Wondering if this proposition runs the other way. Elite or full-time athletes without jobs in my experience train for about 18-20 hours a week, about half the hours of full-time workers generally. They might consume half the alcohol, and smoke/vape and drink coffee/tea half as much.
Original idea but not a useful one, 'cos athletes often eat double the average Calories, so that theory is dead in the water. And they likely get twice the hours of medical attention for injuries and aches.
Then again there could be something in claiming elite athletes differ from ordinaries by a factor of 2, just depends on the direction. Fuiyoh!
This sounds rather like WAVA or WMA age grading - adjusting for age compared to the world records for your age. They put the mark for "local class" at 60% of the age specific world record and so yeah 50% of that would still be pretty fit.
Thus proving one of life's grand problems. It's trivially easy to have a good idea, equally to have an original one. But good and original is v tough, as near all of the good ones have already been had.
Wondering if this proposition runs the other way. Elite or full-time athletes without jobs in my experience train for about 18-20 hours a week, about half the hours of full-time workers generally. They might consume half the alcohol, and smoke/vape and drink coffee/tea half as much.
Original idea but not a useful one, 'cos athletes often eat double the average Calories, so that theory is dead in the water. And they likely get twice the hours of medical attention for injuries and aches.
Then again there could be something in claiming elite athletes differ from ordinaries by a factor of 2, just depends on the direction. Fuiyoh!
5km walking race record is just over 18 minutes. Walking 3 miles in 36 minutes? Sounds about right!
This sounds rather like WAVA or WMA age grading - adjusting for age compared to the world records for your age. They put the mark for "local class" at 60% of the age specific world record and so yeah 50% of that would still be pretty fit.
Thus proving one of life's grand problems. It's trivially easy to have a good idea, equally to have an original one. But good and original is v tough, as near all of the good ones have already been had.