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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 207786"><p>Yes but the American Football fitness is not the type that "asks the question" of your character. It is simply pure speed or pure strength and the recovery time is more than long enough to prevent your body going into <em>oxygen debt</em>. Rugby may be 3/4 pace most of the time but it always keeps you in a constant need for oxygen and there are moments when you have to go at 100% pace. I don't think I have ever seen a line of scrimmage in American Football on TV where the players are puffed out...however with rugby at lineouts or scrums or whenever they reset play there are always players puffing at every grade level. This is simply because rugby puts you into oxygen debt. Rugby players experience what Boxers experience in a LONG fight who are fatigued but must keep their guard up. American Football is like a fight that throws all its combos very quickly then goes and sits down to recover.</p><p></p><p>I think I personally would enjoy Gridiron because it would give me a chance to recover. My will to win would always be high because I wouldn't be fatigued the way I would be in rugby. I would never experience the runners "wall" or anything similar because I would not go into oxygen debt. Every once in a while I would also sit on the side for a longer break as the other half of my team went on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 207786"] Yes but the American Football fitness is not the type that "asks the question" of your character. It is simply pure speed or pure strength and the recovery time is more than long enough to prevent your body going into [i]oxygen debt[/i]. Rugby may be 3/4 pace most of the time but it always keeps you in a constant need for oxygen and there are moments when you have to go at 100% pace. I don't think I have ever seen a line of scrimmage in American Football on TV where the players are puffed out...however with rugby at lineouts or scrums or whenever they reset play there are always players puffing at every grade level. This is simply because rugby puts you into oxygen debt. Rugby players experience what Boxers experience in a LONG fight who are fatigued but must keep their guard up. American Football is like a fight that throws all its combos very quickly then goes and sits down to recover. I think I personally would enjoy Gridiron because it would give me a chance to recover. My will to win would always be high because I wouldn't be fatigued the way I would be in rugby. I would never experience the runners "wall" or anything similar because I would not go into oxygen debt. Every once in a while I would also sit on the side for a longer break as the other half of my team went on. [/QUOTE]
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