Why Are Jamaicans so Fast?

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  • Why do three of the four fastest men on the planet come from Jamaica? Is it the yams? Bananas? Rich soil? Or could it be something else?
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 583

  • @jamarimcfarlane4844
    @jamarimcfarlane4844 5 років тому +1081

    I'm from Jamaica. It's the belt of the Jamaican parent that makes them so fast

    • @abcdfsriz
      @abcdfsriz 5 років тому +19

      very funny sir

    • @zay-zay3
      @zay-zay3 5 років тому +7

      A chu

    • @victoriaplaysroblox8452
      @victoriaplaysroblox8452 4 роки тому +29

      Lol i'm Jamaican too and you got that right
      I outran my mom when she was about to punish me xD

    • @africangodman6145
      @africangodman6145 4 роки тому +12

      😂😂😂👏👏👏

    • @Big_Plugg
      @Big_Plugg 4 роки тому +3

      Jamar McFarlin no nigga it’s that jerk chicken

  • @hydraxhcr2202
    @hydraxhcr2202 5 років тому +107

    Fastest Kid-Jamaica
    Fastest Man and human-Jamaica
    Fastest Woman-Jamaica
    2nd Fastest Man in the world-Jamaica(Yohan Blake)
    DAAAMN
    Fastest Car-Jamaica

    • @rc9597
      @rc9597 5 років тому +2

      LOL

    • @africangodman6145
      @africangodman6145 4 роки тому +12

      Don't forget the 3rd fastest 100 meters Sprinter in the world is ASAFA POWELL = JAMAICA. Let me just sealed the facts, the fastest 4 x 4 relay athletics team on the planet is JAMAICA LOL.

    • @africangodman6145
      @africangodman6145 4 роки тому +3

      Sorry, I made a mistake ASAFA POWELL is the 4th fastest on the planet. If I'm correct I think Tyson Gay would be 3rd.

    • @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071
      @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071 4 роки тому +1

      From the Jamaican baby can creep that baby a run before them walk. We learn to walk cause when big brother, sister or parents Mek after us to punish us we put gas in a we foot and tek off.

    • @gumabllhasbobux8590
      @gumabllhasbobux8590 4 роки тому +2

      What about yams they make jamiacians fast so.. Also jamician

  • @islandgirlruby2750
    @islandgirlruby2750 6 років тому +206

    In Jamaica there is a mini junior olympics every year, it is called Boys and Girls Champs!

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      WHO CARES?

    • @shroski9568
      @shroski9568 2 роки тому +5

      @@twintopper8659 why are you so pressed lmao you keep coming back to this video to argue with people

    • @shroski9568
      @shroski9568 2 роки тому +5

      @@twintopper8659 no one asked for you to reply💀

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      @@shroski9568 OOBVIOUSLY, YOU KEEP COMING BACK TO IT AS WELL, GET A LIFE FOOL.

  • @ccharlierun
    @ccharlierun 4 роки тому +58

    i thought i was because we had to outrun our parents when we did bad....

  • @haatpraat3100
    @haatpraat3100 4 роки тому +37

    In the UK over the last 30 years we have had numerous sprinters world class sprinters who if not born in the UK came to the UK at a very young age, among them Linford Christie, Dina Asha-Smith. Its the same in Canada where they is another Jamaican diaspora - who have produced Donovan Bailey and Atlee Mahorn among others. So its nothing to do with Jamaican soil, nor even the Boys and Girls Champs.

    • @dubiouswords7851
      @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому +18

      It’s got to do with west/central African genetics. Fast twitch muscles and anatomy, all inherited. Overwhelmingly men and women with this ancestry whether from u.s., Caribbean or Africa itself dominate the elite end of sprinting. Only a handful of non-black west African men have run under 10 seconds. Jamaica is also really into the sport so that along with a population more likely to have individuals with the basic inherited tools required to be elite, and this explains the results.

    • @TheTororist
      @TheTororist 10 місяців тому

      yet the fastest african ever is from east africa, who are known for long distance, not sprints@@dubiouswords7851

    • @Lodocihel
      @Lodocihel 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@dubiouswords7851then why haven't west African people aren't the fastest consider they're more than likely 100 percent west African

  • @aj15yearsago43
    @aj15yearsago43 5 років тому +88

    I'm jamaican and I'm the fastest kid in my school lol I'm not suprised

  • @nelly5054
    @nelly5054 4 роки тому +98

    No it’s just Jamaicans have good training and they eat a lot of natural food that benefits you.

    • @---xi7ev
      @---xi7ev 3 роки тому +41

      genetics can’t be ignored

    • @---xi7ev
      @---xi7ev 3 роки тому +6

      same as to why the worlds strongest men all come from a small region in northern europe

    • @CluedUp23
      @CluedUp23 3 роки тому +12

      @@---xi7ev genetics are the same as West Africa..it's more than that

    • @yaboy1689
      @yaboy1689 3 роки тому

      Yep it's the food

    • @esloquehay158
      @esloquehay158 3 роки тому +5

      Of course genetics only won't make it by itself. But still, it can't be ignored

  • @zantarougaming1661
    @zantarougaming1661 8 років тому +45

    how is this channel so small wtf is this, youtube must be broken again

    • @ThenNow
      @ThenNow  8 років тому +7

      Thank you! Please tell your friends :)

    • @zantarougaming1661
      @zantarougaming1661 7 років тому +1

      Will do keep up the great content, I can see this channel being very great in the future.

