Test | Is a jockey fitter than a rugby player?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 2017
- Who comes out on top?
A recent study took place at Liverpool John Moores University to compare the physical attributes of double Grand National-winning jockey Leighton Aspell and Premiership Rugby’s record try scorer and Bristol Rugby Club player Tom Vardell.
You don’t often find a Grand National-winning jockey and Premiership rugby player competing against each other, but Liverpool John Moores University opened its doors and put the two highly competitive athletes through their paces. Under the guidance of Dr George Wilson - a leading sport scientist - the athletes embarked on four physically demanding challenges that tested their aerobic fitness, power and isometric strength. Tests included a VO2 Max test, a vertical power jump, a plank and a wall squat.
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5:36 can we talk about how the guy said “Both sports” PROPS TO HIM FOR NOT BEING SIMPLE MINDED AND THINKING EQUESTRIANISM ISNT A SPORT🙌🙌🙌
cuz equestrian and horse racing isn't the same lol
Next, compare the horse with a rugby ball.
Next they compare the horse with the rugby player
David Potrel haha horse would win
Equestrians have great stamina and incredible strength, not just physically but mentally. Dealing with an unpredictable huge animal is very difficult. The setbacks, the falls, the injuries. Jockey wins no doubt.
Hi im a rugby player
Hi im a jockey
*HI IM A EXERCISE PHYSIOLIGIST*
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Brem Oh sorry badman didnt know you was that hard
Shleich Horse Lover 250 *were
Brem actually were is more than one thing and was is actually one thing so YOUR clearly wrong
Shleich Horse Lover 250 You're
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Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!, or should I say Hay! Sorry that was too punny
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I’m both 🤣🏉🐎
What fun, shows you how fit they both have to be
Wtf is that posture while doing the plank jockey??
@@newcastleunitedfan3850 How tho, they're not doing anything running
Dominique Govinden you need to sit up on the horse while it's galloping. Like trying to stand up during a huge earthquake. Never underestimate the sport.
@@handsomesquidward5160 ...you clearly don't ride horses 🤦🏻♀️
@@charlottec1108 Obviously, that's why I asked.
@@handsomesquidward5160 you have to have so much core balance and strength as u are basically running in a squat for up to 10 minutes and the average person wouldn’t be able to do the thing they do for less than a minute. Also remember horses are atleast 600-700kg and controlling them - a wild animal- going 35-45mph requires a lot of leg and arm strength. I have seen many experiments like this were the jockey will beat a footballer in running speed even tho they are much smaller. Watch some horse racing the jockeys aren’t “ just sitting” the are doing so much more and it’s not easy!
I thought the plank test was the most surprising because a riders core strength is one of the most important components of fitness
Lunar Eclipse the plank only measures a certain core muscle - I can’t remember which one
If you put them on a balancing board it would utilise the core muscles a rider actually uses day to day
If you think we don’t sit with the same core tightness a plank would give
i do dressage and my horse requires a lot of core. in order to get it i do pilates
i hold a plank for 5 mins apparently....
I would say if they both did this fresh without the other tests the jockey would win.
but jokeys dont need that much core do they? i mean they rarely sit in the saddle so id think that for example a dressage rider would have more core but less thigh strenght than an endurance rider?
meteora not exactly, they still need core to keep balanced instead of balancing on the reins and mouth, like many do. also for dressage you still need thigh to keep it off and give commands but an endurance rider really doesn’t require much
Stupid comparison, one of the sports you have to big and strong the other you have to have great stamina. How much can the jockey bench press for example ?
Dennis Fredriksson rugby is very much stamina
Alfie C Obviously you need great stamina in rugby but what Dennis is saying is that the sports are so different that the comparable fitness tests they did mean nothing because you wont be able to gauge anything from it. Since the types of fitness are so different from one another.
BL4CK5M1TH the purpose of the test is to test the PYHSICAL FITNESS and that is what they've done. Lifting is more about strength than fitness
90 % strength is a type of fitness. Fitness can be defined in many ways considering the context of it. Which is why it seems pointless to compare such different athletes in a manner which can draw no certain conclusion.
BL4CK5M1TH That's exactly why you compare them. They are totally different sports but fitness can be impartially measured.
The fact an athlete is power or endurance isn't the point at all.
