These are the things you inherit from your mother

Your fitness

If your mother was a tennis champ or a track star, you may be in luck. “Cardiorespiratory endurance and its response to exercise training are characterized by strong genetic components,” says Claude Bouchard, PhD, director of the Human Genomics Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And chances are you’ve inherited Mom’s strength and flexibility—or lack thereof—as well.