We didn’t want to write about it. Seriously, we didn’t. Sure, Michael Phelps has digital technology, the 24-hour news cycle and precision blown glass to blame for his plight but we’re better than that.* But when US Swimming went and suspended Phelps for two months for, ultimately, acting his age, we felt compelled to write something. The 'Science' part of Popular Science restricts us from condemning the insanity of the punishment (note, however, they did nothing following his 2003 DUI).
While i do not advocate its use, and i do have questions about its legalization (except for medical purposes), I don't see where Phelps' use conformed to the 3 WADA requirement of a banned substance. this was all about social and moral issues.
As we compiled concepts for our collection of Super Bowl science, we came to a startling realization: we don’t understand kickers. Long the outcasts, we figured our lives obsessing over science would provide something of a kinship with the resident geek of the football field. But when we glimpsed into the kicking world we were plagued by uncertainty. So, to our reading public we request assistance in deciphering the king of special teams.
njz ha! looks like the author hit his target! he loves to stir it up, and he did! go back and read some of the other articles by this former soccer player and life-long fan (and, also, i think you meant that he couldn't see his feet over his belly, which, by the way, has never been a problem).
Imagine a shoe so uncomfortable you have to hammer the insole and smash it inside a door to make it tolerable. Now imagine tossing the same $70 shoe in the trash because it shredded into pieces after just 45 minutes. Welcome to the world of ballet.
njz a whole new market has been right there for adidas (or puma...in deference to both brothers!) all these years. i cannot believe that the classical in ballet meant torture. what could have been the justification for the lack of technology that would allow for fine, painless dancing?
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