Talented athletes suck

Give me the gimpy ones. 

Whenever I get a gym member or client who is naturally physically talented, I breathe a sigh of regret. Talented athletes suck, they rarely achieve anything. When a person is talented, they're used to things being easy. As soon it gets hard they realise they're risking failure, they become nervous and quit, backing off and changing goals or making excuses. 

Many of us knew someone like this at university. They were naturally so smart that they got through most of high school without studying. But come first year university, or at the latest second year, suddenly they can't pass without studying. Generally they drop out and have an unplanned gap year. 

It's the same when it comes to athletic endeavours. The young woman who can squat 60kg for a single on her first day in the gym later gets to 75kg for work sets and starts complaining, missing workouts and so on, maybe even quits training with me. Three months later she's in the rack squatting 50kg. Meanwhile her untalented friend who started at the same time and struggled to squat the empty bar is smashing out 80kg for work sets. 

Talented people take success for granted and quit when things get hard. Untalented people always find everything hard so just assume it'll always be hard. So they stick with it and get better, and eventually surpass the talented.

If you're a talented athlete, please don't come to me for training, I don't want to waste your money and my time, you're just going to quit as soon as it gets hard. If you were the kid who was picked last, if you're old or riddled with injuries, then head on down and we'll accomplish amazing things.