The jockey wasn't doing the plank properly AT ALL, he was above his hands and basically resting on them, using them as leverage, you got to have your hands at 90 degrees and your but up
The rugby player was not doing it properly either.
his arms are at 90° and his body is close to being straight, isn't that how it's done?
Lmao.. Like you can
Tempest It’s easy...
Tempest a plank is really easy soooo
all these exercises were in the jockeys favour because they're mainly bodyweight and isometric. literally, the smaller you are as a jockey the better you will do. The rugby play has to be conditioned, fit, strong and fast and have weight behind him to play. he also has to be tough enough to take hits from massive players moving at speed. Comparing the two is ridiculous. you might as well compare a triathlete to a weight lifter to see who has the best long jump. just because the triathlete is more likely to win, doesnt actually mean hes any good at hurdles
So playing Rugby isnt a bodyweigt exercise, becuse you dont have to move your own body?
someone’s triggered
It was a test of fitness, not strength or power.
4:17 you could tell he really tired😂
Est il dit la durée des excercices des protagoniste dans le video ? en francais s'il vous plait
Most people would expect the rugby player to win cause people thinks jockeys dont do anything but the jockey is probably the most fit cause he has to control an animal while a rugby player just plays with a ball
25 seconds in and i already can tell George Wilson is coming in last place
In danger terms (This is my opinion) I would find the jockey the most dangerous. For example, a jockey could fall off a horse going around 30 mph, and if it’s a true race with other racers all around you they could fall in between the horses and get trampled by they’re back hooves.
In strength terms, (Once again, my opinion) The rugby player would be the strongest, in their arms, and legs, because they have run across a field and battle other players for the ball.
So I believe this wasn’t much of a fair test.
I respect ur opinion. Mine is I KNOW that a horse rider's legs are stronger because they control a 1 ton animal and they have to be VERY strong. A rugby players legs are strong just not as strong....to me.
Jockeys are stronger in the legs. Proven by the wall sit
@@myhorsemcgraw8774 not strength he weighs barely anything and hs better endurance he had like a 5 inch vertical lmao
Well I know who would win in a fight
Scotty Gaming wrong
Scotty Gaming ofc rugby player but you never know
Well I also know who would win in a horse race
Well I know who would win in a basketball game
Satan he didn’t specify who ??
Ahahhahahahhahahhaha him saying you do a sitting position over a fence😂
Joy O Mahony ikrrrrrrrr😂😂😂😂😂
It kind of depends, what jockey and better rugby players.
Jockeys are not allowed to eat as much as other athlets !!! And they do such awesome work
Nice video but may want a sample size bigger than 2
This just makes my body feel bad and jealous
These Two type of athletes are too different in what they do...The comparison isn't fair at all..While both types are superb and tough in their sport,it's like comparing a boxer to a gymnast or powerlifter to a wrestler...💪
These are body weight excersises, this goes in the favor of the jockey because his sport requires, like you even said, more endurance. Also, the rugby player weighs more thus it's harder for him
Would be interesting to see how a top boxer would fare also.
But Sport always is hard,its just always different
Cool video guys
I can do the wall squad for 5min and i have only been riding for 1year
I was hoping that Leighton would win.
The wall squat! My rugby team call it The Chair! A 10 year old kid was doing it for over 5 minutes!
Daniel Usumaki jockeys and riders can do it for like 10 mins the highs I wen to is like close to 20🤦🏼♀️
I wasted 6 minutes for it just to be a draw 😑
You should have used Rieko Ioane for rugby
Rugby player: Clydesdale.
jockey: Arabian Horse.
4:38 PFFFT AHHAAHAHAH " he's gonna hold that position for 4,5,6 minutes" pffft 4 minutes like i get it cause he's a jockey but most equestrians do that for like 1 hour , 1 1\2 if not more . and like i get that the jockey obviously rides for more then 4 minutes a day on a regular basis but just how the guy said it 😂
i'm pretty sure you aren't at a gallop and/or jump for an hour. and if you're engaging your legs that much whilst casually riding, you're the one with the problem mate. your poor horse, must be impossible to take leg cues.
What kind of plank was that from the jockey
Jockey's weigh only 108 to 118 because they need to be lite.
What position did the rugby player play?
