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pinky0926 posted...

I have no doubt that at the top of every sport there are sports scientists who go into extraordinary granular detail on everything. No argument there.

The phenomenon I'm talking about is how even at the casual l layperson hobbyist level, people who are into lifting weights are far more interested in the scientific research than people into say, Jiu Jitsu, to a point where there's an entire meme culture of nerd fitness.

It's just a bit unusual, but I don't think it's entirely a bad thing.

When you get millions of dollars involved, pro sports will hire scientists to do the thinking for the athletes. They absolutely do care a lot and invest far more money and time into it then the average person doing fitness for themselves. They also have access to all kinds of shit most people don't for the purposes of efficiency and recovery.