Any coaches on here that have ever used DNA analysis? What the hell doe sit tell you. See below.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/36060246
The DNA analysis presents users with a detailed report based on their body's response to particular types of training and nutrition.
Rutherford, who is also the reigning Commonwealth and European champion, has been incorporating the genetically guided information into his training for the 2016 since Olympics since February.
"I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym," he explained. "The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.
Fascinating read: Greg Rutherford uses DNA analysis which tells him to do hill workouts as he has good endurance
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Apparently the quotes come from a full radio interview which you can listen to here:
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Check out Athletigen.com. Certainly an interesting subject, and something that many pros currently are utilizing.
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LetsRun.com wrote:
What the hell doe sit tell you. See below.
"The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.
It tells me that he's doing the wrong event. He should be a triple jumper. -
Ouray Chalet wrote:
Check out Athletigen.com.
Has anybody tried this or other similar companies?
Seems to be a fair bit of doubt out there, e.g. http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/genetic-testing-sports-exercise-1.3321603 -
A white endurance athlete rules the LJ... turns out Carl Lewis was right!
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Skip to 1:35:10 (1 hour, 35 min, 10 sec) to the start of the interview with Mr. Rutherford.
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when you are using dna analysis, I'm wondering a little. I find it hard to believe that is useful at this stage and I'm wondering how far you are pursuing technical advantages.
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Until you have a controlled study, any perceived or actual improvement has to be chalked up to placebo effect.
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Following Ross Tucker in Twitter (up to some point) and occasionally reading linked websites I got the impression that DNA testing is part of the current "talent identification" trend-topic.
That t.i. seems big atm
