Not every sport is as unrelenting and physically demanding as an athletic event like swimming or hockey, but on average, collegiate and pro athletes have to have a fairly high level of natural talent as well as a commitment to be prepared for the competition.
Grueling gym routines, intense physical rehabilitation after an injury and specially planned diets are simply a greater part of an average athlete's life than these things are for everyone else.
So, those men and women talented and focused enough to participate in sports and athletics at an elite level live and work in an environment that's more than capable of reversing the aftermath of a Christmas turducken (you know, the one that ruled your life and diet for about a week.)
Much of the same holds true for the people working around them—you and I have the YMCA, while coaches and general managers have access to state-of-the-art facilities and expertise. This means that when it comes to finding men and women in sports who ar
