Esports players are training like professional athletes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2019
- Esports players train like traditional professional athletes with regular gym visits, performance coaching, and a nutritionist-designed diet. CompLexity, an esports franchise, is developing training that borrows straight from the books of professional football players - and there’s a reason for that.
As more money pours into esports, what it means to train like a professional gamer has changed. Jason Lake, compLexity CEO, refers to this industry shift as “esports 3.0.”
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>"Esports players are training like professional athletes"
>leg extensions
The only purpose of your quads is to extend the leg. The leg extension is great for isolating the quad. Squats are a better option overall but you can still do the leg extension. It's not a bad exercise in any way
sub to pewdiepie Saying its not a bad exercise in any way is wrong. Its bad for your knees.
sub to pewdiepie The quads actually also perform hip flexion. Leg extensions for bodybuilding, sure. Leg extensions for performance, never.
Tycho Brahe quads dong perform hip extensions the qlutes so and u are right the leg extension isn’t athletic
it's not bad for sure, but saying they train like professional athletes is ridiculous.
Has it worked yet? Has it paid off?
*loses 0-3 in Katowice major*
They didnt go 0-3. They beat NRG 2-0 and gave Faze a run for their money. Complexity also did this with 2 players on loan
CharlieLofi coL wouldn’t have done nearly as good. Everyone expected them to bomb out very easily, yet they put up such a great fight, with a great performance. Keep in mind that the roster has been around for a lot shorter than basically every other team in the tournament. So yeah, I’d say it helped. Look at Astralis, they have been doing this kind of thing for a long time now (eating right, exercising) and just look at how it flipped them from being in the semi final curse, to be expected to win every single tournament they play in.
they went 1-3 and secured next major spot at starladder berlin and shitload of sticker money, all that with 2 loaned players.
CharlieLofi why’s this stupid comment upvoted
The video clearly mentioned.. ".. On the long run.."
Does that mean esports players will start to be sexy now?
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esports already has quite a few sexy players. seangares, nikola 'device' reatz and nikola 'niko' kovac are the sexiest csgo pros
Akib Tfue is not bad right?
look up scream csgo player you welcome
hey, its all about the money
*3:34* reminded me of leaving the apartment for a mission with ur team in gta
LMAO
I can rep 205 for a set. But I can’t drive a quarter mile on Vikendi without falling through the god damn map. GG blue holes
205 on what
nikola 1809 I’m guessing bench.
$25m prize pool? Only DOTA 2.
@Atheral yeaaaaa
@@kikkukun You do realize that both tournaments took place 2 years apart? and who even cares? Why the fuck would I ever care that professional players in a different game get more money then they professional players do in my game. That's just petty, super petty. Even if you cared that Dota 2 players make more money its because of Valve. Valve are really the only people that can actually afford that money they don't even care about the game whichever makes more money. Oh and btw the fact that Valve only cares about the amount of money they make doesn't make other people poor. In fact I got people on my friend's list with csgo inventory's worth 10k+ unless you're bill gates thats not poor.
@@kikkukun I mean not really sure the prize pool is one million but for TI that money is crowdfunded while CS:GO is also crowdfunded but that money goes directly to the players allowing them to get more money even when they didn't do great.
They're training for different reasons tho. Athletes train to get their body in peak shape, esports players are just training to increase their mental wellbeing from the endorphins that are released. I know I play a lot better when I'm hitting the gym regularly.
Soo how bout chess ummmmm it’s considered a sport
They may be training for different reasons but the training they are doing doesn't make them athletes. So if im training to spin a basketball on my finger putting in countless hours, hitting the gym, and concentration, I'm considered an athlete as well? See it just doesn't add up. Gamers aren't athletes no matter what their training is
@@IsaiahM2413 Chess players only have to move chess pieces to certain place on the grid, yet they're considered athletes. So what makes the definition different from gamers?
@@D3rpyD3su chess players are not considered athletes. Learn to do some research before you comment something false like that again idiot. I literally found my answer in 5 minutes.
