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Whatever it is, it's twice as good as Chris Carmichael's half a percent 'small gains' http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/07/15/020715fa_fact1?currentPage=all

There's big difference in action between the two. The only "springiness" you can get in a in a running spike is that between the footplate (under the ball of the foot) and the rest of the sole. The energy going into is from foot flexion rather than gravity which is obviously not the case from a...

The prosthetics are actually much more like a spring than you think. They are designed to efficiently store and return energy rather than just rigidly transfer power. http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=13462 The reason that wasn't ruled an clear advantage for Oscar over able-bodied runners is...

Pistorious was actually right about stride length in a way. Just poorly expressed. It's not about absolute stride length but relative stride length. That is stride length relative to how your legs are turning over. (The "speed of leg repositioning" referred to in that article). All things...

Not sure. Saw it a couple of days ago but think it was a repeat. I literally only watched 5 minutes so I may be doing it injustice. Although from the sounds of this review, probably not http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/aug/30/tv-review-good-cop-british-cycling?newsfeed=true

Concentrated on the riding rather than try to present comically unconvincing reasons for dramatic lifts in performance. They should have called it Road To Paris : UK Edition.

Doping at the AIS has a long and (in)glorious history http://www.canberragym.com.au/canberra-gym-articles/1998/7/6/canberra-brisbane-defend-link-with-banned-trainer/

Oh god. Did anyone actually watch this? I could only handle 5 minutes before I threw up with the infantile banality of what was breathlessly proclaimed as Brailsford's genius. There was a piece that was described as giving a behind the scenes look at Sky's innovative management and...