Mike Buss wants to be the ”fittest man in the world”
He has completed tasks like a 48 hour treadmill run with a 40lb backpack on his back, spent 96 hours continuously cycling, run countless marathons and raised a lot of money for charity whilst doing it! On the 9th Jan Mike will be attempting to break the World Record for the furthest distance covered on a Treadmill in 7 days…………
I’d give him the endurance award, stamina award, masochism award……..
But ”fittest man in the world”………?, sorry no……..
You see I strongly agree that you can do too much and that exercising past a certain point does more harm to your body than good- in the long run (ouch – sorry Mike!!)
Overtraining can have devastating effects on your muscles and bone structure. I would love to get hold of Mike for a sports massage! I imagine he is as knotted as a poodles tail!
But does he have muscular strength to match a heavyweight lifter?, agility to match a boxer?, speed to match a sprinter?, accuracy to match a golfer?!
So what does ‘fit’ actually mean?
I would argue that the fittest person in the world would have to perform in all these things and much much more, so what sport defines the need for the best ”overall” fitness?
You can have your say on this here
Good luck Mike – and well done on the charity effort, lets just hope your body holds out till the New Year!!
