the only thing that separates the elite from all the rest, is the fact that the elite are better at the basics than everyone else

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Elliot

Yeah, you don't need to go hard. You can stay in the middle, take some supplements here and there, change your program every other week and stay absolutely the same as you are now. But that's bullshit.