http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952507002697http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008645http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Pzd_jRUp4hYC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=genetics+and+sprinting&ots=ms19cPZ2eU&sig=KrhYJDN93D3eIKGntQ6xPmbszRo#v=onepage&q=genetics%20and%20sprinting&f=falsehttp://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-genom-082908-150058http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/235695gggg wrote:
What bs is this? wrote:So I guess what your saying is that people of non-African descent have horrible diets and low activity levels prior to their horrid training programs, considering the fastest recorded 100m time by a non-African descent person is 9.93 .
Also of note, that time wouldn't even make top 3 at the 2012 Jamaican Olympic trials .
http://www.adriansprints.com/2011/07/lists-of-fastest-white-men-in-history.htmlThe list, in case you were interested.
Obviously, people of African descent have better training programs than those of non-African descent.
That's not what I said at all. You asked me specifically about the difference between Bolt and Blake. I can see that you have a habit of making far-reaching conclusions out of thin air.
The Jamaicans are faster than American blacks also. Jamaica and the Caribbean have a culture of sprinting. Just like South America and Europe have cultures of soccer.
Use your brain.
All articles supporting my argument. If you want, you can google the rest.
Not every Jamaican is faster than every American. Tyson Gay is faster than almost every Jamaican except Bolt and Blake.
You can put two kids on the same training program, same diet, etc and one will always be faster than the other. Why? Genetics. You cant change the distribution of fast twitch or slow twitch fibers in your legs, or else everyone could run world records. Sure you can change some, but not nearly enough to become a world class athlete.
How else would you explain Usain Bolt being able to run 20.13 as a 16 year old boy? Is it because he trains harder than the likes of Jeremy Wariner, who recorded his personal best of 20.19 as a 22 year old? I doubt the diet and/or activity level of a 16 year old would be different from a grown man, as he was coached by one of the greatest long sprint coaches of all time.
Wariner played football and ran track throughout his youth, so his activity level prior to track shouldn't be an issue, and he won a high school state championship in the 200 so I'd assume he regularly trained for the event.