 400 close to 60 (read: faster than Froning), and like me, he can SLJ close to 11 feet. I'm the same size as Ryan Bailey and also a sprinter, and my friend is about 280 and could probably tear Rich Froning limb from limb if he wanted.

If "the world's fittest man" runs into a guy like this with roid rage, what's he going to do? Call mommy on his smartphone? Froning can hardly run at all.

This is why you are NOT fit if you can't run.

Oh, and the late Dean Potter climbed El Capitan in 3 hours 24 minutes, but he's not the world's fittest man.

Why don't you tell us what wall you can climb (without a fixed rope attached because any 5th grade girl can do that).

Men's Health seems to have a very brief notion of what "of all time" means.

Gerard Butler is kind of a fat load, isn't he? And they have him at #27?

coach d wrote:

Have you guys ever seen how insanely strong a competitive shotputter (or any thrower) is? A guy like Christian Cantwell can bench about 600 pounds and probably squat double what Froning claims.

Val Adams can squat more than Froning...

no Daley Thompson on the list. Double Olympic champion and unbeaten for 9 years, Obviously not fit.

Wilt Chamberlain not being on this list is an absolute travesty.