But ignoring the fact genetics plays is plain ignorant and stubborn and im suprised that someone that has lots of reps would make such a conclusion, ecspecially it seems from just plain uneducated observations.
I guess my point is. If you can't change genetics, and you don't even really know what they are. There is no way of knowing what genetic role is being played for an individual. So if you spend your time learning and getting better, it is time better spent.
What your implying is that everyone has the capacity to gain the same amount of muscle. I use to have a tall skinny chinese lecturer and to propose that he could build up to the same degree as a maori for example is laughable.
What I am implying is that everyone has the ability to train and compete at the elite level. I know it is not scientific, but people get there all of the time. Most because they want to make it. Just watch the Olympics. There are a lot of great stories about athletes who have done more than they should have. (the same is true for any sport.)
And given ample training time and a start at a young enough of an age. Why would a skinny chinese guy not be able to get to where he wants to go. Hell, I was 5'11" and 100lbs when I started. Was it bad genetics? I don't think so. Even then, at this point it does not matter at all does it?
If you're telling me that a distance runner like prefontaine could have worked hard and used his "power of mind" to look like present day ronnie coleman then you are full of crap.
If, as a freshman in high school, Prefontaine got into weightlifting and not cross country, why not? Ok, he died at 24 and only had 9 years of training. It takes most BB longer than that to get to the high level. Aside from that, there is no reason he could not have gone into BB and done very well. Just because his sport of choice was different does not mean that he could not have made it in other sports. (we will also have to take into account the difference in the drugs of BB's today as opposed too the 60's and 70's)
Here is what I am not saying.
Genetics does not have an effect or does not exist. I know genetics plays a role. I have met guys who can clean and press over 300lbs, for reps, right out of high school, with no weightlifting training at all. There are also guys of the same age who have lots of training who are stronger and better at the lifts. So in this case the "guy with good genetics" lost.
I have seen the same strong guy with little training experience start training and struggle to get results. Where guys who started training at the same time and had a lower starting point got great results and surpassed him in strength.
I am also not saying that every person will take the same amount of time to get to a higher level. For some things will take longer. This does not mean that they are unable to get to a high level.
Here is what I am saying.
It is not possible to know exactly what your genetics are. People adapt differently to different training programs, this is genetic. If a person does not start out as strong or as big, but ends up being able to recover faster, or has a nervous system that adapts faster, finds a better training regime early on, or any number of things that would help them get better results, they can be great.
There are so many genetic variables that nothing can be predicted from the "he has good genetics" standpoint.
Champions are born out of "false hope."
It makes me sad that so many people do not understand the potential of "wanting it bad enough."
