Recent content by elapid

Re: Re: Frank, you went to medical school with the dinosaurs and a lot has changed since then: doctor is a clinician or researcher (depending on the degree and whether it is honorary [medical doctor, veterinarian, dentist, etc] or research [PhD]), and a teacher is a teacher. As for debating...

Re: Re: Why should I ask him? I don't know Jim. If you know Jim, then you should ask him. Based on his publications, I don't think he has anything to prove. The burden of proof is, as per usual, in your ball court. You continue to pretend a guess is a fact, and of course you have no...

Re: Re: As per usual Frank, you are full of the proverbial. You now want someone to conduct a study to refute your guess that most riders unweight 90% on the upstroke. All you have is a guess and, as per your usual scientific method ( :rolleyes: ), you treat this as though it is a fact. You are...

Re: Re: A philosophical question ... Based on this report (http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/04/ ... ust_366590), the UCI will allow disc brakes on road bikes in the professional peloton in two races in 2016 and then all races in 2017. This technology is coming whether we like it or not. The...

That makes sense. I wear both half-fingered and full-fingered (as well as lobster) gloves depending on the temperature. Unlike you, I actually quite like the padding on my half-fingered gloves, so unfortunately I cannot help with any recommendations. Oh, wait ... thinking out of the box ... why...

Why do you think fingerless gloves with no padding would be a good idea, especially if you dislike wearing gloves? One study showed that wearing gloves results in a significant drag compared to wearing no gloves. If you're comfortable and happy wearing no gloves, then I don't see why you would...

Re: Re: Frank, did you seriously need to look up the definition of a gimmick? You need look no further than your warehouse.

Re: +1. Oh goodie, let's discuss another n=1. :rolleyes:

No, they are not used independently, but some people here are considering them as isolated units which can be improved independently of other muscles with the same actions and the same innervations.

The trouble with all of these theoretical musings is that you are considering muscles as isolated units with unique innervations all operating independently of each other; but this is so far from reality, even more so when their actions are constrained by seat position (assuming pedalling from a...

At least some headway is being made: http://hosted2.ap.org/NHWLV/43dda9ff6c4347c09d7ecdb8d0d1cdea/Article_2015-01-26-US--Century%20Ride-Bicyclists%20Killed/id-ba03ff17820a4e9e9cefa229c8a3f830

I think there is one quicker way :D

Nice summary. The 5-2 diet is criticized for lack of scientific evidence because all the scientific evidence is for the 4-3 diet (good evidence as well), but the authors adapted this evidence to the 5-2 diet thinking that fasting 3 days a week would be too difficult for most people. I like...

The preponderance of carbohydrates in our diet is a reflection of what happens when medicine is politicized, and is quite fascinating. Back in the 1950's (I think), the government was concerned about the high mortality rate associated with heart attacks. A number of large studies were conducted...

Sorry, misunderstood your previous post. Yes, I agree with the lack of vegetables in the Paleo diets as being silly.