Bit off topic but... I like Malcolm Gladwell's writing but his book Outliers (that was the one on talent v 10000 hours right) was total horseshit.
It basically espouses that there is no such thing as talent, that the top people practise more. Anyone who has achieved or been around academic or sporting "geniuses" would know this.
yes i agree with YOU on this
i don't know the book
however I do believe that repetitions as in hours practiced at something makes someone PROFICIENT
geniuses however are born geniuses
but how many slip away due to drug abuse
or slip through the cracks because they were born poor
those weren't given the chance to exercise their genius. they weren't given the chance for repetitions
it's like this in fitness terms. The most gifted muscle insertions and best responder (phil heath currently by a MILE)
would not really be much if not provided the means or opportunity to discover his athletic talents
and bodybuilding prowess
remember he was a D1 point guard who was a starter at the height of 5'9'' and he could dunk (check youtube)
that is INCREDIBLE athleticism
point being if he never was given a basketball
or never given weights
then later never introduced to hormones
which he has beautiful control over
because i know from watching his offseason to olympia growth that he cruises most of the year on RELATIVE low doses then blasts into the show
VERY SMART
unlike kai
so my point is... what is a gift if you don't know you have it
or you are buried by circumstances that outweigh it?