interesting weight gaining calculation from a coach - what do you think?

I am posting this thread because I have a very important and interesting topic/question!

I recently read in a forum (it was ChalkBucket, a gymnastics forum) about gaining strength.

There was a thread in which a coach mentioned something very interesting. He said that if you have a normally fit child or person who has good body awareness and this kid/person follows a good training schedule, it will gain 80% of his/her potential in the first 6 months. The next 6 months he/she will gain another 10%, so 90% in total after1 year. Last 10% depend on training intensity and if the body changes (growing, putting on or losing weight) and it may take several years to gain full potential and sometimes never happens.

I need to add that this thread was posted in women's gymnastics and of course is just about body weight training concerning "basic" strength skills like planches etc (without extra weights or a super tailored training shedule).

So in my opinion, this would mean a person could go from a poor tuck planche to advanced tuck planche in 6 months, from advanced tuck planche to a very short straddle planche in the next 6 months and the full straddle planche may take several more months or maybe even years!

What do you think about that?

If anybody is interested, I am sure I can find this article again!

Beginner gains are well known. Problem is how do you know how much of a beginner you are to know where that percentage lies.

Rubbish.  

 

In fact this supposition goes beyond rubbish to complete and utter garbage.  Prepubescent athletes follow no such developmental path.  To even imply such is a sure sign that the author has absolutely no experience working with high level athletes.  

 

It takes a minimum of 3-4 years of hard, properly structured training for an athlete to achieve 70-80% of their genetic potential.  The body is quite comfortable at this threshold.

 

It will then take another 3-4 years of hard consistent work to achieve approx 90% of their potential.

 

It will then take another 3-4 years of brutally hard work to struggle up to approx 95%.  And the instant that the athlete eases up, they will immediately drop down to 70-80%.

 

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Wow. That is friggen' crazy lol.

Would the 1st 3-4 yrs be Foundation and 2nd 3-4 yrs be Rings?