Word: weighted
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...train for the triathlon more effectively, for example, by nailing his swim technique than by working on the sprint finish. For now, Venter is already planning his next project: a start-up firm that could give customers sophisticated genetic information about not just sports performance but also weight regulation and blood-sugar levels. Eventually, he hopes, it will offer new insights into the fight against obesity. Now that sounds more like pathologists' work...
...Laboratory and TNO, a Dutch research institute, as well as companies that make aerodynamic clothing, bike coatings and wheels. The result? The so-called half-million-euro bike--a blend of science and design that uses carbon technology to increase the frame's stiffness without a significant increase in weight...
Kubota's bats have won such a following because of his innate knowledge of the character of wood. He can discern the weight, pliancy and even the width of the rings of a piece of wood by look, feel or the knocking sound it makes. He can harvest a dozen or so promising blocks out of a thousand he might examine--and then transform them...
...Harvard career in dramatic fashion last year by smashing a home run for his first collegiate hit, but saw limited action in 2007. This season, Walsh is intent on getting Rouches into the lineup, whether he plays at first base or elsewhere. After an offseason devoted to the weight room, Rouches is looking to translate his strength and athleticism onto the field.“Since his freshman year I’ve always been really impressed with his power, especially to the opposite field,” Douglas says. While more playing time seems like a given for emerging...
...York Yankees, collect a handful of championships in the late ‘90s. Like any young fan, he idolized Derek Jeter, New York’s popular shortstop. So imagine Haviland’s attempt to play it cool when the Yankee captain approached him in the weight room of their training facility in Tampa, Fla., and introduced himself. “I just started laughing hysterically,” the senior righthander remembers. “I said, ‘I obviously know who you are.’ But he was the nicest...