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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

Tuomas Kari, Veli-Matti Karhulahti
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1942-3888|EISSN: 1942-3896|EISBN13: 9781466690752|DOI: 10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104
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Kari, Tuomas, and Veli-Matti Karhulahti. "Do E-Athletes Move?: A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports." IJGCMS vol.8, no.4 2016: pp.53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

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Kari, T. & Karhulahti, V. (2016). Do E-Athletes Move?: A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS), 8(4), 53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

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Kari, Tuomas, and Veli-Matti Karhulahti. "Do E-Athletes Move?: A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports," International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS) 8, no.4: 53-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

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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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