    • @lochlanegaming9831
      @lochlanegaming9831 7 років тому

      Zantarou Gaming I agree

  • @jagmannenarbrand8373
    @jagmannenarbrand8373 2 роки тому +21

    Diet while growing up is a big factor in certain athletics, but I never looked into running. I do know certain genes help take in certain nutrients that are better for some athletic sports.

  • @rasheedfasanya6788
    @rasheedfasanya6788 5 років тому +99

    We are just used to high-level competition so we train hard from a young age to be on top at all times

    • @bradrhoden9958
      @bradrhoden9958 5 років тому +3

      rasheed fasanya perfect!!!

    • @Big_Plugg
      @Big_Plugg 4 роки тому +4

      No it’s that jerk seasoning

    • @alanshellykoshy112
      @alanshellykoshy112 4 роки тому

      @@Big_Plugg definitely..lol

    • @jherc3391
      @jherc3391 3 роки тому +1

      Nah.

    • @jherc3391
      @jherc3391 3 роки тому +1

      starwatchedits勝 if you have the highest testosterone why aren’t you dominating the strongman competitions? Or body building? Or swimming? They all require testosterone.

  • @navyflyer7465
    @navyflyer7465 3 роки тому +67

    Jamaican pride and training is at the top of Jamaican athletes success.

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      THIS IS PURE NONSENSE. WHAT ATHLETES BESIDES RUNNING 100-200 METERS,? OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT ANYTHING ELSE IF THEY ARE SO GREAT.. WHY CAN'T THEY ENDURE, RETAIN THAT SPEED FOR UP TO 400 METERS. THE SPEED STOPS AT 200 METERS?? SO IF SOMEONE WAS CHASING THEM, THEY WOULD BE CAUGHT REALLY EASY, AS OPPOSED TO A 400 METER RUNNER, THE PURSUER WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM TO CATCH UP. WHICH ONE IS THE REAL/BETTR ATHLETE? YOU DO THE MATH. THIS VODEO IS COMPLETE BS.

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      BRAGGING ABOUT 2-3 FEMALES [ALL YOU HAVE}. AND THINK THE WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO BE SO IMPRESSED

    • @danacoleman4007
      @danacoleman4007 Рік тому +1

      Lol. Yes. Other countries don't have that

    • @Watkinsstudio
      @Watkinsstudio Рік тому

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @caseyynaomii
    @caseyynaomii 6 років тому +92

    its the food lmaooo yam, sweet potato, green banana, plantain, dumplin

    • @supersaiyangamer5011
      @supersaiyangamer5011 6 років тому +1

      Casey's Spammm plaintan is the green bannaba

    • @anjee.3261
      @anjee.3261 6 років тому +11

      Nickesha Anderson plantain and green banana are different. Plantains are generally larger than green bananas

    • @aj15yearsago43
      @aj15yearsago43 5 років тому +4

      Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I love Jamaican food

    • @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071
      @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071 4 роки тому

      Tap De nise me say from we born we learn to run wild mongoose. So nobody ca win we.

    • @leilajones5811
      @leilajones5811 4 роки тому

      @@supersaiyangamer5011 no its not

  • @therealgodessisis
    @therealgodessisis 5 років тому +87

    why are Jamaicans so fast? Because they train hard.

    • @mohamed6226
      @mohamed6226 4 роки тому +17

      Shit logic

    • @megamindvs2514
      @megamindvs2514 4 роки тому +4

      It has to be something else.

    • @AJMScholars
      @AJMScholars 4 роки тому

      Yes

    • @AJMScholars
      @AJMScholars 4 роки тому +1

      Sports Day Vibes Sis

    • @sladecodm7117
      @sladecodm7117 3 роки тому

      Summer The Blossom exactly and we eat a lot of garden food and grung food like yam and green banana 😂

  • @justjoshua5759
    @justjoshua5759 3 роки тому +71

    We Jamaicans are just a different breed entirely

    • @jcyberj
      @jcyberj 3 роки тому +9

      Please explain? That's a weird perspective for people living in this hemisphere. Many of our ancestors arrived on the same ships both above and below deck.

    • @krillin3350
      @krillin3350 3 роки тому

      😂😂👌

    • @TeflonDon451
      @TeflonDon451 2 роки тому +6

      It's your west African genetics, all west Africans built different because of fast twitch genetics

    • @visualizecreate2530
      @visualizecreate2530 2 роки тому

      You would be lying to yourself if you actually believe that stupidness!

    • @Loveamericasave
      @Loveamericasave 2 роки тому

      Y'all ain't no different than nobody else just like America produces great basketball players and football players

  • @dorothynembhard1846
    @dorothynembhard1846 5 років тому +27

    Yes we run for everything especially when mamma sey come pickney run go the shop go buy me something and hurry run come back and also someof us run to school since we didnt have so much access to public transportation plus additional training thats why we run fast lol

    • @nelly5054
      @nelly5054 4 роки тому +1

      No y’all just have good training 😐

    • @nelly5054
      @nelly5054 3 роки тому

      @Cronsy Kid same with me i barely trained and i ended being the fastest out of all the girls in my grade and my parents are both jamaican

  • @kapkoder4009
    @kapkoder4009 3 роки тому +4

    Not gonna mention the fact that some west Africans that had the sickle cell trait (which is sickle shaped blood cells) actually made them more immune to malaria, and also makes fast twitch muscles stronger... but it also may cause blood clots due to its odd shape

  • @alvinplayz7064
    @alvinplayz7064 6 років тому +13

    This shows me why I run so fast

  • @adinas6516
    @adinas6516 7 років тому +71

    He showed sweet potato instead of yam.

