Adding: and that’ why focusing on single athletes, who are often exceptions to every rule is a mistake. Focus on what the majority do to improve
Case in point, Chad HEdrick, started speed skating before he could walk. Never lifted weights, never rode a bike, never did anything that 99.9% of speed skaters have done. Was World Class on inlines for over a decade, moved to the ice and won a world championship after 1.5 years (he had played ice hockey in his youth).
He’s known for partying (or was anhhow) and has skated amazing times hung over.
He’s the exception: he has never done anything that any other successful skater did. But no one else would benefit from even trying to do it the way he did.
Lyle