Worst sport biomechanically

[Matthew Jones]

What is the worst sport in terms of moving in ways the human body is intended to move? Think load, asymmetry, repetition etc.

I vote for Golf.

[Briks42]

Pitching a baseball seems pretty brutal. Almost no pitcher makes it through a career without arm problems.

[simonsky]

Chess

sitting is bad

[yorick]

Racquetball is pretty rough. Especially when running for the ball and trying to stop your body before you hit the wall.

Pitching does seem to be universally craptacular.

[FKYT]

Football seems to fuck people up pretty badly.

[StrongLiftMyBalls]

I see what you are driving at but arguably you could go for swimming.

And i mean that purely from the sense that we evolved as long distance runners not swimmers. I know we look all glidy in the water and its actually great exercise (except for shoulder impingement), we are hella' inefficient when it comes to swimming, even compared to bears.

[morbidlyfat]

Bullriding can't be good for the body.

[yorick]

Bullriding can't be good for the body.

Good one. Definitely true.

[The Emancipated Freak]

I see what you are driving at but arguably you could go for swimming.

And i mean that purely from the sense that we evolved as long distance runners

That doesn't sound right.

[Drewcar]

Whitewater kayaking might be the worst. Bad for the shoulders, your feet feel like a Geisha's when you get out of the boat (i.e., broken and bound), and you look unnatural as a half-man, half-boat.

This obviously isn't good for you: