genetics
Stereotypes about Ethiopian distance runners being born to win are well known, but is athletic prowess really based on genetic traits? Can a super athlete parent guarantee the same in a child? Were the Finnish born to consistently medal in the javelin throw? Read on to find out answers to these and more… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
Metabolic rate: sports training has a significant effect on weight gain and weight loss
The effects sports and fitness training has on our metabolic rate and calorific needs
Body type training – are we slaves to our ‘body type’ genes?
Body type training – are we slaves to our ‘body type’ genes?
Physiology performance parameters
Athleticogenomics – the gene genie is out of his bottle
women faster than men
Woman Faster Than Men? : Will women ever outpace men?
gender performance
Gender Performance : Will women ever outpace men?
Sports Science Glossary Part 6
Sports Science Glossary Part 6
East African running
East African running: an alternative explanation for the East African dominance of distance running
Ethiopian endurance running
Nature and nurture in Ethiopian endurance running success
Transvestites in sport: the Olympics gender identity process
Gender verification at the Olympics
Sport and Ethnicity
Is your sporting talent predetermined by your ancestry?
Sport and Ethnicity 2
Is your sporting talent predetermined by your ancestry?
Are athletes turning to genetic modification and is drug abuse in sport getting worse?
Genetic engineering and drug abuse
Summer and winter athletes: the best sprinters are born in summer and the best distance runners in the winter
A babies birth date can determine whether they will be a runner or a sprinter!
The menopause: hormone replacement therapy decreases the risk of heart disease & bone loss & maintains muscle performance
The effect of HRT after the menopause
genetics | sports performance
Genetics and Performance: Now science is getting to the long and the short of how genes influence performance
Genetics and Performance
Genetics And Performance: Now science is getting to the long and the short of how genes influence performance
Strength training
Strength training reveals strange sex bias
genetics and sports performance
Genetics And Performance: What research tells us about African runners: are they really genetically more gifted?
genetics in sport
What research tells us about African runners: are they really genetically more gifted?
Olympics Sex test
Olympics Sex Test: Why the Olympic sex test is outmoded, unnecessary and even harmful.
Heredity, genes and sports performance
Heredity, Genes And Sports Performance: Dad, mum and you - how much do your genes really influence your performances?
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