tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753215493005715353.post1916630808103855869..comments2007-11-01T13:16:15.440+02:00Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08206700707221642727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753215493005715353.post-60951724618898569882007-11-01T13:16:15.440+02:002007-11-01T13:16:15.440+02:00Hi Guys<BR/><BR/>I guess it the usual case of what is ok for Joe Average is completely different to someone performing at the extremes of human capacity.<BR/><BR/>Doctors are trained to keep Joe Average average and coaches/sport scientists are trying to make them anything but average. In many cases they may have to "break the rules" of what is "known" and what is considered science.<BR/><BR/>Often coaches are moving the field forward by intuition and practical experience and the sports scientists validate these by trying to reproduce the results the coaches get and apply scientific explanations to them.<BR/><BR/>Jamie<BR/><BR/>JamieJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838185368815030561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753215493005715353.post-27997162293759759002007-10-31T17:23:55.893+02:002007-10-31T17:23:55.893+02:00Did this guy say what he is a doctor of? I'm not a doctor, but only a Master of Computer Science.<BR/><BR/>His math doesn't add up. He says "10% of 4% is .4% thus 96% of body weight loss is due to water loss".<BR/><BR/>By my math (and I'm a CS major, not a math major) if 10% of body weight loss is spent fuel, then at most 90% can be due to water loss. (Proof: 100-10=90).<BR/><BR/>What can you say ".4%" is? You could say that .4% of your body weight was consumed as fuel.<BR/><BR/>What is 96% then? In this example, you could say that 96% of your weight remains, because 4% was lost.<BR/><BR/>But nothing substantiates that 96% of body weight loss is due to water loss.<BR/><BR/>It's quite brave for him to consent to publish his comments with obvious mathematical mistakes, not to mention his unortodox punctuation, and complete lack of capitalization.<BR/><BR/>-RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com