Interesting. As Chuck Barris claimed, and confirmed by the "experts", the Popsicle Twins received the only "0" in the show's history.
I recall Chuck saying that the Popsicle Twins were the act brought in so the censors could reject them and then he could put on whatever he wanted and he doesn't know how the censors let them through.
Wiki goes in great detail about the Gong Show and The Popsicle Twins.
The Gong Show is an American amateur talent contest created by Chuck Barris in 1976 and franchised by Sony Pictures Television to many countries. Each performer was evaluated by a panel of three celebrity judges who could str...
Hansons still works great, just add a few double thresholds, some super shoes, bicarbonate and beet juice
There's nothing new about what the Hansons were doing, or double threshhold. I was doing double threshhold when I was in high school 50 years ago, when Marius Bakken was in diapers. I have no idea how you think bicarbonate or beet juice would help marathoners? The Hansons never had 800m runners as far as I know of.
I'm curious why you're so convinced that taking an extra minute or two of jogging between intervals is egregiously bad? If it worries you that much shorten the break. It's the least interesting thing about their plan.
Complete nothing burger.
The real critique of the philosophy is clearly the skew towards strength instead of speed/VO2 max work. Nitpicking an extra 50 meters of active recovery during a workout is bizarre. Just individualize it.
