How do athletes break records even though the sport has been going on for decades. How do individual humans break those records so often even though we’re said to be getting weaker than our ancestors. Is it just pure willpower or what? In some sports it could be chalked off to rule changes and stuff but there are a lot of sports without any rule changes and rely purely on the athlete. Are they juicing and the juices keep getting better? Is a new record just seen as a goal that only needs to be broken and not annihilated?
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To your point about us being “weaker than our ancestors”: while yes the average person has gotten weaker over the decades due to a more sedentary lifestyle, the quality of training and the age at which that training is available to gifted athletes has vastly improved. So yes the average joe is probably less likely to be physically fit and strong, people who are dedicated to a sport will continue to break records far beyond what was thought possible. It has nothing to do with juicing (and almost nothing to do with rules changes).
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