Are Obstacle Courses Sports?

[CubsMascot]

Do you consider anyone that does obstacle course is a sport? Programs like American Ninja Warrior always say that it is an extreme sport. Do you agree?
Here's an example

Do you watch this?

 

[Impaired]

I don't see why not - a series of physical challenges. The platoon I was in during basic training (USAF, so not the most arduous training) requested to be allowed to run the obstacle course a second time. We were refused. Most of us thought it was great fun - especially since the crawl through mud under the barbed wire was out due to a rattlesnake infestation.

 

[EdgeHead]

Yikes.

 

[Mirage]

In my opinion, if you can even DO this in the first place, then and only then are you qualified to say that it's NOT a sport (and at that point, why would you say that?). This is seriously more a sport than any other sport out there.

 

[CubsMascot]

And if you think ANW is intense check out Spartan...
Spartan Race: Breckenridge (Full Episode)
Another one I watch..Sometimes they have fan favs from ANW on to compete.

 

[Mirage]

I’ve done the Spartan Race several times. It is definitely a sport! It’s super intense.

 

[CubsMascot]

I’ve done the Spartan Race several times. It is definitely a sport! It’s super intense.

What made you want to try something like this? What year was this? And did you do this with other friends? How did you do?

 

[Shooting_Palanx]

By the very definition of what a sport is, it is a sport in its entirety. It requires physical attributes in a competitive manner against other people for glory and/or entertainment. Btw, I love the ninja warrior series and the spartan series, theyre awesome.

 

[CubsMascot]

I'm so looking forward to Sunday to watch this. Did anyone elso know this was coming on? Are you to watch this?
USA vs the World will premiere on March 11

 

[CubsMascot]

So did anyone else watch this? Boy it was great. 3 hours of on the edge action.
The 4 teams were:

Team USA Team Europe Team Latin America Team Asia

Europe came in 1st
USA came in 2nd
Latin America 3rd
Asia 4th

USA lost a tie by 1 second... The one that took on the challenge had hurt his tailbone by falling on the edge of a mat and the riser and bouncing into the water. Better luck next year