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That's a bit of an oversimplification, but culturally I notice we prize success & effort & grit in the moment, and pay very little attention to training. This r

by ip26 8y ago

That's a bit of an oversimplification, but culturally I notice we prize success & effort & grit in the moment, and pay very little attention to training. This results in athletes who drive themselves over the brink trying to make up for their lack of training. A favorite quote of mine: The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
It's how everyone arrives on Survivor without knowing how to make a fire - what did you think was going to happen? I understand that the Venn diagram between "people narcissistic enough to be on reality tv" and "people who like to plan ahead" is probably the number 8, but even still, c'mon! edit: Survive? No, Survivor.
- ghaff 8y ago
  I haven’t watched for years. But, yeah, in the Bizarro world I was going to end up on the show you can be sure I would be fanatically reviewing past seasons and seriously practicing any skills that seemed relevant.
- taneq 8y ago
  I came to the conclusion years ago that the selection criteria for shows like that is nothing to do with skills and everything to do with entertainment. They want a mix of pretty-but-dumb people, good-honest-family people, and assholes.
lifeisstillgood 8y ago
These are very well prepared elite athletes at the top of their game - not me running like hell and hoping to make up for it https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/04/15/agonising-moment-british-marathon-runner-collapses-two-miles-finish-line-7468518/amp/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/04/15/agonis... The coverage I read indicated he (and others) regularly pushed through body warning signs, but i can't find it now.
matwood 8y ago
> This results in athletes who drive themselves over the brink trying to make up for their lack of training. Maybe some, but the best athletes are known for their almost super human training habits. Look up the training regimens of Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, Michael Phelps in his hayday...the list goes on.

by ip26 8y ago

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago

It's how everyone arrives on Survivor without knowing how to make a fire - what did you think was going to happen? I understand that the Venn diagram between "people narcissistic enough to be on reality tv" and "people who like to plan ahead" is probably the number 8, but even still, c'mon! edit: Survive? No, Survivor.

ghaff 8y ago
I haven’t watched for years. But, yeah, in the Bizarro world I was going to end up on the show you can be sure I would be fanatically reviewing past seasons and seriously practicing any skills that seemed relevant.
taneq 8y ago
I came to the conclusion years ago that the selection criteria for shows like that is nothing to do with skills and everything to do with entertainment. They want a mix of pretty-but-dumb people, good-honest-family people, and assholes.

lifeisstillgood 8y ago

These are very well prepared elite athletes at the top of their game - not me running like hell and hoping to make up for it https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/04/15/agonising-moment-british-marathon-runner-collapses-two-miles-finish-line-7468518/amp/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/04/15/agonis... The coverage I read indicated he (and others) regularly pushed through body warning signs, but i can't find it now.

matwood 8y ago

> This results in athletes who drive themselves over the brink trying to make up for their lack of training. Maybe some, but the best athletes are known for their almost super human training habits. Look up the training regimens of Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, Michael Phelps in his hayday...the list goes on.