Joseph Philpin he is a winger but he is big for his position
Me E They should have tested a scrum half instead of winger
Cuban Pete Yh they have to be fit to get to every breakdown
Me E Yep run a fair bit more. Probably would have done better with the wall squat too. Not as much body weight and tend to squat down often to pass the ball from the base of the ruck
Cuban Pete well said
Horse riding is a difficult and physically demanding sport
Yeah those horse's have to be really fit
Daniel Stewart horse and Jockey
Daniel Stewart and the rider
OhEquestrian only the horse, all the jockeys do is ride on the horse.
Micheal Villarreal omg you are so wrong. the jockeys have to direct the horse, work with the horse, tell the horse when and where to go. riding takes a lot of hard work and it’s everything that goes on behind the scene that leads up to the races.
Wait the jockey had that bracelet that gives you balance that shouldn’t be allowed is it not banned
Well they both had planks that my HS swim coach would yell at us for
Bristol rugby❤️🏉🏉
Bro that dude wasn’t even doing a plank
1:20 Thug Lyfe!
No footage of when he rode him home after?
What does the blue mask thing do??
What's a jockey?
Should have got Sonny Bill Williams to do it. Lol
What's jockey?
Manuel Babaran a person who races horses
Dj 😂
What kind of fucking plank was the jockey doing?!
Before I watch the vid I would think the jockey would have more strength in his arms because he whips and hit the horse to get it to go faster to get money! But this was entertaining 😆😆. To be honest don't know why I said that because not all jockeys do that.
If rugby required I do planks and all that, I would never make the team. I don't like how they test endurance between sports. I am an explosive guy with a high recovery rate. So I could probably do more than the guy who doesn't need breaks because I would be ready to double his output with a 5 second breathe. I'm running back and forth for 80 minutes, tackling, wrestling for the ball and dont forget "scums" and you telling me if I can't do a plank for 1 minute straight, my endurance is lower than a crossfitter or a marathon runner? They have great endurance, sure, but do they have the endurance to play to play atleast 40 minutes of rugby?
They are just different playgrounds with different requirements.
1. Galloping a horse hundreds of metres in a half squat at a gallop would take almost every muscle in your body
2. Horse riding is harder than it looks. And rugby Probably is too
3. Riding a horse like a jockey does would take amazing balance
4. Rugby takes a lot of muscle too and stamina just like a jockey, they have to run up and down a 100m field and getting tackled and all that
5. I agree with the score points I think every sport takes lots of muscle, stamina, ect
6.The rugby played would probably win if it was lifting weights
7. The jockey would probably win if they were seeing who can balance longer
8. *in line 6 you read played as player*
Everyone’s good at different things no need to compare basically 😁
5:07
The way they carried these tests, especially the plank and wall seat is a joke. None of them were doing the exercise properly.
Well, equestrians have a lot of leg strength. And a lot of upper strength too. We’re more fit because we do more work.
Kiki Horse Fun no leg or upper strength compared to a rugby player
Me E when riding a horse, you use A LOT of leg strength.
I wouldn’t say you do more work
Nor do you have let strength but more so stamina
Andres Vanegas you try riding a horse, go jump while on a horse. You’d probably fall off.
That jockey’s plank was so wrong
EDIT: plus his weight helped him in lots of the challenges
A. Ghoul wrong
A. Ghoul that's how you do a plank.... The Rugby's plank is wrong
They’re both wrong lol the jockeys plank was too low and the rugby players plank was too high xD
Hmmmm which one is sexier? I think the jockey because of his accent xxxxxxx
The Jockey was basically resting on his arms un the plank, his back was like a valley, and during the wall sits he wasn't down far enough...
Jockey runs on his heals
The jockey cheated on plank and still lost XD!
Max Vovan they both did u idiot
Spud Webb would have won this hands down.
I like to be a jockey in life
Leighton can go play rugby, but rugby man wouldn't be able to jump round the GN course.
Stupid when comparing things just because they are a sport. Common sense = one is the best at his sport. But funny to keep the masses watching tv.
Wow did the rugby player stay only 1:50.i can do 1:30 and i’m just a kid
e,31 on th eplank wtf? my teammate got 7 minutes and were not even profeesional rugby players
Same. I got 5 minutes as my max and all I do is play handball and do downhill mountainbiking. I am not even going to the gym.
