Originally Posted by
Jughed
In my mind - no.
There are plenty of athletes that don’t do the work to become elite.
I guess I base it on built in abilities vs what one does with said abilities.
I understand the technical or official definition doesn’t agree… no matter how hard I was to train, no matter how many miles I rode - my peak VO2 max wouldn’t reach the off the shelf numbers of a natural born athlete.
is: "I play real sports. Not trying to be the best at exercising."
Kenny Powers!!
meh… fair… I can see that too..
Love the quote 😂 …you have to remind some people you WOULD consider athletes that sometimes.. there are no places for burning your legs to the ground and showing everyone how strong you are.. only where you finish across the line!