The tendency of kids who grew up playing a competitive sport and then retired in their teens to tryhard video games, have a good sense of momentum, timing, and intuitive controls, be prone to careers requiring more discipline, and being used to regiment/feeling lost without rigid schedules or structure.
"Hey, why is John so good at timing his jumps in Mario Kart 7?"
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
by Cry_onis September 05, 2021
by brazn November 23, 2021
an individual electronic record of a professional athlete that contains biological markers of doping and results from doping tests. The record is often used in anti-doping measures by analyzing the variations over a period of time from the athlete’s established levels rather than by actually testing for the presence of illegal substances in the urine or blood. Also called biological passport.
by uttam maharjan November 19, 2011
A person who practices the sport of navigating obstacles by running, jumping and climbing, known as Parkour.
Person 1: Are you into any sports?
Person 2: I'm more of an urban athlete.
P1: Whats that?
P2: I like to try and navigate landscapes in a quicker than normal and unconventional manner.
Person 2: I'm more of an urban athlete.
P1: Whats that?
P2: I like to try and navigate landscapes in a quicker than normal and unconventional manner.
by JacobBeau99 March 15, 2022
A Veve digital collectible app user who has reached a minimum of 50 collectibles, 100 comics, 10 sets and 1000 followers.
by Veve Indian August 17, 2022
A "hybrid athlete" is typically defined as an athlete that participates in multiple sports OR an athlete that is simultaneously good at both
STRENGTH and ENDURANCE activity.
STRENGTH and ENDURANCE activity.
by Cheeessseer April 29, 2024
Anything involved with lifting very light weight and doing a bunch of running and cardio. An individual who does an athletic workout is someone who used to do bodybuilding but found it quite difficult to lift heavy consistently, thus choosing the easy way out of intense lifting sessions.
Darbs: Yo JJ are we lifting heavy today?
JJ: Nah bro I'm going to be doing an athletic workout, good luck tho!
JJ: Nah bro I'm going to be doing an athletic workout, good luck tho!
by aluminum ballsack July 09, 2023