    • @miguelhernandez4975
      @miguelhernandez4975 6 років тому +5

      Are they not the same thing?

    • @joneh9483
      @joneh9483 5 років тому +19

      @@miguelhernandez4975 its two different things you cock

    • @IamINERT
      @IamINERT 5 років тому +12

      @@joneh9483 cmon bruh

    • @vickashsundar7966
      @vickashsundar7966 4 роки тому

      No they are not

    • @AJMScholars
      @AJMScholars 4 роки тому +2

      @@miguelhernandez4975 . Somebody nock a little sense into this man?

  • @ImJotaroKujo
    @ImJotaroKujo 4 роки тому +18

    Kenya has the best distance runners too.

    • @rabbigoldbergsilverstein2899
      @rabbigoldbergsilverstein2899 2 роки тому +9

      Complete different sport tho. One is pure power. Other is insane stamina. Way different bodies and training systems

    • @jagmannenarbrand8373
      @jagmannenarbrand8373 2 роки тому +1

      A lot of Kenyans come directly from hunter lineage, and if you dont know the way humans are built to hunt is to continuously run for hours until the animal is so exhausted it cant move or passes out. Humans have some of the best stamina in the animal kingdom. (with using legs)

    • @marcusaureliusregulus2833
      @marcusaureliusregulus2833 2 роки тому

      @@jagmannenarbrand8373 with using legs😂😂...what's the other one?😉🤣

    • @jagmannenarbrand8373
      @jagmannenarbrand8373 2 роки тому

      @@marcusaureliusregulus2833 lol, arm stamina idk I just put that so someone couldn't reply saying "um actually" and we have useless argument for a month xD

    • @marcusaureliusregulus2833
      @marcusaureliusregulus2833 2 роки тому

      @@jagmannenarbrand8373 Ok. I thought you were talking about in the bed🤣

  • @CurtisCT
    @CurtisCT 2 роки тому +69

    It has nothing to do with any of the myths put forward in this video. Jamaica, just like other sports powerhouses like China and Russia that pump out astonishing gymnasts one after the other, starts training potential sprinters from a very young age. It starts out with kids as young as 6 years when every primary school on the island has a "sports day". You're divided into "houses" (mostly named after colors), and for every year in primary school there's fierce racing competition between the houses. This is where the first racing potentials are recognized and encouraged. The real work starts when the kids then move on to high school and have to compete in Boys & Girls Champs (short for championships). This is equivalent to college football in the US, with the only difference that it's a fierce and merciless competition at the high school level. You start high school at about 12 or 13 in Jamaica, which continues to about the age of 18, and during that time the best sprinters are trained and drilled with military precision. The highlight of their training is the yearly Boys & Girls Champs which is broadcast nationally and followed with twice the enthusiasm Americans have for college football or basketball. It is as this stage that the older kids, aged 17 or 18, get introduced to the world as they embark on their first international competitions. At this tender age they're already far more advanced in their technique and training that their American and other international colleagues, who start their serious training at the college level.
    So sorry, it has nothing to do with magical yams or mythical genes. If other countries employed the same training regime, they'd also be getting the same results as Jamaica. Just as how Russia starts training their ballet dancers and gymnasts at the age of 6.

    • @dubiouswords7851
      @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому +22

      It has something to with genetics. Jamaica is making the most of its populations genetic gifts with the identification and training of elite sprinters as early as possible. Less gifted with quick twitch muscle fibre populations like say my south Asian people (Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lanka) don’t stand a chance even if they had the best training imaginable.

    • @CurtisCT
      @CurtisCT 2 роки тому +1

      @@dubiouswords7851 I'm not so sure about that. The South African sprinter, Wayde van Niekerk, is a current world record holder, and I believe he's of South Asian descent. There are also a number of very promising Japanese and Chinese sprinters.

    • @dubiouswords7851
      @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому +2

      @@CurtisCT i am sure of it. That South African sprinter is a Cape Coloured, mixed race people from the western cape and has Xhosa and Bantu African genetics with probably nominal other ancestry. Japanese and Chinese are better suited to sprinting than any Indian type. The south Asian top 100 time is 10.16, which is way off from elite times. It’s inconceivable that genetics do not matter but of course it’s not all that matters: need motivation, training, etc. But the prerequisite for elite potential in sprinting is in your genes.

    • @CurtisCT
      @CurtisCT 2 роки тому

      @@dubiouswords7851 I have serious doubts about such an unscientific theory. It's far more likely that South Asians do not excel at sprinting because of poor training and a lack of commitment and investment from the government.

    • @journeytrials
      @journeytrials 2 роки тому +6

      @@CurtisCT physical training can only take you so far. Talent sometimes you are born with it. Not everyone can be a Messi or Ronaldo one is gifted the other worked hard for his. It requires years like you said to refine those skills but it goes far beyond just hard work.
      If that’s the case everyone would be good at everything and that’s not the case!

