endurance training and cardiovascular health
“Our data suggest that exercise may have an inverted U-shape relation with arterial stiffness. In other words, when you do not exercise you have higher risk of cardiovascular events, but the same also happens when you exercise too much,” study lead investigator Dr. Despina Kardara, of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, said in a news release. “Regular long-term endurance training is generally beneficial for heart health, but it seems that the cardiovascular system is like a sports car engine. If you do not use it, it will decay, but if you run it too fast for too long, you might burn it out.”
from the comments
I once saw a Japanese archer shoot three arrows at a target that was about 70 yards away. All three arrows were in the air before the first one hit.
dear clusterflock
Seeing Mike Tyson take a punch to the face — my grandfather was visiting and we were watching the bout together — pause, stand (gloves down), look the guy in the face, bring his glove to his own, tell the guy to do it again, let the guy do it again, go through the pantomime one more time, then knock the guy out with a single punch.
The game Michael Jordan scored what — 42 points? — sick with something that made it almost impossible to stand, draining shot after shot, buoyed by Scottie Pippen to keep him from collapsing at the end of the game.
Emmitt Smith running for 175 yards against the Giants after dislocating his shoulder in the first half.
The 1980 Lake Placid hockey match.
Dear Clusterflock:
Which sporting events had the greatest impact on you?
from the comments
Walt:
Having Nickelback perform at the Closing Ceremony may be the closest thing we Canadians ever get to knowing how you Americans felt being represented by Bush.
Amy said
This is someone’s version of hell. Michael Bublé and inflatable beavers.
Allow myself to introduce . . . myself!
Former Dallas Maverick Marquis Daniels commissioned this homage to himself.
Forged in the fires of Mordor from 1,300 grams (or 2.9 pounds) of 14-karat gold, this head is an exact replica of Daniels or possibly Whoopi Goldberg. Either way, it’s both amazing and terrifying.
Fire On Ice
A girls of curling calender. Some of the photography is NSFW.
olympic etiquette
A luger knows he’s going to hear cowbells ringing while negotiating turns at 90 mph, yet it wouldn’t be fair if a spectator rang one during Evan Lysacek’s free skate.
I disagree.
photo out of context
what might have been
“On average, bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists,” said Victoria Medvec, a psychologist and professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Managementv in Illinois.
real name
urban skiing
In Pittsburgh, we don’t get two-plus feet of snow in 24 hours – but that happened two weeks ago. And some people knew what they should do… (via @woycheck and @schulman)
Flames, a heroic person, a low angle so it sort of thins out my face
Let a Professional Do It
When I posted this, the phrase “insert in post” caught my eye.
iPhone typist 56 words per minute
“Where Feet, Fist and Faith Collide”
“Hard punches!” he shouted from the sidelines of a martial arts event called Cage Assault. “Finish the fight! To the head! To the head!”
Update:
Coming Out in Sports: Brendan Burke’s Story
“I hope the day comes, and soon, when this is not a story.” — Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke
Imagine this.
Well before you are born, your dad plays college hockey at Providence College and wears the “C” for Friars coach and Hockey Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello. Your dad is then a member of the Calder Cup-winning Maine Mariners AHL team. He admits to having little skill, but contributes rough and tough qualities. You know, like pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence. He’s a man, baby.
…
You eventually attend Xaverian Brothers High School, a prep school in Westwood, Mass., and make the competitive varsity hockey team as a senior, but choose not to play. You say it is because you don’t think you would get enough playing time and you are upset at the coach. But you actually don’t play because you don’t think you can go another season without someone finding out your secret.
Your hockey career is over.
I missed this story when it first hit ESPN, but someone sent me the link today. It’s this kind of acceptance of homosexual people in all walks of life that I hope makes “coming out” a term of the past.
slow low
It’s always a big let-down to me when the NFL season is over. But this year I have the Olympics and World Cup to look forward to. I’m saying this as much to remind myself.
The Alaska Nanooks 2010 Hockey Intro
It defies description.
For Phil
YouTube has confirmed its first live major sporting deal, announcing today that it will host live Indian Premier League cricket matches in the UK, and casting into doubt the value of British TV broadcast rights.
The YouTube deal involves every country outside the US – a significantly larger scope than reports had suggested. It was thought that YouTube would only stream live matches to countries that did not have TV deals with the IPL.
The two-year deal gives the Google-owned YouTube the exclusive rights to stream IPL matches online, with the two companies splitting revenue from sponsorship and advertising.
the critical biological limit is imposed by time
An article on the theoretical ability of humans to run 40mph.
The new work shows that running speed limits are set by the contractile speed limits of the muscle fibers themselves, with fiber contractile speeds setting the limit on how quickly the runner’s limb can apply force to the running surface.
“Our simple projections indicate that muscle contractile speeds that would allow for maximal or near-maximal forces would permit running speeds of 35 to 40 miles per hour and conceivably faster,” Bundle said.
photo out of context
Just Longing for the “Good Ole’ Days”
An Atlanta-area sports promoter has announced plans for—brace yourself—a whites-only pro basketball league. Dubbed the “All-American Basketball Alliance,” the league would only be open to “natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race.” The commissioner, former pro-wrestling promoter Don “Moose” Lewis, says the league will tip off in June, with teams in 12 Southern cities. Lewis insists he’s not racist; he just doesn’t like the “street-ball” that “people of color” play.
Ah, yes. Just a nostalgic return to the fundamental basketball of the good ole’ days — it could be painted by Rockwell himself.
I wonder, at what point will “I’m not racist, I just long for the good ole’ days” cease to be a valid defense?
Football
It’s only eleven minutes of action. No wonder it bores me to tears. (via)
I assume this isn’t what was said
As the Cowboys returned home Sunday night it was hard to miss their long faces. “It was quite – very quite didn’t hear a pin drop,” says Mike Jenkins.