アスリート達は本当により速く、強くなっているのだろうか?
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過去数十年のスポーツでの競技実績を見ると、まるで人間のあらゆる運動能力が進化して来たかのような印象を受けます。デイヴィッド・エプスタインは、この爽快で反直感的なトークで、私達が自画自賛を思いとどまるべき理由を指摘します。様々な要因が重なり新記録に貢献して来ました — 人に本来備わる能力の発達はそのほんの一部なのです。
過去数十年のスポーツでの競技実績を見ると、まるで人間のあらゆる運動能力が進化して来たかのような印象を受けます。デイヴィッド・エプスタインは、この爽快で反直感的なトークで、私達が自画自賛を思いとどまるべき理由を指摘します。様々な要因が重なり新記録に貢献して来ました — 人に本来備わる能力の発達はそのほんの一部なのです。
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David Epstein obsesses over mistranslations of scientific research, and tries to temper the misconceptions that follow them.
Kevin Norton and Tim Olds | Sports Medicine, September 2001
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Why We Run
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Roger Bannister | The Lyons Press, 2004 | Book
The Four-Minute Mile
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Alex Hutchinson | HarperCollins, 2011 | Book
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?
If you’re interested in sports science or medicine generally, but don’t want to start perusing technical journals on your own time, this book rounds up a massive amount of exercise science and presents it in a manner anyone can understand. And it’s easily searchable so you can jump to information that might be pertinent to your own fitness goals.
David Epstein | Sports Illustrated, December 10, 2007 | Article
Following the Trail of Broken Hearts
I was at one time a competitive runner and science grad student, and it was the sudden death of a friend and training partner — steps after a mile race — that first got me interested in genetics and sports. This article was the first one that I published on the topic of sudden death in athletes, and touches on what can be done so that fewer athletes will die of sudden cardiac arrest in the future.
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