  • @hdkeemii8315
    @hdkeemii8315 5 років тому +6

    I've been running from i was in basic school ! 3 years old , and every year since then i'm 20 years today.. upcoming athlete . mostly because yea the food and the love for running

    • @mostunique5941
      @mostunique5941 4 роки тому

      HD Keemii whats your times for your races?

  • @21Halfmexi
    @21Halfmexi 4 роки тому +24

    I like the soil and yams theory .... it’s makes sense

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      WE{AMERICANS} DO TOO, YOU LOOK IT UP, WE ARE INTO MORE THAN JUST SPRINTING. BY-THE WAY, NOT ONE JAMIACAN HAS MORE MEDALS IN TRACK THAN WE DO, CARL LEWIS HAS 10, AND ALLYSON FELIX HAS 11, MAYBE THEY ATE YAMS GROWN IN RICH SOIL TOO, OR IS THAT THEORY COMPLETE BS? JUST SAYIN................................

  • @jmanjuice710
    @jmanjuice710 4 роки тому +19

    Jamaica also loves track and sprinting the most out of all the sports! I’d argue..

    • @katmossa3503
      @katmossa3503 3 роки тому +3

      Thats also a factor, jamaicans are naturally gifted at running but a majority their focus is on track.

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      WELL TAKE YOUR LITTLE 9 MEDALS FROM THE OLYMPIC'S. AS OPPOSED TO AMERICA BRINGING TO THE TABLE 119. THEY ARE NOT THAT GREAT AT ANYTHING EXCEPT SPRINTING, BIG DEAL, THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHER SPORTS THAT THEY COULD'NT HANG.

    • @dmcdgames2388
      @dmcdgames2388 2 роки тому

      @@twintopper8659 but atleast they try without the same resources what makes it worse is americans have the technology and get beaten my many poor jamaicans with little to nothing my dad was born on jamiaca and had to figure life out on his own with hurricane gilbert and he owns multiple properties. Its the fact that they are better with less.

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      WHAT OTHER ONE'S DO THEY PARTAKE OF??? NONE!!

    • @twintopper8659
      @twintopper8659 2 роки тому

      @@dmcdgames2388 THAT'S BS, HOW MANY MEDALS DOES YOUR COUNTRY HAVE AS OPPOSED TO AMERICANS IN TRACK { WE WON'T MENTION REGARDING THE "FIELD" PART}, WE HAVE A GKOLE LOT MORE THAN THEY DO, SO HELL NO, THAT IS A LIE. AND WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD COME THE NEXT OLYMPIC;S, THEY WILL BE FORTUNATE TO BRING HOME A BRONZE, THOSE 2-3 ATLETES YOU ARE SO INTO AIN'T GONNA MAKE IT.

  • @forbes1325
    @forbes1325 4 роки тому +4

    the heart thing has to be true because most persons I know including myself can relate to it being enlarged

  • @kenelehanson9401
    @kenelehanson9401 4 роки тому +5

    I was born in Jamaica living there for 10 year moved to Canada I was the fastest in my school now I'm 13

  • @Cassiuss
    @Cassiuss 7 років тому +9

    Before watching, all the foods they have.

  • @LogicGated
    @LogicGated Рік тому +3

    It mostly stems from government spending to improve the lives of our athletes, in Trinidad the government invested in a cycling velodrome and our cycling athletes have been doing us proud on an international stage.

  • @samuraigoose423
    @samuraigoose423 3 роки тому +7

    I am Jamaican it’s because we have experience form running from the leather belt

  • @rumination2399
    @rumination2399 4 роки тому +2

    It not only could be all those things it certainly is. And more. The things we don't know might be more influential.

  • @Watkinsstudio
    @Watkinsstudio Рік тому +3

    The Jamaican doping system is second to none. Of the five fastest Jamaicans of all time, Bolt, Mullings, Nesta Carter, Blake and Powell, all except Bolt were caught doping.

    • @Samuel-xj4oj
      @Samuel-xj4oj Рік тому

      Agreed. Bolt was also on drugs but he was protected. He was the golden boy of sprinting, the biggest name in athletics people loved his charisma and he was making people a ridiculous amount of money, so it’s not interest of the doping agencies to bust him. If they did their money supply will be cut and track and field will never recover look at what happened to cycling after the Lance Armstrong revelation He also beat the chemically enhanced record of Ben Johnson 9.79 in his WR 9.58. And out of the 30 fastest time he beat other drug abusers: Gatlin, Gay, Blake, Powell which is impossible. Im glad somebody knows what’s up. Bolt was an ordinary athlete and made unbelievable improvements in one year. He goes from a 10.03 to 9.69, and 19.9 to 19.3. Nothing changed in his training instead, he decided alongside with his coach is time to hop on the juice 💉. He also made these massive improvements because there was no testing done in Jamaica until 2017. This is why all these records started falling in Jamaica in the first place. Asafa broke the world record twice, then bolt comes breaking it

    • @millionaire2714
      @millionaire2714 10 місяців тому +1

      ⁠@@Samuel-xj4ojbolt was never on drugs but if that helps u to cope i dont blame you i mean i would be hurt to see such a tiny island have the fastest man and woman ever while my country is so big and worthless 🤣 flo jo or whatever her name was she was on drugs elaine is the fastest woman ever

  • @slickpanther06
    @slickpanther06 3 роки тому +3

    Did he just say 10 million MOVED from Africa? 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @spoonysmalls
    @spoonysmalls 6 років тому +18

    Sprinting is not an aerobic activity.

