Forums >General Running>New exoskeleton running enhancer
Most of you have probably already read the articles about the electric shorts that reduce effort of walking and running. If not, here it is:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6454/668
If available to the market, it operates a lot like electric assist bikes. You still have to pedal, but it has a motor that reduces how hard you have to pedal to go a particular speed. And there are types that are hidden inside regular looking bike frames, AND people have been caught in bike races using these to cheat!
So, can we expect people to try to cheat in running races with these shorts? Baggy shorts over the electric shorts, battery and controls disguised as a hydration pack.
60-64 age group - University of Oregon alumni - Irreverent and Annoying
Slower but happier
4% pants. But they are available to “everyone”
so its fair even if they're $200.
i know another place to disguise the battery pack for the dedicated cheater!
2020 goal: couch to 5K, currently working on the couch block
Are you saying there's a possibility of these being smuggled into prison?