As I understand it, we’re partly breaking speed/jumping records because of equipment: better shoes or whatever will make a huge difference.
Not trying to belittle their achievements, but to me somebody breaking a weightlifting world record is a little more impressive, as presumably everything is identical every time except the person themselves?
How are we still breaking those sorts of records? Better training? Are we artificially selecting for better weightlifters (ie, olympic weightlifters have olympic weightlifting kids)?
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almost entirely technology. yes nutrition and training is better, but humans are not better than humans 100 years ago. Anyone saying otherwise is deluding thmeselves
80% technology
20% everything else.
Jesse Owen’s WR stood forever and the dude ran on what was basically sand. Not the rubberized surfaces they run on today.
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