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Isn't it funny how some of the genetically elite call themselves average? And then when the guys who are truly average post pictures and cycles its then all about how they aren't working hard enough or eating right.
I've spoken to my friend, a natural WNBF pro and bodybuilding fanatic, about that, the notion that a pro or elite powerlifter is average. Matt Kroc used to write about that, how he was a guy with average genetics who worked hard. Some others too.
While there is no doubt that Kroc trained like a madman and was one of the strictest and methodical people around, I do not believe that he would have been such an elite lifter if he truly had ordinary genes.
I believe they say this either to make their undoubtedly admirable accomplishments seem even greater than they are or to fuel the ambitions of lesser gifted men, to serve as a motivator of sorts, which is not bad, but a bit silly when one is operating on a level that nearly all men cannot.
I remember Dave Tate once wrote in an article, "Anyone can squat 700 pounds, including you."