Do E-Athletes Move? A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports
Do E-Athletes Move? A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports
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DOI:
10.4018/ijgcms.2016100104
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发表时间:
2016-10-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
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作者:
Kari, Tuomas;Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
This article offers possibly the first peer-reviewed study on the training routines of elite e-athletes with special focus on the subjects' physical exercise routines. The study is based on a sample of 115 elite e-athletes. According to the responses, e-athletes train approximately 5.28 hours every day around the year on the elite level. Approximately 1.08 hours of that training is physical exercise. More than half ( 55.6%) of the elite e-athletes believe that integrating physical exercise in their training programs has a positive effect on esport performance; however, no less than 47.0% of the elite e-athletes do their physical exercise chiefly to maintain overall health. Accordingly, the study indicates that elite e-athletes are active athletes as well, those of age 18 and older exercising physically more than three times the daily 21-minute activity recommendation given by World Health Organization.