From what I’ve heard swimmers and rowers are the most well rounded athletes. I’m a former swimmer.

I watched that video and it's very misleading. I computed his relative VO2 Max to be 60, which is very low for endurance athletes, top cross-country skiers and cyclists are in the 80's, swimmers in the 70's. Low relative VO2 Max is not important for rowing, since body weight is not as important. However, the crucial point is that relative VO2 Max is how endurance athletes are traditionally compared. His absolute VO2 max is high at 6.25L/min, but I computed Miguel Indurain's to be 6.6L/min, so way higher. Anyway, his absolute VO2 Max will be higher than the marathon runners you cite, since he basically weighs twice as much... The body fat % of most endurance athletes is < 12% (swimmers) and < 8% for road cyclists, 6% for runners. This rower has abnormally high body fat percentage for any endurance athlete, he's basically at the level of women endurance athletes.

When I was using the rowing machine daily everyone thought I was weight lifting but Ironically my body fat was not going down that much

Needed this for motivation, but now I have a ? Have they try these tested with the top female rower and see how her results may differ?

Love you're humor, ur hilarious... better than a lot of comedians❤💪🏻

Shane Farmer busting out the science 💥💥 great load of information,, I may have to watch a few more times to digest it all👍👍

Great video Shane. Just out of interest Pete Reed had a lung function result of 11 litres !

Great job.

Another great video! I’ve had this conversation with my buddies before. Look at it from the standpoint of an athlete’s training potential-do they have the capacity to train into those numbers. Give me Labron James, and in 6 months I’ll give you an Olympic/World champion rower. He’ll be a lot poorer; but, really fast. Charlie Will

And on top of that, one of the most important things: the mental strength that you grow :)

Good point! I guess two of the most well rounded sports are XC Skiing and Nordic Walking. Still, rowing is a powerful tool to train them both! :) Cheers

I've noticed wrestlers seem to have the power of a weightlifter, the speed of a track star, the precision of a boxer, and the endurance of a marathon runner. Just personal opinion however.

Curious how Matt Frasier & Rich Froning's (test results) would stack up against Damir Martin's results.

How about skiers? Would be interesting to see how they performed in these tests.

An elite marathoner will most likely have a much higher vo2max per kilo bodyweight which is the important thing for runners. For rowers where bodyweight is less of a problem, the absolute vo2max is more important

I always have thinking that wrestlers and soccer players are the best condition athletes in the world. This video is interesting.

For all those who are interested in the tests of Damir Martin: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mK2lh8p6y6q5j58.html

Gymnasts and decathletes are the most well rounded athletes by far and the it’s not even close.

Interesting :)

Chicken and egg. Do rowers have those attributes because they row? Like, if I row will I become stronger, more symmetrical and have a higher VO2 max? Or are they elite rowers because they were already gifted with those attributes? Kind of like how the best basketball players tend to be tall, but playing basketball won't make me taller. What should I expect from rowing?

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Who would think that a mostly aerobic sport would produce the strongest legs, it’s ridiculous and shouldn’t be entertained