  • @iqtheoneandonly1852
    @iqtheoneandonly1852 4 роки тому +3

    jamican dad and half nevis half english mum, very fast for a kid my age

  • @nthompson1673
    @nthompson1673 3 роки тому

    I believe it is a combo of running from the belt and amazing fresh island air with fabulous cuisine (sea food, vegetables, and so many tropical fruits and beautiful music). Big Ups people. 👍👍

  • @victoriaplaysroblox8452
    @victoriaplaysroblox8452 5 років тому +26

    I have a Jamacian mom and a american dad, but I run really fast. Most of my mums side is Jamacian. I just wanted to watch this for an explanation ,-,

  • @patheirbrown4158
    @patheirbrown4158 4 роки тому +15

    i think its genes and the slave trade allowing with the fact running is a more economic sport to maintain and facilitate and because of this more training was applied in this area . nb not discrediting good training but even in building muscle there are genetic advantages that some ppl can have to give them that extra push

    • @frazebean5117
      @frazebean5117 Рік тому +1

      Nah it's not the slave trade. That one has been debunked

  • @richmck007
    @richmck007 2 роки тому +3

    Yam, Saltfish, Dumplings ( Boiled, please…) Festival, Ackee and Callaloo for breakfast.
    Oh, boiled green banana!
    And when Breadfruit is ripened and Mango is ready…you steady and you go!
    Innate, innit!
    🇯🇲🙏🏽🇯🇲🙏🏽

  • @XxDAOGJAYYxX
    @XxDAOGJAYYxX 3 роки тому +2

    Because when Mama get that whip u gotta run

  • @dudeanything5125
    @dudeanything5125 6 років тому +12

    I am jamaican I'm super fast

    • @ljkdey223
      @ljkdey223 4 роки тому +2

      Dude Anything no one asked

    • @josephjostar7074
      @josephjostar7074 3 роки тому +5

      @@ljkdey223 no one asked for u to reply

    • @ljkdey223
      @ljkdey223 3 роки тому +1

      Joseph Jostar shhhhhhhh

  • @Jenjen-qc5eq
    @Jenjen-qc5eq 6 років тому +32

    I am of Jamaican descent I wish I had that fast gene...lol

    • @zesprixx
      @zesprixx 4 роки тому +2

      @sol walker Nah it determines whether or not you have a specific protein that promotes a higher ratio of fast twitch muscles

    • @jasmineagyakwa
      @jasmineagyakwa 4 роки тому +9

      Jenjen 100000 afro Jamaican descent is from west africa like ghana or nigeria

    • @donathan2933
      @donathan2933 3 роки тому +1

      @@jasmineagyakwa I always thought Black Jamaicans had ancestry from those countries

    • @yaboy1689
      @yaboy1689 3 роки тому +1

      U gotta have a jamaican cultured family bruh

    • @Jenjen-qc5eq
      @Jenjen-qc5eq 3 роки тому

      @@yaboy1689 Lol ...I am English of Jamaican descent do you think that's why I don't have the fast gene? ....lol

  • @alkebulanman3280
    @alkebulanman3280 4 роки тому +4

    Donovan Bailey, Lynford Christie, and so on...Jamaicans

  • @skillissue3574
    @skillissue3574 10 місяців тому +1

    Along with genetics the fact that being a successful sprinter is a way out of poverty which helps the motivation, the most important part of a runners improvement.

  • @JaySheerda
    @JaySheerda 3 роки тому +9

    I’m half Jamaican and I was always the quickest in primary school but then in high school I wasn’t so quick until I went through puberty. But for some reason I’ve always been really strong compared to everyone

    • @Chickensui213
      @Chickensui213 Рік тому +1

      Me too I’m 3/4 Jamaican but I have lighter skin because my dad is Persian and in elementary school and faster than all the six graders by a mile

    • @samuelsquires423
      @samuelsquires423 10 місяців тому

      Must be like flying to run like that... Running for me was like I had a shopping bag in each hand.

  • @rickyhall8720
    @rickyhall8720 5 років тому +57

    Cause we black 🖤🖤🖤❤️❤️💛💛💚💚🖤🖤😂

    • @josie3221
      @josie3221 4 роки тому +13

      yeah but not all black people are fast. it's specifically jamaicans.

    • @Taco_Burrito39
      @Taco_Burrito39 4 роки тому

      @@josie3221 yup like kevin heart

    • @rhyme5218
      @rhyme5218 3 роки тому

      @@josie3221 and americans

    • @jherc3391
      @jherc3391 3 роки тому

      It’s clearly the slavery aspect that’s why Americans and Trinidadians make top 10 aswell

    • @dylanpeugnet1196
      @dylanpeugnet1196 3 роки тому

      Shut up

  • @patrickwalters4300
    @patrickwalters4300 2 роки тому

    Always taking credit.

  • @JessJayEel
    @JessJayEel 5 років тому +9

    There was another video on the reasoning and I thing that video has a stronger point. As genetics, health, and environment can be huge factors, culture is a definitely the biggest factor. Why dont we see more black tennis players, it is because black people in the US are more culturally drawn to basketball and football. Listen to any hip hop song and the top sports mentioned is 1. Basketball, 2. Football, 3. Boxing. Coincidentally those are the sport with a large black participation. Jamaica's sport culture revolves around sprinting. Sprinting is bigger than soccer which is rare for a Caribbean country.

