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My top 5 is:
1. Bo Jackson
1a. Jim Thorpe
3. Jim Brown
4. Deion Sanders
5. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1. Bo Jackson
1a. Jim Thorpe
3. Jim Brown
4. Deion Sanders
5. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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you can learn a lot through reading about particular athletes and their accolades though.Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought
You know 90% of you cats haven't ever seen Bo Jackson play, let alone Jim Thorpe
you can learn a lot through reading about particular athletes and their accolades though.
This is stupid. 50 years from now, imagine if people only knew MJ by his numbers and nothing else, not having seen highlights, the unstopablenessof his fadeaway, etc. That would be insufficient.
But back my boy Bruce Lee:
Here are a list of verified physical feats:
- Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
- Lee could spring a 235lb opponent 15 feet away with a 1 inch punch.
- Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24fps, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.
- In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
- Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs
- Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
- Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
- Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger
- Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
- From a standing position, Lee could hold a 125lb barbell straight out.�
- Lee could break wooden boards six inches thick.
- Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-pound punching bag
- Lee could cause a 300-lb bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick.
- In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.�
- Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened steel cans of Coca-Cola, at a time before cans were made of the softer aluminum metal.
- Lee would use one finger to leave dramatic indentations on pine wood.
really?
TraSoul82 wrote:
But back my boy Bruce Lee:
Here are a list of verified physical feats:
- Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
- Lee could spring a 235lb opponent 15 feet away with a 1 inch punch.
- Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24fps, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-35[/sup]
- In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
- Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-ArtExpress[/sup]
- Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
- Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
- Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-ArtExpress[/sup]
- Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
- From a standing position, Lee could hold a 125lb barbell straight out.�[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-WarmMarble[/sup]
- Lee could break wooden boards six inches thick.
- Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-pound punching bag[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-40[/sup]
- Lee could cause a 300-lb bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-ArtExpress[/sup]
- In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.�[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#_note-41[/sup]
- Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened steel cans of Coca-Cola, at a time before cans were made of the softer aluminum metal.
- Lee would use one finger to leave dramatic indentations on pine wood.
Dude was an athletic freak of nature.
Is that the origin of the "take a penny leave a penny" cup?
Is that the origin of the "take a penny leave a penny" cup?
what about lance armstrong?
Roy Jones Jr? PBF? I think boxing is the ultimate test of athleticism, skill, and of both physical and mental toughness.
Sugar Ray Leonard should be above those names just for the fact of the better competition and the belts at super middleweight, light heavyweight,middleweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
Originally Posted by someone
You know 90% of you cats haven't ever seen Bo Jackson play, let alone Jim ThorpeEnlightened Thought wrote:
you can learn a lot through reading about particular athletes and their accolades though.Xtapolapacetl wrote:
This is stupid. 50 years from now, imagine if people only knew MJ by his numbers and nothing else, not having seen highlights, the unstopableness of his fadeaway, etc. That would be insufficient.
This is stupid. 50 years from now, imagine if people only knew MJ by his numbers and nothing else, not having seen highlights, the unstopableness of his fadeaway, etc. That would be insufficient.
i don't think it's stupid. i mean, it would take a great athlete to have accomplished those things...right?
Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
That's ridiculous..
Yall sleepin on my dude...