The Ultimate Athlete

[the.gladiator1987]

Ok 2011 is gonna be a different year for me training wise, diet wise, AAS wise, girl wise, etc etc

Anyway, I am wondering how one would train to be an athlete in every aspect. What are the different categories for the ultimate athlete? So far I would say:

strength
size
short distance cardio
long distance cardio
balance
muscle endurance
bw exercise maxes
vertical


What else can you guys think of? i want it all. I know a lot of them contradict each other but i believe if you trained them you would still progress even if it is slowly.

I would definitely build this around the 5x5 since that gives me only 3 workout days leaving plenty of time to do everything else.

I bring this up because my shoulders will start to burn from doing dishes. i mean wtf lol i can do btn standing military press 225 for reps at a bw of 200.

 

[cuthroat]

for being an athlete and not BB'ing? Find a crossfit gym.

 

[ExtraMile]

flexibility
body composition
explosive power
hand-eye co ordination
big calves lol

 

[JDid23]

stop flauntin the big calves EM lol.

cuthroat- i think he meant that he wants to know every aspect of athleticism and everything one needs to possess to be considered the "ultimate athlete"-- meaning everything from lifting to cardio

 

[shibs]

reaction time
balance
agility

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Decathlete would be pretty high on my list. They combine decent size, condition and all around strength and athleticism.

Gymnasts would be really high on my list. Get a gymnast to to do 5x5 squats and deads in addition to his regular gymnastics and throw in some moderate swimming for 500m for endurance type cardio and you have one helluva fit person.

Crossfit as was mentioned is a very good all around system as well.

 

[zedhed]

Yep agree with ghetto.

 

[zedhed]

But the thing is that on your list above things kinda cancle each other out.
Like Long distance cardio/Short distance cardio. At the beginning they coincide with each other. But then you have to decide which way you wanna go cuz they are very diff as to how you train, mucsles, cardiovascular etc.

 

[Like_a_Weed]

A gymnast or parkour athlete pretty much has it all, train like them and you get the total package.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Thanks guys.

is there any way to improve all of these at the same time? SLOWLY of course. I guess I wanna be strong and ripped, which i got covered for th most part, but i also want flexibility, agility, reaction time, good cardio, and I dont want my hands to burn after giving a massage for 1 minute. Or my forearms to start burning doing dishes.