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Quote: Originally Posted by Moz You're not kidding about age. Now both my knees are hurting in the same place - but in a different place to the normal knee pain. 4 suggestions for increasing your time in the test - which sounds particularly unpleasant. It's essentially a test that will search your vo2 max. So... 1) I would do vo2 max hills on the treadmill - as you know vo2 max would normally be about 5k pace (doesn't apply...

Though not perfectly on topic, I think this is a nice addition to the thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppzGV1U8y8

Quote: Originally Posted by slopoke Hope you will learn from my mistakes. Here are some suggestions. Protect yourself from the sun ..try to avoid being on court between 11am and 4pm..wear protective clothing including a cap/hat...use a good sun block. Skin cancer is not fun. Take care of your body ..use a thera band to keep the rotator cuff (both shoulders) strong...use a thera band flex bar the keep the wrists and forearms strong and to help...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ano That's only true if you're in a positive energy balance. Some people oversimplify by saying - you only need 100g of protein per day, anything more is converted to body fat. And that's wrong as an absolute statement. Yes, the nitrogen is excreted. And yes the carboxyl or hydrocarbon backbones can be used in the formation of fats. But they can also be used in the formation of new carbohydrates, new...

Quote: Originally Posted by chess9 The arms attach to the bars and dumbbells, and are the levers for all lifts, except leg lifts. (although, even with squats and deads you have arm involvement). If you do pullups, chins, dips, you will get very strong arms and shoulders, imho. Those are three primary exercises for everyone, right behind squats, lunges, deads. -Robert One thing I like to do and have seen recommended in a few places is grip the...

Quote: Originally Posted by CallOfBooty well the gym teacher who does most of the classes is also the track coach at my school so he helped me make a routine for sprinting. basically he taught me some basic stuff about weightlifting, like developing full range of motion by touching the chest on the bench press,..l .. I would not accept it as gospel truth that you should go all the way down to your chest when doing bench-presses. While this is...

I had an interesting chat with one of the teachers who had it and is back and recovered already. She had had bronchitis right beforehand, so she is thinking that is how she got it, even though she is over 50 and not 'supposed' to be in the risk group. Having already been sick may have weakened her immune system, plus she teaches 2nd grade, and there are a lot of germy kids in 2nd grade! She said the bronchitis actually made her feel...

Quote: Originally Posted by awes Cubsfan, I'm a physician, and have struggled with this problem as well. Ultimately, prolotherapy fixed the lateral side, but now, three years later, I have problems with the medial side (golfer's elbow). This was brought on by one long session of hitting serves with a freshly strung K6.1 with poly (technifibre red code), instead of my usual natural or synth gut. I even dropped the tension down quite...

technical trail runs in vibram five fingers was fun, fresh, and free! i actually bought ~$100 trail running shoes for this 5k trail event, and i ran a couple practice runs and *absolutely* hated them (since I've been running in vff's or racing flats for a couple years now). yes, my feet hurt more if i step on a sharp <anything> wearing vff's (vs. trail shoes, or normal running sneakers), but because of this, my...

Quote: Originally Posted by chess9 Good luck with the knee Moz. Growing old sucks, eh? // Anyone have some suggestions for upping my time? I've got about 6 weeks of training left, so plenty of time. -Robert You're not kidding about age. Now both my knees are hurting in the same place - but in a different place to the normal knee pain. 4 suggestions for increasing your time in the test - which sounds particularly unpleasant....