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100% worth watching, a truly good video. At different times it gave me chills, made me want to go work out, made me cringe, got me pumped up, made me sick, and inspired me. Really really good
from Folke Rydén Production
100% worth watching, a truly good video. At different times it gave me chills, made me want to go work out, made me cringe, got me pumped up, made me sick, and inspired me. Really really good
Dang... I thought this was going to describe how gold is going to $10,000 an ounce soon.
Oh well, I'll watch the video anyway.
From our Week That Was:
"We’ll admit we haven’t watched the film, The Price of Gold, yet. We’ve only watch the first two minutes but admit we definitely are going to find an hour later this week to watch it as we had goosebumps from the first two minutes."
It did inspire me to take a day off to avoid overtraining.
Just viewing the first few minutes - they didn’t win gold at London.
Two were from Athens and one was way back at Atlanta.
Didn't like this video, couldn't watch it all, it's their mentality to win medals but not necessarily the right way. They want it too fast and it ends their careers fast. It might work for a few lucky ones but once they get to the top they don't last. They are addicts more than they are athletes, most of them went straight to intense training without even savoring the moment or taking a serious break.
Bergvall should be fordbidden to coach ever again. He knows that his training has repeatedly caused injuries and just shrugs it off as part of the deal instead of thinking of a different approach.
On the contrary, I found this to be a brilliant video. Did you guys watch till the very end? I think one of the main ideas behind the film is how the top athletes are WILLING to undergo the risk of injury and how this mentality is key to performing at the highest levels.
That distance runner chick made me cringe
Is the rate of injuries specific to Swedes? Maybe if they were using more PEDs, they'd be able to get elite performance without all the breakage ;)
joalturn wrote:
That distance runner chick made me cringe
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that phrase...
Boston Marathoner wrote:
It did inspire me to take a day off to avoid overtraining.
Inspiring video.
Sweden really does have an amazing history in athletics, especially in the technical events. For a country of less than 10 million, their consistent production of stars and medal haul in the jumps, hurdles and multis is pretty impressive.
joalturn wrote:
That distance runner chick made me cringe
What "distance runner chick"?
I have only watched the first half but there is no distance runner featured.
If these are Russians, then the price of gold=price of good dope.
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Meh.. wrote:
Didn't like this video, couldn't watch it all, it's their mentality to win medals but not necessarily the right way. They want it too fast and it ends their careers fast. It might work for a few lucky ones but once they get to the top they don't last. They are addicts more than they are athletes, most of them went straight to intense training without even savoring the moment or taking a serious break.
You clearly have never been around Olympic caliber athletes. This is how it is at the top. Those unwilling to take these risks do not reach this level.
I will agree though that the injury level with youth aged athletes seemed staggeringly high but maybe this high developmental level push is why the surpass us in technical events traditionally until we get one of our super talents al la Christian Taylor.
Look More Closelerly wrote:
You clearly have never been around Olympic caliber athletes. This is how it is at the top. Those unwilling to take these risks do not reach this level.
I will agree though that the injury level with youth aged athletes seemed staggeringly high but maybe this high developmental level push is why the surpass us in technical events traditionally until we get one of our super talents al la Christian Taylor.
Absolutely true. Think about it, how many professional runners can you think of that have NEVER been injured for at least one full month? I can't think of any.