@@IsaiahM2413 But chess is still considered a sport. And athletes are people who are a part of said sport. Unless you're proving that you don't need to be an athlete to be in a sport
Soooo, they are becoming office workers? If you exclude the medium, they went from """self employed" to "startup" to "office hours"...
Doing something more people enjoy than working with spreadsheets.
sure i guess they're just regular office workers earning 6 figures in prize money lol
@@TheZombieeeeeee and salary
From what I've gathered the training like athletes isnt about reaching the same physical intensity. That's why they aren't working out as long nor with more complex workouts. Gaming doesn't capitalize on physical fitness. I think it's more about the parallels of gaining health benefits from a basic physical life style + diet for improved mental health and marketing image, obtaining psychological counseling to improve performance in front of audiences, and being provided with equipment for training. It's more about the resources being pooled in and the investments being made to capitalize on the type of training + marketing that you would see on a similar caliber as professional sports, so the players don't mess up that "fraction of a second" that could change the course of a game and risk losing millions of dollars.
Many sports have less physical exercise then Esports.
@@siegelink9549 haha name 10 let's see how far you get
@@siegelink9549 you must be joking
You're right, but studies show that working out makes your brain stay "young". You can be 60 years old but through working out through the years your brain will work as a 30 year old's because you take care of your body.
Look out, Mountain Dew and Doritos! Your days of selling to gamers may be numbered.
Selling to professional gamers? Maybe... Your average gamer? Definitely not.
“Training like pro athletes”
*shows them doing regular gym exercises like any average joe*
i guess you didnt get the video it isn't about building bodybuilders but rather about make their body healthier. if your body is healthy your mind is healthier too. bonus side effect is that you wont get as many injuiries on your armwrists and stuff
but i guess i am talking with a narrow minded wall
@@FuckTheWorld285 but that's the point. Pro athletes dont train like that. It would have been better to say they take time to train their bodies.
Average joe trains much harder than that. This looks like soccer mom training
physical is just part of the training, duhh. It showed them devoting their whole day towards the improvement of their performance. That's professional athletes for you right there.
@@stuffilikeyt exactly brain dead meat heads only think physical strength matters.
why tf is warden still overweight then, hes been in complexity for 10+ years
Love this! Good to see anyone using training to support their goals and performance. I've actually got a few videos for eSport athletes coming up!
"Tier 2 CSGO team goes to the gym"
3:34 Why do they look like they’re on their way to the pacific standard heist?
Thumbs up to this vid! A bit late but we just finished our research study about esports and how it should be accepted just like traditional sports i. And this is one of our recommendations, to study more in depth about the physical wellness of esports players to keep them play longer.
P.s I major in Sports and wellness management at University of Santo Tomas
Hi, where can I find this study? Sounds very interesting
It's about time someone did a video on this!
Shazam: swag what is your name?
swag: braaaxton
at least csgo peeps made there way into here
Lool
I ain't even gonna finish this video. There is truly no comparing actual professional athletes to gamers.
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OK boomer
Myth and Ninja need to hit the gym.
Add TSM_Slappie to the list.
Training your reaction time looks like the most important thing to train for competitive gaming.
Training like athletes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Still doing more then you lol
Crusader Brink lol these guys train like an average person
@@skadoosh9565 They train the game too. Basketball players train long hours of basketball. Esports players train hours on the game.
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@@skadoosh9565 even still, they do alot of work in the game as well sooooooo
I can see this getting bigger. My nephew is 8 and spends hours watching others play minecraft. I can totally see his generation being spectators of these tournaments. Its Its something I dont understand but it is what it is
Dude. Minecraft is not a esport. You should introduce him to Dota 2, CS:GO and LoL
@Oliver Sneddon I play Dota when I was 7.
@Oliver Sneddon age doesn't need to be an excuse for what game you should play
@Oliver Sneddon I said Dota. Do you know what Dota is?
