Talent vs. Work: Part 3
Today we continue with seemingly random and unrelated issues that tie into this topic just because I can’t apparently stay focused enough to just wrap it up. First I want to go off on a semi-related tangent about how people invariably seem to parse this topic when it gets brought up.
Talent vs. Work: Part 2
But that still doesn’t really answer the original question or address the issue since there is the other half of what I want to talk about, the work issue. Surprisingly, given the amount of verbiage I gave to the issue of talent, I don’t have much to say here. But I will say what little I have before finally getting around to the original question and trying to make some sort of useful answer to it.
Talent vs. Work: Part 1
So what’s the deal? Is talent overrated, is it just about hard work? Can you talk about one or the other and is it true that hard work can beat talent in sports? Well, as usually, it sort of depends on what context you’re talking about. At least one issue of relevance is exactly what you’re talking about. In a sport context, what we’re talking about is winning usually. And that’s the context I’m going to mainly focus on here: winning in competition. Certainly if you pick a different endpoint (perhaps becoming extremely well skilled at an activity), things become fuzzier. Because you’re not trying to achieve the pinnacle of performance.
The Effect of Two Energy-Restricted Diets, a Low-Fructose Diet vs. a Moderate Natural Fructose Diet – Research Review
More recently, the rabid furor and hype over refined fructose (and especially High-fructose corn syrup or HFCS) has only added to this. If reports I’m seeing are right, the consumption of fructose and/or HFCS will make you fat, drive up blood pressure and make your muscles fall off. HFCS is responsible for the problems with the economy (when Obama isn’t being blamed), the war in Iraq and just general human meanness and unhappiness. Ok, I may be exaggerating slightly but it’s only slightly.
Bench Squat Deadlift, 300, 400, 500 – Q&A
Question: I’ve seen it suggested that good lifts for a natural lifter are a 300 pound bench, 400 pound squat and 500 pound deadlift and that these types of numbers will take someone pretty close to their genetic maximum. But I have a question, whenever I look at powerlifting results, it always seems that the squat is higher than the deadlift. Of course, most guys in my gym can bench more than they squat or deadlift. What’s going on, are the numbers above wrong or is it something else?
Mind Over Milkshakes: Mindsets, Not Just Nutrients, Determine Ghrelin Response – Research Review
Ok, in addition to having possibly the coolest title of any paper I’ve reviewed on the site, this is also one of the weirdest papers I’ve looked at. But I’ve seen it getting a lot of press and, of course, have to put in my own two cents, if for no other reason than I suspect many people will take the findings far out of contexts. First, some necessary background; this will probably take more space than discussing the actual paper itself.
Methods of Endurance Training: 2011 Season Part 12
Fixing top speed meant focusing on two primary issues: sheer top end power output along with the neuromuscular skills needed to go fast. The power outputs could be developed on the bike, the skill work would have to be done skating. Today I want to look at the plan I set up based on these goals along with details about why I did things the way I did.
