We owe a lot of thanks to Eilish McColgan’s Olympic athlete mother for her long-distance success. In general, children of Olympic champions have a much higher chance of becoming successful athletes. But this is not the only way.
So what does it take to become an elite cyclist? It has the right mix of fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers, excellent balance, high aerobic capacity, fast recovery rate, high pain threshold and the ability to concentrate. And this is not a complete list.
It turns out that genetic predisposition alone is not enough to produce an Olympic champion. Environmental factors and luck also play an important role in this. Only the combination of these three components will allow you to achieve success in sports.
Children growing up in a family with gold medalist cyclist parents will be active with sports in their daily lives. And the food they eat will be better than most other children’s.
It is also important how the child will use the genetic advantage given to him. But even with bad heredity you can win.
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Source: Ferra
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