@Oliver Sneddon he said esports not any game
Shazam whippin a corvette and y'all can't even afford to pay your light bill lmfao
Well, that's definitely a life I'd love to live
First Time Seeing Shazam In The Gym 😂
Yeah, and I train like a professional athlete when I go to the gym on the weekends too.
Good to know I train harder than professional athlete.
These kids are amazing!!
Damn different Shaz same energy
Crazy that the team moved to my city
at 1:40 is that Faze Censor lol
These guys will open us in online games
I like the idea of spreading the word that working out helps your gaming. Have you seen a pro athlete train though..? These guys are just starting to hit the gym..
Yeah these guys look like normal guys you see at a basic planet fitness or some shit
Keep it up 🙏🙏🙏
I was playing super smash brothers competitively I retired when I was 17 years old didn't even have a job I was playing 10-12 hours A-day it was crazy stressful plus traveling all over new york new Jersey area. Now I am 28 and have been to way more tournaments but my mind is healthy and I don't mind losing as long as I give it my all and then some. And lol off course I cant play nowhere near as much as before but have fun first.
Intense
Bruh
Training like professional athletes. Still overweight 0:28
BeedleNeedle lol 1:50
BeedleNeedle this is just the start.
at least he's working out and trying to get fit
Being lighter doesn't immediately increase performance of an average #esports while it usually does in most performance oriented games... Playing till 40 years old..(competitively) is another matter however.
U should watch the transformation of coldzera and NiKo man, at first they're thicc af but then later... well u should see it for yourself :D
Real athletes have to train and practice and strategize because they are participating in an actual physical sport. Lazy kids sitting around playing video games are not participating in a sport! They are just playing a video game, nothing more!
@XLuthfi No clearly you are the type of person I'm talking about. Actual real-life basketball is a sport. Sitting in a chair playing a game based on basketball is not a sport period! There is no way anybody can classify playing video games (which requires no physical ability) as an actual sport. When I'm play a video game I know that I'm just playing a game I enjoy for entertainment or just to pass time. I don't believe that I'm actually participating in an actual sport. It's just a game nothing more. Something is seriously wrong with this world.
@XLuthfi No it's not a real sport. Real sports require real athletes. Are you trying to convince me that a video gamer is an athlete? Are you serious?
@XLuthfi No I'm done trying to talk common sense with idiots. You wanna play make believe sports and pretend you have actual talent and skill, go ahead bro. But remember you are not an athlete just because you sit in a chair and play a game that's based on an actual sport. It's a VIDEO GAME, that's all it is and that's all it will ever be.
BLack GoLD What do u mean "based of an actual sport" they're more games then 2k, Madden, MLB
i likey your video 🙌🙏
I guess working out improve your strength on gaming. It’s really good idea to stay fit and to be good looking player instead of sitting down, getting fat, and eat chunk food. I love video game not gonna lie. I love staying healthy that too.
esports players are finally going to the gym
They have been for Years.
Bro what all respect to video game e sports players but this is no where near to training like professional athletes.....
I think they refer to them playing 8+ hours as training, just like a basketball player plays 8+ hours in basketball.
@@snowblack6133Basketball alone does not make you fit. Just like any other sport.
@@siegelink9549 i know, but i was personally refering to the title "Training like professional athletes" Because pro athletes train in their field a lot everyday.
@@snowblack6133 you may train hours on end but it's the physical activity that's in the sport that's what calls them athletes.
So gamers aren't truly training like athletes cause there's no physical activity in gaming.
Kobe bryant- runs up and down the court, jumps, and uses his strength. (physical activities)
Gamers- sit in a chair, move their fingers, and talk. (no physical activity)
I keep hearing plair will be huge
It is commendable that they exercise but there is a HUGE difference between working out and training like an athlete.
