How can being overweight affect your sporting peformance?

Answer 1

Obesity taxes every aspect of one's physiology. The added weight places demands on circulatory-respiratory systems in terms of oxygen requirement, additional tissues require blood flow, O2, nutrients, waste removal (toll on the kidneys and lymphatic system)...extra weight also is hard on bones, which are often not supported by enough muscle to carry the weight...risk of injury increases dramatically. Working out must commence gradually for an obese person in order to avoid serious injury, exhaustion or heart attack.

This is answer number 1: I have moved it because I believe the Answerer mis-read the question:

if you are obsessed with your body, then you would want to work out. so they would be better at it.

Answer 2

It depends on how much weight, where the weight is coming from, and what sport you are playing.

In football, the more weight, the better (at least for the offensive and defensive line). Your goal is to protect the quarterback, and thus, you need to have a big body.

In Basketball, you need to have a muscular body, and thus, you should be around 225 lbs. (varies for positions) in order to be physically capable of competing. The heavier you are, the less you will be able to keep up with guys your height.

Weight from muscle will be much more beneficial in every sport than weight from fat. Weight from fat merely slows you down, but it does provide more stability and power. Weight from muscle does the same thing except for the fact that it gives you more speed rather than slowing you down.

Answer 3

Yes. It can also affect your hair, skin and nails due to your unhealthy diet, if you have one. You won't do as well as a fit person and you'll need to try to go down in weight to do well in your sport performance.

Answer 4

Because they are obese.. It's not difficult to see that obese people are out of shape. Who plays sports..... Athletes.. Athletes are usually athletic to a degree. obese people are not athletic. had they been athletic, they probably wouldnt be obese..

Answer 5

it affects a lot as in most of the sports the player have to run and it is difficult to run with lots of fat