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Do E-Athletes Move?: A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports

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Veli-Matti KarhulahtiAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, Volume 8, Issue 4

Pages 53 - 66

https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

Published: 01 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

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.

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International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations Volume 8, Issue 4

October 2016

66 pages

ISSN:1942-3888

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