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[QUOTE="CuseOnly, post: 549707, member: 2804"]
I am not saying that everyone doesn't have a top speed, this discussion was about improvement on the 40 time. I never said there weren't limits because of genetics, if I did please quote me.
 
My point also was that nobody really knows what their top speed is until they are trained properly. I can't look at Alec Lemon at this point in his career and say he isn't capable of a 4.4 because you, me, him and his trainer don't really know. Injuries anywhere on your body will hold you back and he has been injured a few years in a row now.
 
Kind of like judging a book by it's cover. Short for a DL, 6'1" 270 lbs runs a 4.39 and scouts are scratching their heads. Dwight Freeney.
 
Back in the day, people including trainers said that taller guys couldn't be effective short distance sprinters, 40, 60, 100. Low and behold the world record holder is 6'5" and probably will still get faster as he can put muscle still on that frame. His "best event" was the 200, 400, 800 before he begged to run the 100 and got his shot.
 
I still think I was capable of times in the 4.4's but I will just never know as I am 41 now and gave up on training that hard years ago. Getting old sucks.
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