Elite Performers: Genetics or Training Researchers have been aiming to further their knowledge about training for sport and if it can elicit an elite performance, or are elite performers born with their abilities. Studies have shown an array of results but one factor that most can agree on is the elite performer is unique in his/her abilities. People are born with many genetic differences that affect the way he/she will respond to diet, exercise, training, and performance. These differences may the deciding factor to which a person becomes an elite performer or remains an average participant. The variation among individuals can be described as heritability and the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors.
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The ability to increase performance has been a controversial discussion among researchers as to how much an athlete can increase his/her performance with a regiment of heightened training. The discussion surrounds the effects of training and if a person has the innate ability to excel with such training. The question has been answered by studies showing that genetics do play an important role in elite athletic status and endurance/power trainability, the aim now is to discover which genetic profiles contribute to elite performance. An example shows ~66% of the variance in an athlete’s elite status can be attributed to genetics with the remaining variance being environmental factors (De Moor et al., …show more content…
The study for glucose effectiveness has identified the GYS1 gene locus that regulates glycogen storage in skeletal muscles along with two additional possible loci which measures overall glucose homeostasis of exercise training responses (Lippi, Longo, & Maffulli, 2009). Regulating glucose and glycogen stores in the body while performing are some of the most important factors to which an athlete will maintain the ability to continue. With the absence of these stores a performer will lose the ability to have the necessary physiological functions to maintain a desired level of
The ability to increase performance has been a controversial discussion among researchers as to how much an athlete can increase his/her performance with a regiment of heightened training. The discussion surrounds the effects of training and if a person has the innate ability to excel with such training. The question has been answered by studies showing that genetics do play an important role in elite athletic status and endurance/power trainability, the aim now is to discover which genetic profiles contribute to elite performance. An example shows ~66% of the variance in an athlete’s elite status can be attributed to genetics with the remaining variance being environmental factors (De Moor et al., …show more content…
The study for glucose effectiveness has identified the GYS1 gene locus that regulates glycogen storage in skeletal muscles along with two additional possible loci which measures overall glucose homeostasis of exercise training responses (Lippi, Longo, & Maffulli, 2009). Regulating glucose and glycogen stores in the body while performing are some of the most important factors to which an athlete will maintain the ability to continue. With the absence of these stores a performer will lose the ability to have the necessary physiological functions to maintain a desired level of