What Are Junk Miles

[CL]

You gave good advice :w00t: ?? About what?

About so called sports scientists who refer to phony research that doesn't even include a time, date and place.

[fozzy]

Nobody knows what gravity consists of

Gravity is a force that acts on a mass due to the presence of another mass, and General Relativity tells us that this is due to the effect of Curvature of Space-Time. It is thought to be mediated by the graviton exchange particle.

I refer you to "A Brief History of Time" by Professor Stephen Hawking for a better and more detailed explanation, although the Wikipedia entry seems to cover most of the basics at a glance.

[CL]

CL has an issue with mental health and has made several sweeping inaccurate statements causing distress in the past.

So depression has nothing to do with draining 'the vital chemical reserves' of the brain? Ok it must be the result of one's philosophy then.

[fozzy]

So depression has nothing to do with draining 'the vital chemical reserves' of the brain?

Not necessarily - it can be a chemical inbalance in the brain. Although, from my admittedly fairly limited knowledge on the subject area, I belive that depression isn't a diease that is fully understood (not many are completely understood).

[nikalas]

About so called sports scientists who refer to phony research that doesn't even include a time, date and place.

Hajoglou, A., C. Forster, J.J. de Koning, A. Lucia, T.W. Kernozek, and J.P. Porcari. Effect of warm-up on cycle time trial performance. Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1608-14, 2005.

You'd be hard pressed to get "phony research" into such a journal and what possible reason or incentive would there be for conducting flawed research in this area? There's hardly a massive Warming-Up industry.

[fozzy]

About so called sports scientists who refer to phony research that doesn't even include a time, date and place.

In general, most peer-reviewed scientific papers don't give an exact date when the study took place, where etc. Some clinical trials do, but that's because they are more of a special case.

Normally, it's just submission date of the paper, publication date of the paper and author's affiliations (e.g. University of Leeds etc). Even then, authors may work together across institutions, so it is not always 100% clear where the actual work took place. In the vast majority of cases, this information is not relevant to the work reported and/or quality.

[nikalas]

There seems to be considerable excitement over my comments on here, particularly in regard to the 'vital chemical reserves.' It really isn't important to know the names of all the chemicals involved. What is important and can be grasped by even a 'tree hanging Sloth,' is the principle.

Nobody knows what gravity consists of, but everyone is aware of its consequences. And if you attempt to jump off a skyscraper without a parachute because no one has named the components of gravity, you'll find yourself coming to a very abrupt emergency stop. The witnesses of your fall will also discover that the human skull wasn't designed to be an airbag.

Everything in the body exists in finite quantities. Fuel, oxygen, water, vitamins, hormones etc. Therefore it makes sense to use what exists as economically as possible. Constantly using up those 'vital chemical reserves' in overcoming longer and longer training sessions is the worst training mistake an individual can make.

One last point. The fact that concepts like recovery, compensation and overcompensation are used by sports scientists implies the existence and depletion of 'vital chemical reserves.'

One of your best ever... I don't quite know what to make of the sheer insanity, randomness and wrongness of this post. Keep up the good work!

Fuel: Otherwise known as food... plenty in Tesco last time I looked.
Oxygen: What's that stuff all around us.... oh yes, air and 21% is oxygen.
Water: Rain, rivers, seas, oceans, beer, electrolyte drinks.......etc, etc.
Vitamins: Food, sunlight, pills etc etc etc
Hormones: synthesised in body continuously.

None of those are really finite are they?

I'm genuinely intrigued by the "Vital Chemical Reserves" though... maybe you've discovered the Elixir of Life.... come on, give us more details please.

[CL]

Not necessarily - it can be a chemical inbalance in the brain. Although, from my admittedly fairly limited knowledge on the subject area, I belive that depression isn't a diease that is fully understood (not many are completely understood).

What does a 'chemical imbalance' imply?

[CL]

In general, most peer-reviewed scientific papers don't give an exact date when the study took place, where etc. Some clinical trials do, but that's because they are more of a special case.

Normally, it's just submission date of the paper, publication date of the paper and author's affiliations (e.g. University of Leeds etc). Even then, authors may work together across institutions, so it is not always 100% clear where the actual work took place. In the vast majority of cases, this information is not relevant to the work reported and/or quality.

If it's not clear where the research took place, then it probably didn't take place. The date, time and place of research is the only way to validate results.

[CL]

One of your best ever... I don't quite know what to make of the sheer insanity, randomness and wrongness of this post. Keep up the good work!

Fuel: Otherwise known as food... plenty in Tesco last time I looked.
Oxygen: What's that stuff all around us.... oh yes, air and 21% is oxygen.
Water: Rain, rivers, seas, oceans, beer, electrolyte drinks.......etc, etc.
Vitamins: Food, sunlight, pills etc etc etc
Hormones: synthesised in body continuously.

None of those are really finite are they?

I'm genuinely intrigued by the "Vital Chemical Reserves" though... maybe you've discovered the Elixir of Life.... come on, give us more details please.

What an utterly stupid response. The best thing for you is to go back to the Lake District for an eternal chill.