Are they training harder? or are athletes today just physically better?
In: Biology
Athletes are much more professional now. We never used to have teams dedicated to training for the Olympics or other competitions. Often participants were gifted or those with enough time and money to do some training.
People are also generally getting bigger, which doesn’t just mean we’re all getting fat, it includes taller and stronger. All thanks to better nutrition and health. When you think about it, we wouldn’t eat such a variety of foods all year around without things like cold chain storage.
And with better research we know how to tweak performance. Somethings like getting less colds over the year may only make a 1-2% improvement, but cumulatively with all the other small improvements, it gives athletes a winning edge.
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