"25 million dollar price" *laughs in Fortnite*
Caring for competitors health is not unusual in the world of competition. Dave Brailsford led England to their first Tour de France victory in over 120 years with a strategy he called “the aggregation of marginal gains,” which meant many small improvements that add up to big gains. A healthier e-sport competitor could focus more intently for longer periods of time, have less weariness, and even contract illnesses less often (as getting sick is bad for competition).
Good insight @CruxCapacitor. This absolutely plays into the reasoning behind esports training.
This has to be the funniest thing ever 😂😂
ok boomer
"Like" pro athletes. But this is much better than being out of shape. So yeah... send the message folks. Be good and video games, and stay fot and healthy.
I'm all for getting healthier but there isn't a correlation between getting better at gaming and being more muscular...you may look the part but in videogames it's all about practice and improving on your weaknesses .
However, when you look good, feel healthy it def helps you put in the hours to get better at gaming I guess..
dude it does help. Espeically the game they are talking about CSGO. When Aiming is a big part of the game. You need to have good sleep, good diet, + minimal workout and you will see big improvements. Speaking from personal experience. I tested this theory while I was playign Valorant. Significantly improved, went all the way up to top 1% player from 20% player. You are correct too though on improving weakness but when it comes to games that you need to aim. I belivee all those factors are just as important.
this is a team of chad gamers, super gamers
0:52 what is that mouse though?
zowie divina mouse
Astralis does this too if i recall
Yes, along with FaZe Clan and Cloud9 to name a few others.
When they tell you to git gud...so you do...you git real good.
2:46 my boy J
ESport put good mind start with good chores, in this case gym like exercise.
Man, I game at a high level in league and lets be real. They dont physically train like athletes, at all.
1:17 WTF WERE THOSE MONITORS!?!!
found the 12 year old
My teacher said I'm wasting my life play video games 😢
I mean..... He or she has a point
LivinTheLife And your wasting your life on TH-cam, your point?
Goes to the gym *professional athlete
Faze censor type beat
Isn't complexcity cloud 9
Media:gaming isn’t a sport
Pro gamers: yea aight
Aiden Fuller it isn’t. It is a game. And there’s nothing wrong with that..
KdJ2's Twin isn’t football a game?
KdJ2's Twin they deserve to be a sport just like any other
@@yummyfunnybunny5167Speed Staking, Speed Cubing, Darts, Curling, Archery and Rifle shooting the list goes on and on my friend.
If they're "training like professional athletes", it's more like golf, not football
Invisible Hotdog training like a professional athlete means a lot of things. Physical Coaching,diet and mental coaching. Strict guides and plans that your average gym goer does not apply.
Invisible Hotdog def not the same as golf lol
@@clemsonguy7282Golf has less physical exercise then Esports by a mile.
@@siegelink9549 you honestly sound so stupid RN. Moving your thumbs or a mouse is 0.01% physical activity. Golf requires full body motion and golfers hit the weight room to build strength which is 100% physical exercise.
And they have to walk to get to their golf ball. Esport players just sit on a chair all day. Where's their physical activity 😂😂😂
@@IsaiahM2413 You clearly have never watch Golf. They Stand around doing nothing for multiple minutes and take one big swing witch anyone can do. There are many Golf players who are not fit at all. On top of that Walking is not only not much physical exercise. And you clearly have never watch a pro Esport game. In some games they have over 500 APM. Witch results in their heart rates being very high in many games.
Seems to me they're just compensating for their lack of physical activity - or getting a little respite
MrKarlozz You don't know how they live, they could be playing other sports too
The only game I'm good enough to go pro in would be Battlefield, and i don't think they have any leagues for that game, its not really an eSport game.
Well atlist they are doing exercises, I still won't consider Video games sport
There's a reason it's called video games, not video sports. E-sports are a different thing because of money and business.
Nothing in the etymology of "sport" includes physical activity. You're using the redefined modern definition, which can be redefined again to include "games". The latter is closer to the original meaning of the word.
Language is malliable. It's too bad most people aren't.
Mecha Fox it’s very competitive though and needs a lot of practice and dedication.
you dont need to cause by defintion it is
Why not? It's more sport than dart.