    • @definitelynotofficial7350
      @definitelynotofficial7350 5 років тому

      I think he touched on that with the last point.

    • @isisconsultancy
      @isisconsultancy 4 роки тому

      How come there was no mention of the sprint cultural which surrounds Jamaican life? What about the hours of hard work, dedication and sacrifice needed to be an elite athlete? Ummmm not sure how I'm feeling about this video now.....

    • @made.in.ja.2250
      @made.in.ja.2250 29 днів тому

      American football is trash in other countries

    • @made.in.ja.2250
      @made.in.ja.2250 29 днів тому

      Football [soccer] is very popular in Jamaica too and cricket as well

  • @reinismartinsons
    @reinismartinsons 6 років тому +3

    2:35 hair still fresh af

  • @sweetangelplus
    @sweetangelplus 2 роки тому +3

    Don't forget Donovan Bailey who I think is the 6th fastest man ever, who competes for Canada, but is a Jamaican.
    Also, you totally forgot the women. The 2nd and 3rd fastest women ever are Jamaicans, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

    • @saintclaire7837
      @saintclaire7837 2 роки тому

      you fi get say fast-lane-Elaine mash up flo jo record and is now the fastes woman alive. Kockup gal kockup in the name of Jesus.

    • @mister2477
      @mister2477 2 роки тому

      Don’t forget the fastest British runner currently zharnel hughes Jamaican parents

    • @slimthickaz.
      @slimthickaz. 2 роки тому

      I was surprised he didn't mention them.

  • @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071
    @blessedandhighlyfavoured9071 4 роки тому +1

    To answer your question a mongoose we run wid dung yah. English- We are trained to run with mongoose.

  • @Kosmouchkosmatakosmos
    @Kosmouchkosmatakosmos 2 місяці тому

    1. Genetics
    2. Diet
    3. Training
    4. Technique
    5. Mindset
    (Breakdown)
    1:
    - Development of good metabolic "economy/efficiency" based on somatotype and lower limb characteristics.
    - Relatively high hemoglobin and hematocrit.
    - Favorable skeletal-muscle-fiber composition and oxidative enzyme profile
    - Fast Twitch Muscles
    - Longer Limbs
    - Greatly Developed Fascia
    2. Natural Jamaican Holistic Cuisine which supports digestoon, energy And The limfatic system.
    3. Development of a high maximal oxygen uptake as a result of extensive walking and running at an early age.
    4.
    - Perfect Posture
    - Trained Lower Body
    - Trained Fascia
    - Mid Sole Running
    - Foot Strike Underneath Your Body
    5. Desire to win the race for their country, family or to achieve anything by herself.

  • @heisenberg8083
    @heisenberg8083 4 роки тому +1

    What kinda yam was that though

  • @rashannwisdom9368
    @rashannwisdom9368 2 роки тому

    Running flows through our blog its just natural for anyone of us to run fast

  • @michaelswanigan2115
    @michaelswanigan2115 4 роки тому +3

    Why do other nations want to come with these lame reasons why we are the most talented. It has nothing to do with the food or the soil. You can give a Japanese man Sweet potoes all you want they will never be fast as blacks. Don't matter if they are from America or Jamaica it's the same people. We are just gifted.

  • @jussayinmipeece1069
    @jussayinmipeece1069 6 років тому +10

    ALL those explanations except one have no baring on our sprinting success.
    Let me explain why we are so fast.
    Jamaicans are no faster than anyone anywhere else, we are just better at finding the great athletes.
    Wee ones at basic schools have a championship and the selection begins there. They then go on to primary schools where the schools all have intra house championships. The successful ones then go on to a national schools championship. High schools have the same system.
    The result is that we always find the very best that are available. We are the only country with this comprehensive a selection process and therein lies the secret to our success.

    • @yomomshouse100
      @yomomshouse100 6 років тому

      jussayin mipeece this is very interesting comment. I heard the Jamaican coach for Olympics i think was very good at finding the most talented. Also being a a olympic level sprinter is 100% based on anatomy. If u had a good eye for finding it then training multiple athletes you'd be up there making top level sprinters

    • @jonesy1589
      @jonesy1589 4 роки тому

      Was about to comment this, Jamaicans love sprinting, it's your culture, its what your known for, just like england will more likely find good footballers because its there sport.

  • @KoB978
    @KoB978 Рік тому +1

    Cuz we built different, that’s why

  • @jareddelaney7739
    @jareddelaney7739 4 роки тому +4

    this became a white guy savior video real quick

  • @mikyahl8749
    @mikyahl8749 5 років тому +8

    Jamaicans are fast because their food is cleaner as apposed to American poison food.. Their diet is vegetable and fruit heavy as apposed to the American meat heavy diet. Their muscles are carrying a lighter body mass than an over meat eaten body mass American. They don't have worry about digging through poison food trying to figure our if the labels are lieing to them or not while shopping either. Their home grown gardens are not being sprayed by chem trail vegetation contaminants either.

  • @bajwa22
    @bajwa22 4 роки тому +3

    practice makes parfect. not jamaica makes perfect. do your best , and u become champ.

    • @jcyberj
      @jcyberj 3 роки тому

      Coaching expertise is very important, too.

