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Jeff Bercovici
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Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
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Play On
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Entrena para ganar al máximo nivel en cualquier edad (Entrenamiento Deportivo)
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“I love to marvel at the abilities of elite athletes and, like most nonelites, I envy what they can do. But they should envy us too. Greatness is a burden, and there's a profound freedom in knowing you'll never have it. There's nothing like trying something new and sucking at it, then sucking a little less every day you keep at it. Until science makes it possible to get younger, getting fitter, faster, and better at what you love will remain the closest thing most of us have.”
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
“Almost anybody who’s pretty active with their body has had some type of injury in the past that is causing some type of injury now,” he continues. “Oftentimes the compensation patterns we develop as civilians don’t manifest until your late thirties or your forties. But for these guys, because of the load they put on them, they manifest much more quickly. Everything plays out in a much shorter time period for these professional athletes. Getting these compensation patterns out of their systems, not letting them continue to fester or cause career-limiting or career-ending injuries, is absolutely one of the keys to optimizing athletes deep into their careers.”
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
“A baseball team that knew its All-Star reliever had a genetic predisposition to rotator cuff tears could put him on a preventive strengthening program like the one Mackie Shilstone designed for Serena Williams and Peyton Manning. On the other hand, it could also use that information against him in contract negotiations, arguing that his services were less valuable than those of a hurler less likely to end up on the disabled list. For that reason, players’ associations have been wary of genetic science. In many sports, unions have been reluctant even to embrace wearable sensors, worried the data they captured would be used in ways that would undermine athletes’ negotiating power. DNA data, which reflects not just a player’s current physiology or performance but his immutable destiny, is an order of magnitude more sensitive.”
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
― Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
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