It's a sport like chess is a sport.
You say it's not physical but is the brain not physical?
Of course it is, the confusion only arises because people belive in a mind seperated from the physical which belongs to the realm of religion or magic
more like getting out of the house for the first time in years and training
Ik about esports but their workouts aren’t shit, even when teams go to red bull facilities and stuff they may get cut but their cervicles and thoracic extension stays terrible playing for 8 hours
best team best forever
People in the comments hating on Esports is pretty funny. These people are living their dream while having more of a reason to work out. These work outs are mainly for training their Mental rather than their Physical. Gaming can be a sport (and currently is if you haven't noticed already). To be the best you need a lot of experience, discipline, and dedication to your craft. And they're doing just that. So what's your guy's problem exactly? I've seen more fit Esports player's than non-fit.
So, okay boomer.
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So I train at gym 5 times in week. Im I now professional athlete?
5 hours each day. Your on your way if you want to take that road.
Babizin Try playing competitive csgo
Nothing wrong with trying to balance out video games and an active lifestyle
better than not doing anything am I right?
an excuse to get these gamers to exercise
Cool video, but this is NOT training like professional athletes... Where is the barbell squats, deadlift, overhead presses and real pull-ups?
they train around 10-12 hours a day too dude. Playing the game is also training.
@@lehends5683 do you even know the definition of an athlete kid? I'll wait 😂😂😂
@@IsaiahM2413 said the guy that is playing fortnite
@@michakoczy3261 your point???
Doing half assed reps on a machine... sure they train like athletes lil
Press Y to lift
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Who is here in 2024 (shazam , yay )
Fps over 240
damn back when yay and android still in CoL
Dosia????
When it says "They're training like professional athletes" she means that they spend more than 8 hours a day training on videogames , as traditional athletes do in their sport. Is it that hard to understand?
That’s not training like a pro athlete. Bro everyone with a full time job is training like a pro athlete in whatever their field is then…
@@comegdjeja6557 Wooow i totally forgot about this video. btw, a sport implies competition among people, which doesn't occur in a regular job, not to mention how e-athletes, as well as traditional ones, need to work on teamwork, reflexes, coordination, efficiency and other skills exclusively belonging to competitive sports which, still, don't belong to any regular job
@@gabpiccioni9750 there’s not competition in a regular job? Okay well that’s dumb as shit and not true at all? Tf are you on about?
Buff gamers rise up
Ngl we all ottermode tho
Haha if all these guys were buff it would definitely increase popularity for whatever reasons!
"hey baby, I'm a gamer"
*Panties drop*
I live in frisco lmao
SHAHZAMMMM
2:42 i get more FPS :P talk about technology
I’ve never seen 27.5 DBs before. 1st for everything, especially working out for these “Athlete’s”
gamers dont need to do weights, they just need to think fast and have quick reaction time. In a sport like football you need the fast reactions, quick thinking, and physical strength.
Where do you think quick reaction comes from? Thats from being physically fit. They dont need to workout like real athelets they just need to do minimum exercise and be hydrated, thats when their brain will be at peak perforamnce and have what you call "quick reaciton time" but I can tell you don't really game because gaming isn't about Quick Reaction time.... I know when you watch something like CSGO its about reaction time, it just isnt... if you play these games you would know its much deeper than "reaction time". Crosshair placement, movement skills, mental capacity, tactical strategy. Most of the most important things you need on videogames, and reaction time isnt really one of them.... thats like a given basic skillset more than anything.
Bruh I actually work my ass off to be the best I can be at football and wrestling and then we get these lazy gamers called "athletes "
They are though
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Freddy apex Lee
Ummm... interesting🤔
3:18 Luka Doncic??
Imagine Device, Gla1ve, Magisk,... do these things at the gym lol, the physical health is important but the key factor here is your brain, your reflex, and your hands.
This I bet is for the camera and nothing else
they were prof athletes for a while now