I think it’s in minutes But the wall Squat was really weak he did 1:50 and i can do 1:30 and i am just a kid the only sport i do is kickboxing
The rugby player should try to do a 1min wall squat then run 5 suicides immediately after when his legs are burning so bad. I had to do that every day at basketball practice and it was terrible.
Weak af. Lol i bet ur a slow twig
VaingloryScithiro best in the world? HAAHAHAHAHAH no
OMG I CRINGED SO HARD AS A HORSE RIDER WHEN HE SAID THE WALL PLANK WAS USED OVER A FENCE LMAO
Clippy Edits HAHAHAH
Squatting is easier as a rider but it's definitely not proper jumping position.
In horse racing the jockeys stay in the squat position at a jump, if they sat on a horses back at full gallop they'd be sent flying into the air.
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Get you an All black rugby player lol
doing planks? are you serious? the rugby players weighs a ton more so it'll be harder for him than the jockey
All the tests except one favored the jockey athlete. He has endurance and very little strength and vice versa with the ruby player. So id say the rugby player won.
Are you kidding? Please explain how you can play rugby without endurance. You cant run around the field for long without endurance.
TH-cam User Line outs occur very often and they stop the gameplay. This allows recovery time. Also the distances they run between line outs is usually under 100m (the length of the field). So the total distance they run in one game is pretty low. The horse rider pretty much does air squat holds for minutes at a time. They also do this for long periods. So the amount of cardio is higher.
Background? Music? Crappy noise! Do not like it.
Test a forward not a back lol Backs are not as fit as the forward, esp Flankers.
martin jabari backs are fitter than forwards forwards are just stronger
1st comment ahah
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Yeah your first I checked! ;)
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OMGGG Just shush people. All u saying rugby is harder blah blah blahhh JUST A BUBCHA CRAP!! Horse riding takes just as much strength and stamina as Rugby players 😒 U try horse riding....NOT JUST SITTING ON THE HORSE AND WALKING!! Try horse riding the RIGHT way and see if u can do it without the pain, the sore legs, the sweat, and the tears. Its just as hard as: Basketball, Soccer, Baseball/softball, football, tennis, swim, etc if not harder. So dont try 2 tell me something u don't even know! Try it and I will prove u wrong. And u can say "All sports are way harder" to me and I would agree....but they we would both be wrong
Wow. Dude should eat a bit more meat before he turns to bones and dust
YoungSavv GTV he has to be light in order to increase his speed. that's why jockeys have to weigh a certain amount and can't exceed a certain height. The smaller they are, the less resistance, and the faster they'll go. That being said, jockeys eat a lot because they excercise a lot, and they have to be strong as well as small.
Basically rugby is the best sport even
click bait
The rugby player is alot lot heavier so its a shit comparison
leighton's plan was shit and he still lost
Yeah the jockey wasn’t doing the plank properly he was resting on the ground
RUGBY
Is a jockey fitter than a rugby player? NO. In a very narrow set of tests can a jockey perform on par with a rugby player? yes.
only thing a jockey does is ride a horse
Gus Drane only thing a rugby player does is run about
the only thing you do is waste oxygen
Tom should’ve won
Rugby is better
Horse ridings cruel to horses
Archie Bell my horse weighs upwards of 600kg if it didn't enjoy me riding it , she would easily chuck me off and kill me, it wouldn't be hard for her to do, I hate horse racing, but horse riding in general is not cruel, in fact my horse gets excited whenever we go to the field to ride as she knows we will be having a gallop, or if we are jumping that day she gets very giddy. I suggest you find out a bit more about the sport before making assumptions, like I said if my horse didn't enjoy it she would kill me x
Archie Bell if they didn’t like it they’d buck us off.
Archie Bell in the same way that rugby is cruel to people😂
Exactly milly jager
Archie Bell you seem like the kind of person that’s never really ridden a horse but always sees horse racing or rodeos and doesn’t know anything so you just kinda assume the worst and think we all pump steroids into our animals and beat them with whips and spurs which isn’t true but because you only know what the media portrays of horse riding (which isn’t anything) such as racing and rodeos which in themselves are scandalous events among the community and come with many affairs that people often hear about and can give us all a bad face if you didn’t bother to look into it further and find out that most of us care about and love our horses and our animals love what they do.