Comments on: Episode 66: Go Read Something http://thefitcast.com/episode-66-go-read-something Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ryan http://thefitcast.com/episode-66-go-read-something/comment-page-1#comment-47501 ryan Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:21:12 +0000 http://thefitcast.com/?p=257#comment-47501 I was a bit disappointed with your answers to the 'precalc' question early in the podcast. I was hoping you'd have suggested a tutor, or tried to motivate why strong math skills are important for exercise science. Especially when you continue to discuss the benefits of this or that supplement - if an exercise scientist is going to suggest I use a particular supplement, I hope to bloody hell he's read peer-reviewed articles and studies. And he better be math-literate enough to understand the data analysis! The answer is not to take an easier class, or to see if precalc is required for the major. That student should be taking precalc, followed up with at least a stats course offered by the math dept, and in a perfect world, an actual calc course. Other science majors routinely take a semester of calc, and as such there are many many outlets for help on every campus. At worst, find a cute math or science chick to give you some help! I was a bit disappointed with your answers to the ‘precalc’ question early in the podcast. I was hoping you’d have suggested a tutor, or tried to motivate why strong math skills are important for exercise science. Especially when you continue to discuss the benefits of this or that supplement – if an exercise scientist is going to suggest I use a particular supplement, I hope to bloody hell he’s read peer-reviewed articles and studies. And he better be math-literate enough to understand the data analysis!

The answer is not to take an easier class, or to see if precalc is required for the major. That student should be taking precalc, followed up with at least a stats course offered by the math dept, and in a perfect world, an actual calc course. Other science majors routinely take a semester of calc, and as such there are many many outlets for help on every campus. At worst, find a cute math or science chick to give you some help!

]]> By: Jimmy Smith http://thefitcast.com/episode-66-go-read-something/comment-page-1#comment-43377 Jimmy Smith Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:16:06 +0000 http://thefitcast.com/?p=257#comment-43377 Apparently Kevin didn't "take a day or two to edit this", since he left in the part where I bring up what I think our roundtable should be. Jimmy Apparently Kevin didn’t “take a day or two to edit this”, since he left in the part where I bring up what I think our roundtable should be.

Jimmy

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