What Leaders Can Learn From Competitive Chess Players’ Energy (Mg-ATP) Expenditure

A Surprising Truth

When I ask you about what some of the highest Energy (Mg-ATP) Expenditure activities might be, what would you guess?

You might immediately go to some Extreme Sports, working out multiple times a day, or something similar.

You also wouldn’t technically be wrong, many of those activities do require Extreme levels of Energy Expenditure.

Just as an example, many people who compete in Ultramarathons expend about 450 calories/hour, and in a 14-hour race for 100k race, you would end up at about 6,300 Calories used.

Considering the “average” for people is 2,000 to 2,500 Calories/Day, that is high!

But what if I told you that on that same list, you would also have Competitive Chess Players in a Tournament?

Does that seem crazy?

Well, apparently on a Tournament day a Chess Player can use up to 6,000 Calories!

To give you context, most Professional Bodybuilders use 5,000 Calories/Day as a high estimate for bulking up quickly — and these Chess Players are using MORE than that amount of Energy in Competition!