  • @Thrilladre
    @Thrilladre 2 роки тому +1

    Not all said here is true the only thing I’ll agree with is the food we eat the main reason we are fast is our rigorous track and field programs we have from primary level to pro and the hours of training the athletes put in.

  • @Kiano_East
    @Kiano_East 9 місяців тому

    “All the slow ones are in jail”

  • @didi33333
    @didi33333 День тому

    Diet. The Jamaican diet consists of very little carb. Especially when you are young.

  • @abinyturbo4x476
    @abinyturbo4x476 3 роки тому

    No it's the racing techniques. Watch the run...it differs from otherr...movement is putting your centre towards the front than the back

  • @samchezthomasino2331
    @samchezthomasino2331 Рік тому +4

    It's genetics, Jamaica was the last island of the Caribbeans where the slave boats landed so only the strongest survived the journey. Also, that mixed with local Arawak indians (high red blood cell count due to living at high altitude) mixed in with some British, Chinese and a few other ethnicities for a length of time has given them natural genetic strengths along with the natural body building foods which grow e.g. Yam, plantain, breadfruit, fish etc.. They are very well built for explosive speed.
    descent

  • @lloydfrancis9149
    @lloydfrancis9149 2 роки тому

    Rice and Peas, the speed is because of Ackee and Saltfish. I've studied its scientific. The Scott Bonnet in the Jerk also give you speed. I did my research in the London schooling of science it's true.

  • @kyrokyro2343
    @kyrokyro2343 3 роки тому

    Regular beatings, from our parents.
    Lol. We had to run.

  • @user-ni7xd1jf9x
    @user-ni7xd1jf9x 3 роки тому +2

    It’s because of the mawga daag

  • @BlankCanvas222
    @BlankCanvas222 2 роки тому +1

    Fam we just different

  • @martinmcdonald6708
    @martinmcdonald6708 3 роки тому

    Why meh ah so fast? Cuz Jah make ah meh like dis!

  • @debbiefletcher-bryant5413
    @debbiefletcher-bryant5413 Рік тому

    It is the Yam and dumplings!

  • @dubiouswords7851
    @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому +4

    I descend from the most worthless at sports like sprinting people, south Asians. I am so jealous of west and central African descended people and in particular Afro-Jamaicans who tend to have the most amount of people with the genetic gifts for extreme speed. It’s simply amazing.

    • @kamaleshking2232
      @kamaleshking2232 2 роки тому

      I am from india. You bro

    • @dubiouswords7851
      @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому

      @@kamaleshking2232 Pakistan ...

    • @kamaleshking2232
      @kamaleshking2232 2 роки тому

      @@dubiouswords7851 really

    • @dubiouswords7851
      @dubiouswords7851 2 роки тому +1

      @@kamaleshking2232 yes, really lol my parents are from a village in northern Punjab but I was born/raised in Canada. I feel bad for the Pakistan and Indian divide but it wasn’t my doing lmao

    • @slimthickaz.
      @slimthickaz. 2 роки тому

      Jamaican* no such thing as afro Jamaican tf.

  • @keshaunparker531
    @keshaunparker531 Рік тому

    Me growing up personally mi was always e fastest runner up until round 7 grade then my friends just grew taller than me

  • @dereklee8504
    @dereklee8504 4 місяці тому

    IT COULD BE DOPING

  • @ashokkarekar8815
    @ashokkarekar8815 7 років тому

    this is injustice

  • @Chickensui213
    @Chickensui213 Рік тому

    I’m born In America but I’m mostly Jamaican /Pershin Sooooooooooo I like my genes

  • @stampedmetalsword8099
    @stampedmetalsword8099 7 років тому +11

    These reasons are the same reasons Usain Bolt gave

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo Рік тому

    This isn't a Jamaican ting. This is a west African thing under slavery.

  • @draco2832
    @draco2832 7 років тому +7

    Great work trying to solve how we are so fast

    • @stampedmetalsword8099
      @stampedmetalsword8099 7 років тому +1

      Jamaica has a lax steroid testing program

    • @anjee.3261
      @anjee.3261 6 років тому +1

      labyrinthodont 6 how disrespectful and that is certainly not true

    • @anjee.3261
      @anjee.3261 6 років тому +3

      Usain Bolt was one of the most tested athletes ever!!!

    • @thefive-brickfortress3394
      @thefive-brickfortress3394 3 роки тому

      Lol 😂. My theory is that they all watched cool runnings. They’re afraid if they don’t make it as a sprinter they’ll be sent someplace cold.

  • @tanakachiriga5291
    @tanakachiriga5291 2 роки тому +1

    why am I reading all these comments in a Jamaican accent? haha

  • @kevinmcclure5788
    @kevinmcclure5788 8 років тому +2

    am a Jamaican that lives in Jamaica

    • @carlingtonmccormack2726
      @carlingtonmccormack2726 7 років тому +1

      Kevin Mcclure *I'm

    • @carlingtonmccormack2726
      @carlingtonmccormack2726 7 років тому

      Tashyn Wallace Lol me a Jamaican, a wah, Jamaican cya correct another Jamaican?

    • @carlingtonmccormack2726
      @carlingtonmccormack2726 7 років тому +1

      Tashyn Wallace An that was not patois. that's incorrect use a grammar

    • @kevinmcclure6117
      @kevinmcclure6117 7 років тому

      yow a Kingston me born and grow bar me use to go and a Waltham me grow up Kingston 11.. how I start my interdiction was incorrect and I knew that but i was too lazy to change it, so well be it!!!

