https://www.isegoria.net/2021/08/the-future-elites-actually-practiced-less-on-average-in-their-eventual-sport-than-the-near-elites-through-most-of-childhood/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2021/08/the-future-elites-actually-practiced-less-on-average-in-their-eventual-sport-than-the-near-elites-through-most-of-childhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3410006 Obaid Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:41:54 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47872#comment-3410006 A interesting look at high-level performance in sports and the reasons why it occurs across a broad variety of endeavors. When Epstein authored the book, he summarized and described the information that was already available at the time. His explanations are comprehensive and easily understandable to the general public. Despite the fact that it is 33 pages lengthy, his collection of notes and sources for each chapter is quite useful. Many of the issues he discusses need to be investigated in more depth in future research. In particular, myostatin inhibition for individuals who are losing muscle mass as a result of chronic disease or age, as well as the work with follistatin, are being pursued by researchers.

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