It is good to speak something about science, and how
we can apply it to triathlon. There is a
lot to say about science in itself, but let´s see what the great champion of
science says about science:
The whole of science is
nothing but the refinement of everyday thinking.
Einstein
Applying
science to triathlon is helpful and necessary.
I will help you to understand how to use science. As the definition
given by Einstein says “everyday
thinking,” which involves logical-grammatical rules, it
is good to take a quit look at Aristotle. Aristotle thought his whole life about the
logical rules to have a coherent “everyday thinking.”
Major premise: All mortals
die.
Minor premise: Some mortals
are men.
Conclusion: Some men die.
Here, the major term is to die,
the minor term is men, and the
middle term is mortals. The
major premise is universal; the minor premise and the conclusion are
particular.
We are faced with how to use science daily and how to apply it to
triathlon; the problem of how to refine our daily thinking. We have plenty of information to draw from
using Aristotle´s logic for that purpose.
There is a book written by Alan Kazdin that explains in details how to
THINK SCIENTIFICALLY.
Kazdin’s
approximately 700 publications include 48 books that focus on interventions for
children and adolescents, cognitive-behavioral treatment, parenting and child
rearing, interpersonal violence, and methodology and research design.[5]His work on parenting and child rearing has been
featured on CNN,[6] NPR,[7] PBS,[8] BBC,[9] and he has appeared on Good Morning America,[10] ABC News,[11] 20/20, The Dr. Phil Show,[12] and the Today Show.[13]
He has
another book related to how to educate your kid according to what research
shows.
But
let´s go back to what research shows in triathlon. We have a few problems to start with.
1)
How we choose our
groups to study. Regarding this matter
we should consider the multiple variables in a group: age, time of starting
training, accumulated hours of training, quality of training including technique
(they can do hours of low heart rate training but without the proper technique
is like practicing another sport). Kazdin points out the difficulties regarding this kind of research that uses statistics and conducts to different policies. I photocopied a page from his book. He wrote a great book.
2)
What kind of
obstacles the athletes are going through?
In Mexico, the education to success is the big player. Even people with a high
socio-economical-status cannot be successful because their education is not
according to a high socio-economic status for the first world´s education to be
successful in a regular job; and being a professional triathlete should be
considered a regular job for special people.
THIS POINT IN ITSELF IS A VARIABLE THAT CHANGES EASILY THE OUTCOME OF
THE TRIATHLETE. After 20 years of
empirical research this variable is what has stopped us from winning a World
Championship in triathlon.
3)
I will write the second
part in the following post.
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