How Athletes Have Gotten Faster, Higher, and Stronger
Thursday, November 13, 2014
A group led by Kate Mcilroy cycling on the crowded cobblestone road in the Womens ITU World Triathlon Series event Aug 24, 2013, in Stockholm, Sweden
(Copyright: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)
The world of high-performance athletics is changing rapidly. Mark McClusky goes behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists who are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and are redefining the limits of the human body. McClusky’s new book is Faster, Higher, Stronger: How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes--and What We Can Learn from Them.
Guests:
Mark McClusky
About The Leonard Lopate Show
Leonard Lopate hosts the conversation New Yorkers turn to each afternoon for insight into contemporary art, theater, and literature, plus expert tips about the ever-important lunchtime topic: food.
Hosted by Leonard Lopate
Produced by
Links
- 2012 Election Coverage
- 25 Years of Lopate
- American History XX
- Backstory
- Eating Around the World on a Metrocard
- Food Fridays
- Globavores: Food Travels Around The World Since 1492
- Guest Hosts
- Guest Picks
- Please Explain
- Recipes
- Strapped: A Look at Poverty in America
- The Gurus of How-To
- The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club
- The Lodown
- The Story of New York in 10 Objects
- Tributes
- Underappreciated
- Underreported
- Web Extras
- Word Maven: Patricia T. O'Conner
Show Archive
Show Archive
Comments [2]
We know about the training effort to go from a 16 to 8 minute mile, and from 8 to 4 minute mile. What about the effort to to from a 4 to 2 minute mile??? It's physically "exponential", demonstrating why there are immovable limits to growth.
My sole questions are: Do high performance athletes live longer on average than the rest of us? And are they healthier on average in their later years than the rest of us?
Leave a Comment
Email addresses are required but never displayed.