Sorry there is no magic.

I rant often about how “Just Do It” misleads.  As this article notes, if you want to be a gold medalist, you need the luck of the genetic draw. You also need lots of support and much financial help, particularly if you don’t live in China.  China harvests its talented kids and them provides them the resources needed to win the Gold.  Even then luck remains a big part of the equation.

Here is the article:

Unnatural Selection: Muscles, Genes and Genetic Cheats: Scientific American.

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