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lal_truckee wrote:
Stephen B. wrote: "lal_truckee" wrote in message ... Ski racers are phenominal atheletes. No other sport requires such sustained physical effort while conditions are violently atttempting to knock you down. Every other sport that comes near is performed on a prepared artificial course; compare a bicyclist on a hill climb with someone assigned to atempt to kick him over every 2 seconds - whoops - doesn't happen. I am sure that they are phenominal athleates but .. I have always heard of water polo players having to be in the best shape. Cardio-vascular conditioning is only part of any sport. While it's a major part of road cycling and marathoning (and as you mention water polo players) it's of no importance whatsoever in other recognized sports such as baseball and baseball's equivalent, tiddlywinks. Not...quite...true. Baseball -- like ski racing -- is anaerobic rather than aerobic, true, but you can't develop anaerobic fitness without an aerobic fitness base. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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uglymoney wrote:
wrote: "Stephen B." wrote: "lal_truckee" wrote: Ski racers are phenominal atheletes. No other sport requires such sustained physical effort while conditions are violently atttempting to knock you down. Every other sport that comes near is performed on a prepared artificial course; compare a bicyclist on a hill climb with someone assigned to atempt to kick him over every 2 seconds - whoops - doesn't happen. I am sure that they are phenominal athleates but .. I have always heard of water polo players having to be in the best shape. Imagen swiming 30 yards then wrestle for 30 seconds and repeat over four seven minute quarters covering roughly a mile and a half. Then hope you don't have 2 more games that day. I've heard that motocross is the most physically demanding. From my dirt riding days I would have to agree, although I've never tried water polo. Having to shove double your body weight around with split-second accuracy makes me tired just saying it. Jim? Bruno? Anybody? I've a friend that used to motocross and he goes through two packs of cigarettes on days that he is trying to cut back. Do we know each other IRL? I never motocrossed, but I have stopped to take a smoke or two when I was totally exhausted from multiple attempts to climb a particularly long and nasty hill. I also used to smoke whenever we changed sides in tennis. When I stopped, all I did was stop caughing. Big disappointment, but I've saved an awful lot of money so far. I think that everything is sport dependent. I really that that Lance Armstrong would be sore 'somewhere' if he spent a day on tele's. Muscles have to learn every new sport, and then they have to relearn every time we take time off. The last week of rain has been murder. Bike felt like the tires were flat, but no such luck -- easy to fix flat tires :-( -- Cheers, Bev =/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\=/=\= "Sure, everyone's in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it into the body of a great white shark, suddenly you're a madman." --Futurama |
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Marty wrote:
"Florian Ederer" wrote in message oups.com... Yes, real shame about Hans Knauss. He is one of the most popular skiers in Austria. However, I fear he (and in particular the mighty ÖSV) might not be as innocent as I hope ... OSV? Late answer, however: Ö(OE)SV: Ö(Oe)sterrreichischer Ski Verband or in english Austrian Ski, hmmm, don't know, maybe Club, but I don't know the exact transaltion they use.... -- -------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ||oerg (das ist ein j!) \|| Simon ICQ: 49154322 \| email: |
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