Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein

My goodness .. this dude didn't even stutter and I don't even know if he took a breath. Spectacular speaking athlete.

After several years of this video in my recommendations, you win Youtube algorithm

Everyone talking about how good a speaker he is, but I'm just amazed at that powerpoint.

"Have you seen an apes butt? They have no buns."-David Epstein 2014

I was born with a muscle-wasting disease called spinal muscular atrophy. Basically: every muscle in my body gets weaker as I get older. I’m 26, and until very recently, many with my disease typically passed away in their 30s and 40s. Last year, the first-ever treatment for my disease was discovered and approved by the FDA, a profound event that permanently changed the trajectory of my future. I can’t properly describe the flood of joyous relief I felt when I received the news. I’ve been on the drug for about a year now, which means I’m no longer getting weaker, and even, dare I say it, slowly gaining back some of the strength and ability I’ve lost over the years. A month or two ago, I sat up unassisted for the first time since childhood, and you better believe that felt just as exhilarating as breaking the record for fastest mile or lifting ten billion pounds on the bench press. Idk I just wanted to share with you after watching this! TL;DR Man in wheelchair is basically an athlete.

My personal record for running the mile is 300 meters.

4:02 - "Sir Roger Bannister... who trained for 45 minutes at a time while he skipped gynecology lectures in med school." Wow. I'm speechless.

Brilliant. Direct, concise delivery of essential information, perfect visuals and a hint of humor. Well done!

That was the quickest 14 minutes in my life

This is what education truly is. Authentic learning. His presentation is so superb that the viewer becomes interested in his presentation. Authentic learning is when we humans want to learn. Learning in school for me isnt authentic learning because I dont want to learn, I know I have to. He got me engrossed in his presentation thus learning something new. Thats something not anyone can do but exceptional individuals like him.

THIS DUDE IS PERFECT!!! WHAT A PRESENTATION! He was genuinely so funny!! Every second of this was informative! Thank you so so much!

This guy has really done his home work, and as already mentioned is a machine gun speaker... almost no pauses, just fire, fire, fire... if there was an olymipics for speakers he might be in it.

"if you know someone who is 7 feet tall, there is a 17% chance that they play in the NBA." thats pretty cool

Ok YouTube I’ll watch it damnit!

That is, by far, the best TED talk I've ever seen. A lot of well interpreted statistics, great animations beetween the slides and the world class speaker delivering it. And at the top of it all, it was really interesting.

As a human race, we don’t improve how good of a job we do, we just make the job easier

This guys presentation skills are off the chart!!

One thing he doesn't mention is that Jessie Owens time was hand-timed whereas today it's handled by computers. Hand-times can vary wildly especially in a sport where the difference between first and second can be .01 of a second.

I love TED talks. So many varied topics and always very informative.

This guy: 2:00:00 marathon is highly improbable Kipchoge: Hold my beer