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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7628129" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>First a little background: I am naturally athletic. I played soccer, was on the ski clud, and played tennis and ran track in highschool. I never did much "training," but was pretty consistently faster, quicker, pound for pound stronger and had more endurance than most of the athletes I competed with and against. However, I was never the best at any particular task because I relied to much on natural talent / ability and not enough on skill / training. With that out of the way...</p><p></p><p> Yes, absolutely. As I mentioned I never trained much. When I first started "training" for my college track team and I learned some of the skill behind weightlifting, I quickly found I could lift more than I thought. I didn't get stronger, I just learned how to lift properly. However, the reason a could leg press 650lbs was still mostly natural talent + strength training, with a little bit of technical training. Now, if you look at the "Strongman" competitions. I think it is pretty clear that the strongest person is not always the person who wins. There is skill / technique involved in doing more complex feats of strength.</p><p></p><p></p><p> I believe so. I know when I was running the 1/2 mile I developed mental techniques to help me push through when I just wanted to stop. Conversely, when trailing someone I knew had a better time than me in a race, I got a little deflated and couldn't push through to another gear. I think if I trained my mental skills, perhaps I could overcome my doubt and pushed on harder.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea how to make that into skills, but I hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 7628129, member: 83242"] First a little background: I am naturally athletic. I played soccer, was on the ski clud, and played tennis and ran track in highschool. I never did much "training," but was pretty consistently faster, quicker, pound for pound stronger and had more endurance than most of the athletes I competed with and against. However, I was never the best at any particular task because I relied to much on natural talent / ability and not enough on skill / training. With that out of the way... Yes, absolutely. As I mentioned I never trained much. When I first started "training" for my college track team and I learned some of the skill behind weightlifting, I quickly found I could lift more than I thought. I didn't get stronger, I just learned how to lift properly. However, the reason a could leg press 650lbs was still mostly natural talent + strength training, with a little bit of technical training. Now, if you look at the "Strongman" competitions. I think it is pretty clear that the strongest person is not always the person who wins. There is skill / technique involved in doing more complex feats of strength. I believe so. I know when I was running the 1/2 mile I developed mental techniques to help me push through when I just wanted to stop. Conversely, when trailing someone I knew had a better time than me in a race, I got a little deflated and couldn't push through to another gear. I think if I trained my mental skills, perhaps I could overcome my doubt and pushed on harder. I have no idea how to make that into skills, but I hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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