Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
I think you're either a climber, or your not. It's your body's combination of fast twitch/slow twitch muscle fibers that make it so, and that's genetic. I think I could work really, really hard and maybe see a tiny improvement, but I'll never be flying uphill like a natural climber.

Remember those President's Physical Fitness Tests we had to take in elementary school? I actually practiced long jump every night at home, and still had one of the shortest jumps in my class. Not a lot of fast twitch fibers...but I won the calligraphy contest in art class, though. We all have our strengths, but it's our weaknesses that build character.
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That is exactly the conclusion a riding buddy and I came up with not long ago. In fact, we said we should get a jersey made that said "climbers are born, not made."