Exploring Why Some…Get Fitter Than Others
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/why-some-people-get-fitter-than-others Now, SNP & expression chips on exercising mice; in future, on people
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Exploring Why Some People Get Fitter Than Others
June 21, 2015New York Yankees on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List
August 2, 2014New York Yankees
Team Value: $2,500 M
Team Value calculated March 2014
At a Glance
Owner: Steinbrenner Family
Championships: 27
Price Paid: $10 M
Year Purchased: 1973
Revenue : $461 M
Operating Income : $-9.1 M
Debt/Value : 1%
Player Expenses : $225 M
New York Yankees on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List
July 23, 2014New York Yankees
Team Value: $2,500 M
Team Value calculated March 2014
At a Glance
Owner: Steinbrenner Family
Championships: 27
Price Paid: $10 M
Year Purchased: 1973
Revenue : $461 M
Operating Income : $-9.1 M
Debt/Value : 1%
Player Expenses : $225 M
Burkhard Bilger: The Dark and Dangerous World of Extreme Cavers : The New Yorker
May 30, 2014In deep: The dark and dangerous world of extreme #cavers. Ultimate superlight gear & max calories burned per hour.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/21/140421fa_fact_bilger
BY BURKHARD BILGER
Sports, Complexity, and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule : The New Yorker
April 22, 2014#Sports, Complexity & 10K-hr Rule (1/2): @Gladwell subtly rebuts @davidepstein on nurture v nature
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html HT @coreyspowell
.@Gladwell discounts @davidepstein track counter-ex. Argues rule works for complex, cognitive tasks. I disagree. (2/2) Sports… 10K-hr Rule
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#Sports, Complexity & 10K-hr Rule: Gladwell subtly rebuts davidepstein on nurture v nature
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html. Gladwell discounts davidepstein track counter-ex. Argues rule works for complex, cognitive tasks. I disagree.
Statistics and the hot hand
March 29, 2014The hot hand might be real after all: But streaking shooters only 1-2% more likely than #random to make next basket
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/02/09/the-hot-hand-might-real-after-all/N8V34bGLWhPqk0Sx9yoHWI/story.html
The Sports Gene Considers the Root of Athletic Success – NYTimes.com
August 27, 2013The #Sports Gene Considers… Athletic Success: Nature v nurture in the stadium & #genetics class
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/science/the-sports-gene-considers-the-root-of-athletic-success.html MT @CoachWonk
Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. – Slate Magazine
June 23, 2013We evolved endurance to exhaust prey & great head stabilization but dislike of exercise http://bit.ly/11wh0zV via @gandruemom @slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/06/daniel_lieberman_long_distance_running_we_evolved_endurance_and_dislike.html
Lance Armstrong Interview With Oprah Winfrey Lacked Emotion – NYTimes.com
January 21, 2013an ultimate cool cucumber — amazing that he sued those telling the truth about his doping
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/arts/television/lance-armstrong-interview-with-oprah-winfrey-lacked-emotion.html?_r=0
Litigation in the area of genetics and athletics
December 31, 2012focusing on ACTN3 & 23andme
http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/12/26/23andme-and-labcorp-sued-for-patent-infringement/