"Genetic limits" are my favourite hate words.

Why?

Nobody can ever prove that a person has reached his or her full genetic potential.

The longer you have trained, the more challenging it is to improve - there is no doubt about that.

Also, it is obvious that sometime during your lifetime you will reach a peak in whatever physical endeavour you choose.

But nobody can ever prove that this peak corresponds to your genetic potential.

Last friday I attended the CPTN pre-conference session Speed Power Specialist workshop with Dave Sandler and Ed McNeely - both excellent strength coaches and scientists (www.strengthpro.com).

Dave Sandler has analysed the performance of elite athletes and highly trained special forces (the results are shown on the Discovery Channel show Sport Science - with two episodes still to air on July 11th and 18th. Click here for more details: http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/showdetails.aspx?sid=8967 ).

Based on his research his conclusion is this:

"Excusing yourself with talk about genetic limits is a cop out for hard work".

Read it again and make sure to embrace the depth of this statement.

"Excusing yourself with talk about genetic limits is a cop out for hard work".

The next time you find yourself engaged in ANY kind of limited thinking ("I don't have enough fast twitch fibres"..etc) think about Dave Sandler's conclusion.

If you or your clients have any kind of challenging fitness goal or competition, you should write this statement three times in your training diary at the commencement of each workout.

Committed to your uninterrupted success,
Karsten Jensen.

Note: Dave Sandler is also an author of an excellent book called "Sports Power", you can check it out by clicking here.