#489 - The Athletic Physique: Genetics vs Hard Work with Dan Tai

The Free Man

Ben Coomber

Self-improvement, Education, Science, Natural Sciences, Business, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dan Tai has an AWESOME physique, but how, hard work, good genetics? If it's a mix, how much of a mix? We open up a discussion on building an athletic body and how much genetics and hard work play into building that body. As an ex-pro rugby player turned crossfit athlete Dan Tai is well adapted to a good training program, so let's explore it. We explore his journey, his training now compared to years ago, he injury that made him retire, future goals and more.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Vancouver Radio. What is happening? Today we're looking at the body,
0:06.3	we're looking at training, we're looking at genetics, we've got someone on the podcast that's
0:10.5	got like a 10X better rig than me so hopefully this guy is well equipped to talk about the rig
0:16.7	training getting in the gym the fitness journey Dan Robert Tyson Choi Welcome to the show you got my name Dan, Robert, Ty Sen Choi,
0:22.8	welcome to the show.
0:23.8	You got my name fully right as well, yeah.
0:26.2	Thanks for having me.
0:27.2	Me, it's an absolute pleasure, but online, and I suppose your biggest platform is
0:31.5	Instagram, you're just known as Dan Thai.
0:33.6	Yeah all my friends call me it as well I think because there's so many dams in the
0:37.4	world you know my last name just gets stuck on the end. So what part of Asia is in your bloodline? Talk to me about the
0:45.6	the name there. Oh that's interesting so basically I'm half the English
0:50.7	half to make him roughly. Okay However, the name Tyson Choi obviously sounds Chinese and you'd be right.
0:57.1	So Chinese people, and if you're Indian people emigrated to Jamaica a long time ago and
1:01.6	then that's where the names come from it's come you know
1:04.3	down through the generations and then here I am.
1:07.0	Yeah I love that.
1:10.0	Yeah because as soon as you went I'm half half Jamaica, I was like, sorry, where?
1:14.0	What is the Jamaican in you?
1:16.0	Yeah, I know percentages, it's a bit sad, I know percentages.
1:19.0	I think I'm 37.5% Jamaican, but only 6.25% Chinese and Indian and Irish and then the rest is English.
1:27.0	Oh man, wow.
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