Comment by Mawr

Total nonsense. You've taken a very specialized observation and presented it as general truth. Can't do that.

Yes, once you get to the level of being able to compete with others, genetic factors will determine who will do better. This is true in any sport.

But that has no bearing on your average person deciding to go to the gym or not. Just about everyone will experience massive benefits from going to the gym regularly. Most don't have the capacity to compete, but that's not what 99% of people care about.

So the #1 factor is not, in fact, genetics, but doing the thing consistently.

As such, this is irresponsible nonsense to be spreading around.