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Dr Ross Tucker is an Exercise Physiologist and High Performance Sports Science Consultant. He obtained a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Cape Town in 2006, and graduated at the same time with a Post-Graduate in Sports Management from the Faculty of Commerce. Ross is hot on social media, with a cool website (http://www.sportsscientists.com), over 12.000 likes on Facebook, and more than 40.000 twitter followers (he's @Scienceofsport ).
In this podcast with Babette Pluim he gives an update on what makes a champion, discusses all the fuss about low carb and high fat diets, comments on barefoot running and takes the 10,000 hour paradigm apart.
See also:
The anticipatory regulation of performance: The physiological basis for pacing strategies and the development of a perception-based model for exercise performance http://goo.gl/tDs9Af
The physiological regulation of pacing strategy during exercise: a critical review http://goo.gl/Oe5Llu
What makes champions? A review of the relative contribution of genes and training to sporting success http://goo.gl/moG4De
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