094 What Can We Learn from Elite Athletes?

A question I got in the last webinar was, “If most competitor programs don’t follow these principles, how come there are athletes who follow them who are successful?”

This question really is a bigger question of, “What can we learn from the training of elite athletes?”

The short answer is: a lot. Of course.

Here is a frame that I use to understand why elite athletes are successful.

1. Training Age

How long has this athlete been training? 

2. Set Point

What did they come out of the box with? 

3. Trainability

How fast and how much do they respond to training?