ADVANCED TACTICS

How to Go from Being Merely Good to

Being Truly Great

18

The Truth About Talent (When Genes

Matter and When They Don’t)

MANY PEOPLE ARE familiar with Michael Phelps, who is widely

considered to be one of the greatest athletes in history. Phelps has

won more Olympic medals not only than any swimmer but also more

than any Olympian in any sport.

Fewer people know the name Hicham El Guerrouj, but he was a

fantastic athlete in his own right. El Guerrouj is a Moroccan runner

who holds two Olympic gold medals and is one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time. For many years, he held the world record

in the mile, 1,500-meter, and 2,000-meter races. At the Olympic

Games in Athens, Greece, in 2004, he won gold in the 1,500-meter and

5,000-meter races.

These two athletes are wildly different in many ways. (For starters,

one competed on land and the other in water.) But most notably, they

differ significantly in height. El Guerrouj is five feet, nine inches tall.

Phelps is six feet, four inches tall. Despite this seven-inch difference in

height, the two men are identical in one respect: Michael Phelps and

Hicham El Guerrouj wear the same length inseam on their pants.

How is this possible? Phelps has relatively short legs for his height

and a very long torso, the perfect build for swimming. El Guerrouj has

incredibly long legs and a short upper body, an ideal frame for distance

running.

Now, imagine if these world-class athletes were to switch sports.

Given his remarkable athleticism, could Michael Phelps become an

Olympic-caliber distance runner with enough training? It’s unlikely. At

peak fitness, Phelps weighed 194 pounds, which is 40 percent heavier

than El Guerrouj, who competed at an ultralight 138 pounds. Taller

runners are heavier runners, and every extra pound is a curse when it

comes to distance running. Against elite competition, Phelps would be

doomed from the start.

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✅ advanced: پیشرفته

✅ tactics : تاکتیک ها

✅ merely : صرفا

✅ truly : واقعا

✅ truth : حقیقت

✅ talent : استعداد

✅ widely : بطور گسترده

✅ consider : در نظر گرفتن

✅ athletes : ورزشکاران

✅swimmer: شناگر

✅ fewer people : افراد کمتری

✅ fantastic : عالی

✅ notably : به طرز قابل توجهی

✅ significantly : به طرز قابل توجهی

✅ despite : علیرغم

✅ inseam : درز داخلی شلوار

✅ relatively : نسبتا

✅ Torso : تنه

✅ incredibly : به طرز شگفت انگیزی

✅ upper body: بالاتنه

✅ imagine : تصور کردن

✅ remarkable : قابل توجه

✅ athleticism : خصوصیات ورزشکاری

✅ unlikely : بعید

✅ peak fitness : عالی ترین حد شرایط فیزیکی

✅ heavier : سنگین تر

✅ ultralight : فوق سبک

✅ competition : رقابت

✅ to be doomed : به سرنوشت بدی دچار شدن

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