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    Given that, and given the probabilities show that however wonderful they might be, the ‘perfect’ athlete is a practical impossibility, what is the real world influence of genetics on sporting performance? How much is you, and how much is your parents? The best available answer to that seems to be from the Heritage Family Study – a long-term US-based public-health study that investigated variations in VO2 max and its response to exercise across a large number of families. 26 It found that there was a much greater degree of variation between families than within families. The bottom line is that in practical terms both ‘base’ VO2 max and its degree of responsiveness are about 50% inherited. So if you want a simple answer to the question, there it is.

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