Will athletes ever stop breaking world records?

• Classyposter58

  

  http://theweek.com/article/index/231312/will-athletes-ever-stop-breaking-world-records
  
  Good article here and I wonder what your guys thoughts are. I really wonder the same thing all the time, it just seems like there has to be a point where as humans we can't run any faster. I mean I don't believe anyone will be able to run a sub 9 second 100M but it's crazy how times in everything continually fall
• Rotinaj

  

  No.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Yes. Assuming we don't enhance the human body using scientific know how eventually there will be a point.
• like_that

  

  Not when I am alive.
• said_aouita

  

  We will eventually get to a point where world records are broken only by hundreds or thousands of a second, unlike now where WR's are still being broken by tenths and full seconds.
  
  Could be close to reaching the ceiling of physically training athletes (w.o enchancements, like Fly4Fun said) but (imo) the mental side of it is limitless.
• Azubuike24

  

  Yes.
  
  There are so many training, nutrition, biohacking, hormone manipulating protocols that are largely untapped in most mainstream sports. A lot of it has shown the ability to affect the genetic make up of an athlete as early as the next generation. We're not talking genetic altering but more along the lines of how to maximize the capabilities of a person and their expressed genetics.
  
  Combine this with application to the right people who already possess many traits to be incredible athletes and we're just scratching the surface of potential.
• Classyposter58

  

  Azubuike24;1244800 wrote:Yes.
  
  There are so many training, nutrition, biohacking, hormone manipulating protocols that are largely untapped in most mainstream sports. A lot of it has shown the ability to affect the genetic make up of an athlete as early as the next generation. We're not talking genetic altering but more along the lines of how to maximize the capabilities of a person and their expressed genetics.
  
  Combine this with application to the right people who already possess many traits to be incredible athletes and we're just scratching the surface of potential.

  Also look at the evolution of humans. A good example for instance is the Valentine Theater in Toledo. You can barely reach the handrails on the stairs because they're so low. That's because people just 80 years ago were a bit smaller. I think we're seeing much more progressive bodies, NBA centers are basically all the size Wilt was back in the day And I think runners of Usain Bolt's size are going to be the norm of the future. It's just hard to imagine a sub 9 second 100m
• thavoice

  They will continue to break records, no doubt. Also if we look at many of the WR's they are by hundredths of seconds, and who knows when they still start to go to even smaller timing units than that.
• thavoice

  1960 it was at 10 seconds for a 100 meters.
  
  So in 52 years they shaved off less than half a second.
  
  O course the shorter events will get broken less I would imagine
• Tiernan

  Eevntually humans may cross breed with a yet unknown alien species which could enhance performances that will shatter today's standards.
• sleeper

  

  You can count me in the group that thinks Bolt is doping.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Tiernan;1245915 wrote:Eevntually humans may cross breed with a yet unknown alien species which could enhance performances that will shatter today's standards.

  If aliens show up, they're clearly the more advanced species, no way they'd cross breed with us and become sup par.
• Tiernan

  The whole Jamaican team is doping and doing it very well I must say. Somebody has discovered a very effective masking agent.
• justincredible

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1245925 wrote:If aliens show up, they're clearly the more advanced species, no way they'd cross breed with is and become sup par.

  This makes sense. But what if they're just a bunch of horn dogs that find humans extremely attractive?
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  justincredible;1245945 wrote:This makes sense. But what if they're just a bunch of horn dogs that find humans extremely attractive?

  I'd love to be alive to find out the answer to this.
• Gardens35

  justincredible;1245945 wrote:This makes sense. But what if they're just a bunch of horn dogs that find humans extremely attractive?

  i.e. the East German women swimmers, speed skaters, and sprinters.
• TedSheckler

  

  Tiernan;1245943 wrote:The whole Jamaican team is doping and doing it very well I must say. Somebody has discovered a very effective masking agent.

  
  Link?
• Tiernan

  Gardens35;1245952 wrote:i.e. the East German women swimmers, speed skaters, and sprinters.

  Attention..Attention...1977 just called and wants its post back.
• justincredible

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1245947 wrote:I'd love to be alive to find out the answer to this.

  Not me. What if the male alien finds male humans attractive and are able to impregnate us?
• Fly4Fun

  

  justincredible;1245945 wrote:This makes sense. But what if they're just a bunch of horn dogs that find humans extremely attractive?

  
• vball10set

  No.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  thavoice;1245902 wrote:1960 it was at 10 seconds for a 100 meters.
  
  So in 52 years they shaved off less than half a second.
  
  O course the shorter events will get broken less I would imagine

  First sub 10 was 1968, Jim Hines.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1245974 wrote:Not me. What if the male alien finds male humans attractive and are able to impregnate us?

  FIRST