What determines the limits of how in shape a person can get?
In: Biology
Genes and anything that shapes who you are – its all pure luck and out of your control
People don’t get to “choose” whether they are or are not a motivated person, have discipline, have parents and an upbringing that can distil those traits etc in the same way they don’t choose whether they can develop the fast twitch fibres, bone density, muscle strength etc required
You can have all the ingredients to be faster than Usain Bolt but if your brain isn’t wired properly then you won’t get your backside down the track and train
Equally, if you’re not born into a country where you have any capability of being spotted as having the potential, you’ll never be found
Statistically speaking, it is highly unlikely that the people who are best in the world at anything are actually those that are truly the best in the world. They’re simply the ones that have had all the right mix of luck in order to get there
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