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Podcast: Choose Hard with Cody McBroom
Episode: 716 - How Much Do Genetics Affect Progress? (Research Review w/ Dr. Brandon Roberts)
Description: The concept of human variation in the ability to respond to exercise training was proposed almost 30 years ago. In a series of standardized and carefully monitored exercise training experiments conducted with groups of sedentary young men and women, 18β30 years of age, it was shown that there were large interindividual differences in the response to training, i.e., trainability.
Letβs begin with an example: Height, which is important for sports like basketball and volleyball, is estimated to be 80% heritable. This means that if you donβt have tall parents you probably wonβt be an elite level athlete...