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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, 18–30 years of age, it was shown that there were large interindividual differences in the response to training, i.e., trainability.
Let’s 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 don’t have tall parents you probably won’t be an elite level athlete...