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50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Genetics versus effort? | Topic Thunder

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Tv & Film, Business, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Topic Thunder is our fast-paced panel discussion show.

This week’s question: Considering the influence of genetics, how much impact does effort have on our overall fitness? Can effort overcome genetics?

Avi Lieu (@avi.lieu) and Matt Ogihara (@matt_ogi) joined us for this one.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen

0:09.2

welcome to a Friday episode where we cover a couple topics, a couple questions.

0:14.4

Oh, I didn't say topic thunder, I said Friday episode. Soundfire.

0:23.0

Welcome to the Soundboard Follies here.

0:26.0

Where we got Topic Thunder's and we answer one question, one answer, one bite, you know the drill.

0:31.0

You know what that's from?

0:32.0

No. You know what that's from you know what that's from it's old people

0:34.5

reference no it's bar stool that's young new cool kid stuff one bite one rule you

0:38.8

know the game whatever you just go over one question in five to ten minutes if you want to get involved go to good company discord.com

0:49.0

You're the strongest one here. No, no.

0:54.0

So here, this is a question for you.

0:56.0

Okay.

0:57.0

Genetics versus effort.

0:58.0

How much do you control over your fitness?

1:01.0

How much do you control? Over your fitness. How much do you control?

1:03.8

Over your fitness.

1:05.4

I don't understand the first part then,

1:07.1

because you can't control your genetics.

1:08.6

Right, so which one plays more of a role?

1:11.0

Because a lot of people think, well, I'll'll work them and give me time and I'm going to

1:14.4

I'll work my competitors and I'm going to be a top powerlifter. I'm going to be a top

1:17.3

bodybuilder. I even saw an interview. I don't know how recent or not it is.

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