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fully admit that i have not been following the mechanics conversation closely. but every time i see a "he could be better if just fixed X or Y" in reference to a truly elite athlete, my instinct is to roll my eyes. usain bolt is the fastest person in recorded history. there is no telling what "fixing" any aspect of his form would do. maybe he starts the way he does or holds his upper body the way he does because to do otherwise would lead to injury or be uncomfortable and slow him down in some way we can't be aware of. it's hard to argue that he hasn't maxed out on his talent: he won almost every race he entered for nine years and set two huge world records!

just like people who bitched about randy moss smoking weed. he was the greatest of all time! if he hadn't smoked weed, maybe he'd have gotten fed up with football and quit! weed sure didn't slow him down as he was streaking past safeties like they were standing still!

pet peeve.

hamstrings, traps, and glutes are all a wee bit sore today. that is good. KB fun and good. yes.

i separated my shoulder doing a much less spectacular version of that when i was 19.

- run 1 km

- interval run 500m x 2, ~3:00/km pace
let's just say i don't think a 15:00 5k is in my future.

- walk 250m, run 250m

- pull ups x 10,4
lolllllll first set was alright though

- some other random crap, handstands and pirouettes and TTB

- stretch

not much of a plan going in except to see what it was like to run fast. didn't even have a target pace in mind. but it's good to know what 3:00/km feels like.

Quote from: LBSS on September 20, 2017, 12:41:48 am

+8 million for the importance of habits. do you floss? start with that if you don't.

  lol i'm not a caveman, i still take showers ocassionally and change my underwear ocassionally.

lol, it's an example from some internet fitness guru whose name i forget. he was making a point about roids: if you're not disciplined enough to floss, you're not even close to disciplined enough to take advantage of chemical enhancement. point is just that discipline and consistency are everything and forming habits is a way to make those easier.

tobacco completely fine for you, say scientists hired by tobacco companies.

global warming is not caused by humans, say scientists hired by oil companies.

same old, same old.

why not rest in advance of regionals and try to get knee as near 100% as possible before you play? incremental improvement at practice between now and then likely to be minimal, not worth the risk.

dumb question but...paypal?