It’s just an anecdote I don’t think we can conclude much from that.
Louis Zamperino was a Olympic distance runner, survived his bomber plane being shot down in the Pacific, 47 days adrift at sea on a life raft, then torture in four different Japanese POW camps and the resulting PTSD from all of that, living to the ripe old age of 97: Louis Zamperini - Wikipedia
The film from 2014 is probably quite motivating for us visual couch potatoes with the best cinematography in the industry. I think his excellent conditioning probably helped with some of that.
Truly inspirational to say the least!
His will to fight and survive, forced into prolonged fasting + hormetic stress coupled with forced physical labor at POW camps and above all he was most likely was an eternal optimist; not the kind of guy who would give-up.
Also, some genetics might have played a minor role.
Its very difficult to be a reductionist and isolate one contributing factor in these exemplary stories!
That’s a great accomplishment, however I wonder if he is “natty” or not (“natural”, i.e. not enhanced with steroids, SARMs, TRT, GH, myostatin-inhibitors, etc.) Even if he isn’t, it’s still impressive.
I guess we’ll have to wait for Greg Douchette to make a video about him…