#sprinting

#sprinting

A few years back, the online wellness world got obsessed with a bold claim: 95% of adults over the age of 30 will never sprint again. It's the internet, so of course this concept came from nowhere and was impossible to verify. On my end, I used it as an excuse to write a big "how to reach top speed again" guide, which you can read here. (Please don't blow a hamstring.)

And, as he also admitted, he now spends his time streaming movies and building Lego, and even gets out of breath when he walks up stairs. However, when he was asked why the new crop of sprinters isn't as quick as his generation, despite the advances in spike and track technology, Bolt's competitive instincts fired back to life. You want the real answer? he asked. We're just more talented. That's all I'm saying.