    • @victoriaplaysroblox8452
      @victoriaplaysroblox8452 4 роки тому

      I am a Jamaican but born in America and I still live there
      (I wish I could move to Jamaica :p)

  • @nordaburke600
    @nordaburke600 Рік тому

    Yeah we fast as fuck 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😎😎

  • @user-fz6gr2og6f
    @user-fz6gr2og6f 9 місяців тому

    JAMAICA IS OLYMPIC RUNNER GOLD

  • @bajwa22
    @bajwa22 4 роки тому +1

    becoz they do there best.

  • @SW-et4zb
    @SW-et4zb 4 роки тому +2

    Four words. Fast twitch muscle fibers

    • @breaks3085
      @breaks3085 3 роки тому +2

      Do you reckon thats the main reason ..

    • @SW-et4zb
      @SW-et4zb 3 роки тому

      @@breaks3085 no. Anthropometry, more lean body mass, less subcutaneous fat, etc.

    • @breaks3085
      @breaks3085 3 роки тому +2

      @@SW-et4zb yeah true an cowfoot calaloo and guiness punch ...🤜🤛

  • @pimplelover3567
    @pimplelover3567 2 роки тому

    Because we a run from we Yiye deh a we knee.

  • @ariannawilliams6040
    @ariannawilliams6040 4 роки тому +4

    Lemme tell you why. I'm Jamaican I would know. The "most rebellious "slaves"" were brought to Jamaica cuz the slavery there was the hardest and roughest. So when a Jamaican runs that's their ancestors running to freedom with them..making them so fast.

  • @nomam7358
    @nomam7358 2 роки тому

    Oh wow👌🏾 bt what if thy wer not born thr

  • @backyardsounds
    @backyardsounds 4 роки тому +1

    I think it could simply be that Bolt and others are all possibly descended from Nilotic people, which are some of the tallest and fastest people on Earth. He does look to be of Nilote descent.

    • @gd4614
      @gd4614 2 роки тому +2

      Jamaicans are more ghana akan descent i thought

  • @sprintcritic2882
    @sprintcritic2882 2 роки тому

    African-American women and men have dominated not just sprints but different sports. 🇺🇸

    • @ogreman-lll-957
      @ogreman-lll-957 2 роки тому

      Running and jumping sports from micro evolution

  • @preppingbulb7440
    @preppingbulb7440 Рік тому

    the reasion jamaica is people are fast is becasue they are a running country just like europe and south america are soccer countrys

  • @patrisio3
    @patrisio3 3 роки тому +4

    It's about drive, motivation, and training. Jamaica has 14 of the top 100 performers in the men's 100m (5 in the top 9 alone). Not to be racial, but people of sub-Sahara African decent tend to be faster sprinters. There are exceptions, but overall this is the way it is. Now Jamaica has only 0.26% of the global black population, yet they have 14% of the top 100 men's 100m sprinters. The U.S. has 46% of the top 100, but only 4.1% of the global population. But on the other hand, the entire continent of Africa only has 12% of the top 100, yet it has 86% of the global black population. There is a LOT of untapped talent in Africa. I bet there is someone in Africa now who doesn't even run track but with the right drive, motivation, and training can probably run a 9.4.

  • @10054
    @10054 2 роки тому

    These guys can steal your money almost as a romanian

  • @KinkyLettuce
    @KinkyLettuce 4 роки тому

    its now 2020 and you'd be cancelled for discussing different genes and how they contribute to different physical attributes

    • @jevalsmith5013
      @jevalsmith5013 2 роки тому

      Loooll damn, the world really is gone huh

  • @robindahnut
    @robindahnut 2 роки тому

    Jamaica is a hilly country, and most Jamaican kids walk miles to school from a young age... And with youth on their side often run. No pressures, just fun. Early Diet rich in protien, carbs and yams...and natural... All add up to a strong muscle. development at a young age. These kids arent raised on processed foods and fast foods. Then there is the incubator that is High school Champs. Mini Olympics which took on a whole new vibe when it combined Boys and Girls champs. This coincided with more endormensts and professionalisation of Athletics, and Athletes encouraged to go for Dollars vs scholarships previously. Yes the West African Genes are stong, but that is in the whole Caribbean and Americas.... So is only a very small part of it.

  • @do7226
    @do7226 5 років тому

    My illuminati agent said I'm from Jamaica basically coz my ancestor s were Jamaicans . Should I start running?

  • @juniourdaquan
    @juniourdaquan 3 роки тому

    The reason why where so fast because
    the ability to run is in out Blood it run through our veins
    if you watch boys and girl alethic championships you will know

  • @Quedon
    @Quedon 2 роки тому

    i had to look this up after shacari got blew out the water 😒

  • @georgiamurray5169
    @georgiamurray5169 3 роки тому +1

    I’ll tell you are secret.
    .....
    ...
    ....
    Little more.....
    Little more....
    We learned how to run from our mama’s belt

  • @ingsocsaxon9728
    @ingsocsaxon9728 3 роки тому

    Yam gear

  • @Gomes719
    @Gomes719 3 роки тому

    I believe is something to do with the genetic and the environment their came from the foods their eat

  • @zooboo2u
    @zooboo2u 2 роки тому +1

    Lol these "ideas" sounds like salty people guessing