...The only way you will ever find out how far you can develop, is to train. Your rate of progress is directly related to the amount of effort you put into it.
Not everyone can become a bodybuilding champion, Olympic swimmer, basketball/ football star, or even a tennis pro. We all have different strengths in our genetic makeup, that cannot be changed. But you can develop your own maximum genetic potential (whatever it may be).
Remember, perfection is a path to be walked on not a destination. We all have different talents, virtues, etc. Find out which ones are yours. Then develop them to the maximum possible!
The human body has not changed, but records continue to be broken. Some track and field comparison's demonstre the evolution of human performance...
1956 1984
Marathon...2 hrs. 23:03.2 Marathon...2 hrs. 09:21
100 Meter run...10.3 sec. 100 Meter run...9.95 sec.
1,500 Meter run...3:41.2 1,500 Meter run...3:32.5
High jump...6' 11.5" High jump...7' 8 3/4"
Triple jump...53' 7 3/4" Triple jump...57' 3/4"
Shot put...60' 11 1/4" Shot put...70' 1/2"
Swimming 100 meter...55.4 sec. Swimming 100 meter...49.8 sec.
This is just in less than 28 years! A small cross section in time and now its 2010!
It is the mind which dictates to the body, what is possible and what is not. Mankind has just started to realize that, just as we utilize only a fraction of our mental capacity.
We also utilize only a fraction of our physical capacity!
Someday mankind may use 80-90 even 100% of both mind and body. They will truly be supermen/women...Until then keep on training!
