rekrunner wrote:
I'm not trying to get his approval. Just like you -- I'm trying to give him friendly advice as to why he has so much difficulty gaining any traction after 13 years of saying the same thing.
Michigan Physio Connection wrote:Please stop trying to get Jon's approval. He just wants everyone to believe that he is right.
Even though I agree with you, you'll never get him to admit he's wrong. I read this thread YEARS ago and he still won't let go.
My buddy works at a U of M lab in Ann Arbor (Michigan), he laughs at what this guy has been claiming. Don't give him the satisfaction of a response, he's got some ego issues that he needs to work on. Just some friendly advice, that's all.
So what friendly advice can you give me rekrunner? I explain things to you over and over. Finally, after several years, you get some of them. As time goes on and I explain more things, the same process repeats. These are actually very simple concepts to understand, really very simple. However, since they are the opposite of what you have been taught and discussed over decades, they are hard for you and others to accept.
But I assure you, these are really basic physiological concepts. I provide links which nobody reads. I give evidence that people can't accept.
This is the real problem with sports science, drowning in dogma and ignorance, not because it's too complicated to learn, but because old beliefs die hard.
The fact of the matter is simple. FASTER RUNNERS USE LESS ENERGY TO RACE THAN SLOWER RUNNERS.
'Running Economy' is just another way of saying the same thing. However, the 'bigger engine' model rules peoples' belief. So they put elite athletes on an unatainable pedestal, and invent this so called 'Performance Enhancing Drugs' mythology to re-inforce their belief.
If you can understand the concept of efficiency, you will see through the dogma.