Sports Illustrated ranked the best-conditioned male and female athletes in the world, consulting trainers, exercise physiologists and performance experts with experience across the college, pro and Olympic levels of sports to evaluate athletes on following criteria: performances over last 12 months; demands and risks of their respective sports; durability; training regimens and other physical benchmarks including power, speed, strength, agility, endurance, flexibility and more.
The experts SI used in compiling this list are:
- Dr. Michael Joyner - Human Performance Expert, Mayo Clinic
- Sue Falsone - Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainer and Author
- Joe Carvajal - Performance Coach
I tried doing two seperate list, one for male and one for female, however List Challenges would't let me do that. SI did have a males and female list. I combined the two. I used same image as SI, and I alternated between male and female beginning with #1 male & #1 female - #25 male & #25 female.
