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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 1, 2:42 pm, John Everett
wrote: On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:23:06 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2006/athletes/index.html Not trying to voice an opinion here, just posting the link for anyone who's interested in reading it. To summarize: it concludes that Lance's success was a combination of some unusual physical attributes, a scientific approach to improving his weaknesses, and a lot of determination. The researcher is apparently very well respected so I think it's worth reading - your mileage may vary. Just one thing obviously incorrect in the article- it talks about him having a heart the size of someone who's 6'4" while he's 5'5". Lance is actually 5'10" (and rides a 58cm frame... which would be quite difficult for someone 5'5"). Need a refresher in reading comprehension? The article was talking about Leo Manzano, who's 5'5". -- jeverett3ATsbcglobalDOTnet (John V. Everett) In the latest Walsh book, he cites data from Dr. Coyle indicating that Lance's heart is actually the size of someone 7 feet tall. That sounds even more impressive than the Manzano figures. Interestingly, Walsh also cited some more Dr. Coyle data showing that the difference in weight between the pre-cancer Lance and 7 time TdF winning version was not as nearly significant as advertised. |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 1, 8:30 pm, wrote:
Interestingly, Walsh also cited some more Dr. Coyle data showing that the difference in weight between the pre-cancer Lance and 7 time TdF winning version was not as nearly significant as advertised.- Hide quoted text - What was impressive is to look at any of Lance's photos before and after his cancer. What jumps out at you is that his arms and chest musclature are totally different. His build is different and plainly his muscle types are different. Before cancer Lance was a pretty fast sprinter. After cancer he couldn't outsprint Pantani. |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 1, 1:31 pm, "Sandy" wrote:
Dans le message y.net, Mike Jacoubowsky a réfléchi, et puis a déclaré : http://www.utexas.edu/features/2006/athletes/index.html Not trying to voice an opinion here, just posting the link for anyone who's interested in reading it. To summarize: it concludes that Lance's success was a combination of some unusual physical attributes, a scientific approach to improving his weaknesses, and a lot of determination. The researcher is apparently very well respected so I think it's worth reading - your mileage may vary. Just one thing obviously incorrect in the article- it talks about him having a heart the size of someone who's 6'4" while he's 5'5". Hey, whaddyano! I got one of those too! But my doc worries more than congratulates on the existence of an "athlete's heart". Seems it goes with lots of baddies. "Take it to the limit one more time......" Some sort of song, I recall. Goes better with sex; sex is not a heavy tax on the cardio system. It may tax the wallet, if you don't watch out. -- Sandy -- C'est le contraire du vélo, la bicyclette. Une silhouette profilée mauve fluo dévale à soixante-dix à l'heure : c'est du vélo. Deux lycéennes côte à côte traversent un pont à Bruges : c'est de la bicyclette. -Delerm, P. send us photos of the bus station? |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 1, 2:46 pm, Claus Assmann ca+sendmail(no-copies-
wrote: Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2006/athletes/index.html Just one thing obviously incorrect in the article- it talks about him having a heart the size of someone who's 6'4" while he's 5'5". Lance is actually You are referring to this part: "When we took images--an echocardiogram--of his heart, we saw that it was much bigger than average. Although he's only 5'5", he has the heart of someone who's around 6'4". Then you have to read the paragraph right before it too: "... Last summer, for example, I did some testing on a very, very talented UT student athlete named Leo Manzano. He's one of the best `milers' in the U.S. and was a top performer in the NCAA finals. That is, those numbers apply to Leo, not to Lance. -- "Wer lesen kann ist klar im Vorteil" coupla months back was a hjeated discussion runnin' maybe 100+ posts based on grosssss misreading of a posted magazine article. maybe humor involved. "sueveal ert sueveal" |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 2, 8:19 am, wrote:
Before cancer Lance was a pretty fast sprinter. After cancer he couldn't outsprint Pantani. Before cancer, Lance couldn't outsprint Tom Finklea at the Tuesday Nighter. --D-y |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
On Aug 2, 9:19 am, wrote:
On Aug 1, 8:30 pm, wrote: Interestingly, Walsh also cited some more Dr. Coyle data showing that the difference in weight between the pre-cancer Lance and 7 time TdF winning version was not as nearly significant as advertised.- Hide quoted text - What was impressive is to look at any of Lance's photos before and after his cancer. What jumps out at you is that his arms and chest musclature are totally different. His build is different and plainly his muscle types are different. Before cancer Lance was a pretty fast sprinter. After cancer he couldn't outsprint Pantani. No doubt that, visually, his physique changed quite a bit. I for one readily admit that I bought into the whole notion that his weight loss was largely responsible for his marked improvement. What I found surprising was that Walsh showed-- via data he purportedly got from Dr. Coyle's records-- that the weight change wasn't really of the magnitude that was being reported-- something like a 1kg difference between his TdF winning weight and his '93 world title winning weight. Even pre-cancer, I don't recall Lance as being a "pretty fast sprinter". Rather he was more of what they used to call a "hard man" who had the potential to win tough one day races like LBL. |
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Article from last year on Lance's physiology
wrote in message oups.com... On Aug 2, 8:19 am, wrote: Before cancer Lance was a pretty fast sprinter. After cancer he couldn't outsprint Pantani. Before cancer, Lance couldn't outsprint Tom Finklea at the Tuesday Nighter. --D-y That's nothing to be ashamed of. Finklea was quite a cagey sprinter. |
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