Human athletic limits?

rick_chasey
rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
edited November 2010 in The bottom bracket
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... ld-records


Very interesting article, for those with a bit of time to kill :wink:


In short, the article discusses how scientists are pretty much clueless to what physically makes some athletes very good and others not so, using Bolt as the main case study.

I'd assume the guy's premise is similarly applicable to cycling performances...

Casts some interesting light on the suggestions from certain quarters who suggest the best way to root out doping is to compare current cycling performances to the limit of human athletic capability...
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Comments

  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    I've not found the limits of my performance......or I hope I haven't :wink:
    To err is human, but to make a real balls up takes a super computer.
  • simonaspinall
    simonaspinall Posts: 645
    Or appoint Chuck Norris as the new UCI doping official? Taking care of failed tests...personally.
    What wheels...? Wheelsmith.co.uk!
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    simonaspinall wrote:
    Or appoint Chuck Norris as the new UCI doping official? Taking care of failed tests...personally.

    But he'd have nothing to do as if Chuck ran the joint, no one would be daft enough to dope :lol:
  • PaulS77
    PaulS77 Posts: 48
    Interesting article, thanks for posting.

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