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So, I think I have clearly established over the past several years of maintaining this blog that I am happy to need out on random science things. I find inspiration from questions people ask me, science that I happen upon, and things going on in my life. So when I was watching a Star Trek … Continue reading
As I’m still recovering from three years of a wrist disaster I’m working on building my strength back up. But my physio said something this morning that I found quite intriguing. Basically, if you try to strength train while you have lots of inflammation it’s like hitting the start button on a machine when the … Continue reading
For the past two weekends I have paddled through some pretty nasty air. I was at two different dragon boat festivals, both of which were affected by the smoke from the wildfire carnage in BC. The festival in Edmonton this week had to postpone the entire morning of races due to the horrendous air quality. … Continue reading
Allergies are this strange beast. On the one hand we have the complete societal fear of anaphylaxis due to things like peanuts and bee stings. I have a severe peanut allergy. I could potentially die from contact with trace amounts but I also grew up in an era when I had to take responsibility for … Continue reading
I am not biologically suited to being a figure skater but figure skating is the sport I most love to do. I may have cursed those individuals who were smaller and could rotate quicker than me, but I did so privately knowing full well it came down to biology. This seems to be similar to … Continue reading
I am running more than I have in the past but I’m training for relatively short distances and I have too many other sports and activities to run everyday. As I looked around for training plans I noticed that most of them recommend a heck of a lot of running. This got me wondering if … Continue reading
Kids have a lot of energy. Anyone who has worked or lived with one knows what it’s like when you’re full out exhausted and a kid or kids asks what’s next. In a recent study Birat et al. (2018) compared the fatigue and recovery rates of a group of boys around age 10 to a … Continue reading
As I have dealt with the gong show that has been my wrist injury over the past 2.5+ years I have tried to stay active. One of the activities I have kept to some degree is running. But it has been amazing to me how much my running has been affected by my arm and … Continue reading
It has been a few weeks since I posted. My plan is to get back to once a week. Hopefully this is the start of that. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I participated in a webinar on disruptive storytelling. One of the scientists that they referred to in this webinar was Paul J. … Continue reading
Figure skates are not exactly the easiest things to jump in. They are stiff and restrict the motion of your foot and your ankle. Which makes me wonder how this affects the way the rest of your leg moves while jumping. Haguenauer, Legreneur, and Monteil (2006) examined national and international figure skaters jumps comparing their … Continue reading
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