Random Thoughts on Training Potential Part 3
In Part 1 I gave a theory of Genetic Potential (GP) and Part 2 a theory for Natural Potential (NP) but life is never so simple as to evoke one theory at a time.
So what if you have an individual with high GP and high NP BUT that individual due to environmental, and other factors, is not maximizing either. So you have got an overweight 19 year old who spends their days sat down, watching Netflix playing computer games etc and has a terrible diet. The environment changes and the individual chooses diet XXXX and starts doing basic exercise (walking etc) but predominately less sitting. 3 months later that individual has lost a good load of weight and is now singing the praises of diet XXXX.
Well we see this all the time. Every single diet has someone who lost loads of weight 'just' by following that diet. A percentage of followers of every single diet then use these super responders as justification of the miracle of their diet (and to the determent of every other diet). Yet the main reason for the changes in this individual will be great, previously untapped genetics, and simple, boring, calorie restriction.
Now add in another layer. This individual not only starts diet XXXX but they start training system YYY. These lose the weight, they gain muscle so have clearly found the secret to success. They go on social media, gain a following and promote the miracle diet and training regime. They then cherry pick and share the people that respond well, block/mute/hide/ignore the ones that fail.
This is Nutrition/Exercise Twitter.
The bigger the number of followers the more chance of the above.
So what if you have an individual with high GP and high NP BUT that individual due to environmental, and other factors, is not maximizing either. So you have got an overweight 19 year old who spends their days sat down, watching Netflix playing computer games etc and has a terrible diet. The environment changes and the individual chooses diet XXXX and starts doing basic exercise (walking etc) but predominately less sitting. 3 months later that individual has lost a good load of weight and is now singing the praises of diet XXXX.
Well we see this all the time. Every single diet has someone who lost loads of weight 'just' by following that diet. A percentage of followers of every single diet then use these super responders as justification of the miracle of their diet (and to the determent of every other diet). Yet the main reason for the changes in this individual will be great, previously untapped genetics, and simple, boring, calorie restriction.
Now add in another layer. This individual not only starts diet XXXX but they start training system YYY. These lose the weight, they gain muscle so have clearly found the secret to success. They go on social media, gain a following and promote the miracle diet and training regime. They then cherry pick and share the people that respond well, block/mute/hide/ignore the ones that fail.
This is Nutrition/Exercise Twitter.
The bigger the number of followers the more chance of the above.
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