This documentary about the @CrossFitGames was the most inspiring thing I've seen on an airplane in a while. Featuring @IcelandAnnie and other awesome athletes from Iceland.https://twitter.com/iTunes/status/962144100463009792 …
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My guess: Agriculture selected against explosive strength in favor of aerobic; had less time to act + smaller population pool = slower rate of adaptation in Iceland.http://www.unz.com/akarlin/strength/ …
Then why are bantu's so much bigger and stronger than all extant african hunter gathers.
Bergmann's and Allen's rules seem like a good place to start on this question.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/%28SICI%291096-8644%28199808%29106%3A4%3C483%3A%3AAID-AJPA4%3E3.0.CO%3B2-K …
So people from Iceland would be way lamer if we were to drop them in the Sahara for a few months?
Interestingly, the Icelandic men aren't disproportionately represented like the women
Because they're over representing over in Strongman and powerlifting
They can't grow many crops, and traditional diet is high in meat and fish.
There is nothing to do but lift. And, Viking genetics.
You can google The Nest of Giants.
Second this hard. And as others pointed out, Viking blood, and a very hard place to live. And what I like to call eugenics through violence.
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