Forum: Health and Fitness
11-19-2007, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 414
Re: Marathon Training
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Lance Armstrong trained for about 6 months for his first marathon. Lance has about the highest VO2 max known. He had Alberto Salazar(pass NY winner) pace him. His time was 2:59 and lots...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-16-2007, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 414
Re: Marathon Training
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I'm 6'4" 195 lbs and can run 1 mile in 6 minutes. I've never run for longer than 40 minutes at a time. What are my chances of having what it takes to run a 3:10 marathon with 6 months of...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-16-2007, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 414
Re: Marathon Training
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Secondly, all the training plans have distances, how should i include speeds into it? Having seen what people have to say about miles 21-26 i feel training toward a 3 hours 20 time would...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-15-2007, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 414
Re: Marathon Training
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As for speed, this is just my opinion, but if you can do some HIIT and sprint work, it will will really get your mile pace down
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While tempo work, hill repeats, interval...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-15-2007, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 333
Re: The 1 hour run
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1. If you are Obese it is going to take some serious effort to change your body structure. running for 1 hour a day is tedious and hard but is a great way to change your life.
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-14-2007, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 246
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-08-2007, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 365
Re: Terrible VO2Max, any suggestions?
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It does look (and feel) like the specific problem is a really low LT2.
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Keep in mind that LT2 is a % of VO2max, so of course a poor VO2max is going to mean that you also...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-07-2007, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 365
Re: Terrible VO2Max, any suggestions?
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I've never read that HIIT is better at increasing VO2Max than steady-state training of equal difficulty. In fact, most of the cycling training methodology would seem to indicate the...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
11-07-2007, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 365
Re: Terrible VO2Max, any suggestions?
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Don't do endurance stuff, do HIIT.
HIIT basically = VO2max training
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Another recommendation for a completely out of shape beginner to start with HIIT. I wouldn't...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-07-2007, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 293
Re: Favorite sounds in sports
the old sampras style overhead. get all your weight and momentum into it then catching the ball cleanly, definitively sending it bouncing way over the fence. Best feeling and sound.
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-01-2007, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 112
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Forum: Health and Fitness
10-10-2007, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 75
Re: Running/HIIT and squats - newb questions
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My gym does not have a track. Changing gyms not really optimal right now. Any tips for how to do HIIT on a treadmill? Changing speeds on the treadmill sucks a lot when running at 90%+...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-10-2007, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 109
Views: 361
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-08-2007, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 83
Re: How much would you pay to be a movie star?
$0. I have to pay, so I assume I'm getting paid nothing and no portion of the revenues. I have no acting experience so I would probably suck pretty hard and get panned by critics and viewers alike....
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Forum: Health and Fitness
10-08-2007, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 88
Re: Am I using my exercise time efficiently?
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Sounds like you're spot on - cardio and diet are what will strip bodyfat, not lifting weights.
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Oh God. Do any small bit of research on weight lifting and fat...
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Forum: Sporting Events
10-05-2007, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 300
Re: Why soccer is the best sport for kids
Taking away overbearing coaches and parents would have robbed me of some of my most precious childhood experiences. Sure it's often ridiculous, and I laugh out loud thinking about some of the...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
10-04-2007, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 216
Re: Whats the \"best\" sport?
In no particular order:
Squash - a reasonable skill level is required, but once you reach that, the workout is absolutely tremendous and a ton of fun
Surfing - Yeah, access is a huge issue for...
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Forum: Sporting Events
10-04-2007, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 259
Re: Rank these past NBA Teams
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I think Big Z > Mutombo. I remember Matt Harpring (HE PLAYS FOOTBALL) was the 2nd best scorer on that sixers team. Yaouch! (And I love Harp, he plays on the jazz, gotta love him, but......
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Forum: Sporting Events
10-01-2007, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 226
Re: Ron Zook >>>> Charlie Weis
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Also, what was the consensus view of Zook from Florida fans while he was there?
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Not a fan, but if memory stands correctly fireronzook.com was up before his first...
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Forum: Sporting Events
09-26-2007, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 145
Views: 946
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Forum: Sporting Events
09-24-2007, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 338
Re: Milton Bradley you are a complete Tool
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Uh, the ump allegedly used racial slurs, and multiple people have backed him up on this.
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I don't think this is the case, and I find it hard to believe that an umpire...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-21-2007, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 249
Views: 1,497
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-13-2007, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 194
Views: 881
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Forum: Health and Fitness
09-13-2007, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 248
Re: 500 pushups in 2 hours
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I bet my roommate $20 he couldn't do 500 pushups in 2 hours. He is in very good shape. 6'1" 180 with a max bench of 225. How good is my money here?
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I have almost the...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
08-27-2007, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 677
Re: Getting into Biking
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for a triathlon you want a road bike.
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If your goal is to do an iron man you're actually probably going to want to seriously consider a triathlon bike.
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